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Wisdom of the elders : sacred native stories of nature / David Suzuki and Peter Knudtson

Catalog Data

Author:
Suzuki, David T. 1936-  Search this
Knudtson, Peter  Search this
Physical description:
xliv, 274 pages : map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1993
1993, ©1992
Notes:
"A Bantam book."--Title page verso.
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Authors' note -- A personal foreword: The value of native ecologies / David Suzuki -- 1. Visions of the natural world: shaman and scientist -- 2. Distant times: recognizing the kinship of all life -- 3. Mother earth: nature as a living system -- 4. Ways of seeing nature: native natural histories -- 5. Animal powers: the kinship of humans and beasts -- 6. Plant powers: the relationship between humans and vegetation -- 7. Sacred space: the relationship between humans and land -- 8. Time as a circle: responding to the rhythms of nature -- 9. World renewal: maintaining balance in the natural world -- 10. The fate of the earth: voices of the elders -- Appendix: Excerpt from the United Nations draft "Universal declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples" -- Notes -- Index
Summary:
A collection of the sacred wisdom of the Sioux, Pueblo, Hopi, Navajo, and other native peoples to show how we can create our own sacred ecology.
Topic:
Human ecology--Religious aspects  Search this
Nature worship  Search this
Religion  Search this
Indian mythology  Search this
Indian philosophy  Search this
Indigenous peoples  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1038473