Ask the students, “Who do you think Mother Earth is?” With the students, discuss what Mother Earth means to Indigenous Peoples. What kinds of lessons might we learn from the Earth?
Indigenous peoples have a special and spiritual relationship with the Earth. They call her Mother Earth and believe that she provides all the flora and fauna and gives “birth” to us as human beings. Indigenous peoples see themselves as caretakers of Mother Earth.
http://www.afn.ca/honoring-earth/