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

Suzuki, David T., 1936- (Author). Knudtson, Peter. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0553372637
  • ISBN: 9780553372632
  • Physical Description: xliv, 274 pages : map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: A Bantam trade paperback edition
  • Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, 1993.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Bantam book."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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Subject:
Human ecology > Religious aspects.
Nature worship.
Indians > Religion.
Indian mythology.
Indian philosophy.
Indigenous peoples.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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