NEWINDIGENES

A term coined byJenny BlainandRobert Wallisto refer to emerging identities in Great Britain (and elsewhere, e.g., inNorth America) among contemporaryPagansand other newnature, earth, and alternative religions. Acting asindividualsand/or “neo-tribes,” new-indigenes identify themselves as intrinsically linked to the living,animisticlandscapes in which they live and take heed of those indigenous voices (particularlyNative Americans) who suggest that rather than appropriate their traditions,neoshamansshould re-embed their spirituality in their own “native” land. New-indigenes tend to be polytheistic and animistic, engaging in their daily lives with a diversity ofother-than-human personswho are perceived as active agents in their own right rather than asspiritsseparate from matter. New-indigenes live in landscapes which themselves have intrinsic agentic properties—are “living”—and are not simply palimpsests cultured by human acts. Some new-indigenes are proactive in protest culture where roads and other building projects threaten woodland, derelict land, and other havens for otherthanhuman people. Many Pagans in particular establish relationships with their local “sacred sites,” which may require campaigning for access to them on auspicious occasions (notably, Stonehenge), as well as claiming a say in their management.