F. David Peat, a Western physicist who has studied indigenous science, says that for [North American Indians] the concept of time is dynamic and "animate" and there is sense of deep exchange between humans and time. "Time is not independent of us nor of the rest of nature. Time is addressed in ceremonies and a people's relationship with its movement must be renewed." Time is alive.
— Jay Griffiths, F. David Peat, A Sideways Look at Time by Jay Griffiths