BookWahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) and Darcia Narvaez, PhD.
Summary: "A collection of 28 excerpted passages from Indigenous leaders that reflect the wisdom of Indigenous worldview precepts, accompanied by analysis"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Recognition of spiritual energies in nature / Mourning Dove (Okanagan and Sinixt)
Nonhierarchial society / Wenona Victor Hall (Sto:lo)
Courage and fearless trust in the universe / Berta Cá́ceres and Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres (Lenca)
Understanding/embracing death and dying / Coyote Marie Hunter-Ripper (Cherokee, Choctaw)
Emphasis on community welfare / Doñ̃a Enriqueta Contreras (Zapotecan)
High respect for the sacred feminine / Paula Gunn Allen (Laguna Pueblo)
Respect for gender role fluidity / Laura Hall (Haudenosaunee)
Nonmaterialistic barter, gift, and kinship economics / Rebecca Adamson (Cherokee)
All earth entities are sentient / Robin Wall Kimmerer (Citizen Potowatomi Nation)
The sacred nature of competition and games / Sharon and Shirley Firth (Gwich'in)
Nonanthropocentrism / Terry LeBlanc (Mi'kmaq)
Words are sacred (Truthfulness) / Ed McGaa, aka Eagle Man (Oglala Lakota)
Mutual dependence / Jack Forbes (Powhatan-Lenape, Delaware-Lenape) Complimentary duality / Barbara Alice Mann (Seneca)
Generosity as way of life / Martin Brokenleg (Lakota)
Ceremony as life sustaining / Linda Hogan (Chickasaw)
Humor as essential / Charlie Hill (Oneida Oneida-Mohawk-Cree)
Conflict resolution as return to community / Wanda D. McCaslin (Métis)
Laws of nature as highest rules for living / Winona LaDuke (Ojibwe)
Becoming fully human / Greg Cajete (Tewa, Santa Clara Pueblo)
Nature seen as benevolent / Basil Johnston (Wasauksing)
Responsibility emphasis / Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (Aztec)
Connection to the land / Enrigue Salmón (Raramuri-Tarahuamara)
Centrality of gratitude / Audrey Shenandoah (Onondaga)
Noninterference / Clare Brant (Mohawk, Wolf Clan)
Circular time and knowledge / Tyson Yunkaporta (Apalech Clan in far north Queensland)
Self-initiated relational healing / Gloria Lee (Cree-Pelican Lake)
An emphasis on heart wisdom / Ilarion "Larry" Merculieff (Unangan).
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