PALENQUE, Mexico (AP) -- North American Indians assembled in the shadow of ancient Mayan pyramids Monday discussed how their tradition wisdom could help save the planet, and were told that even indigenous cultures have struggled with environmental abuse.
More than 200 leaders from 71 American Indian nations in Mexico, the United States and Canada came together in this Mexican jungle to find indigenous solutions to pollution and ecological problems threatening the planet.
''Our Mother Earth is being polluted at an alarming rate, and our elders say that she is dying,'' said Raymond Sensmeier, a Tlingit leader from Yakutat, Alaska. ''The way the weather is around the world ... a cleansing is needed.''
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''As we stand here, very near Palenque, I am mindful that some scholars have suggested that environmental stressors contributed to the decline of the Mayan civilization,'' said U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator Elin Miller. ''The planet-wide stress on the environment today means that collaborative efforts ... are not just good things. They may well be essential for our survival.''
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