John Muir's racist attitudes toward Native Americans and Black Americans have prompted a difficult reckoning within the Sierra Club and beyond. Filmmaker Michael Conti reflects on the dichotomy — and how Muir's 1879 Alaska trip may have marked a turning point.
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Posts about John Muir’s racism toward Native Americans and Black Americans — and the reckoning within the conservation movement.
Nature & Spirit: Q/A with Director
Michael Conti joins the San Francisco Swedenborgian Church's Nature & Spirit symposium for a Q&A on how John Muir's vision of wilderness as sacred ground continues to shape how we seek spiritual nourishment in nature today.
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