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A time before deception : truth in communication, culture, and ethics : native worldviews, traditional expression, sacred ecology / Thomas W. Cooper ; foreword by Fox Tree ; epilogue by Oren Lyons.

Summary:

Attempts to show the rules, rituals and ethics of authentic indigenous communication before the arrival of white men in America -- Amazon

Record details

  • ISBN: 0940666596
  • ISBN: 9780940666597
  • ISBN: 0940666898
  • ISBN: 9780940666894
  • Physical Description: xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: Santa Fe : Clear Light Publishers, ©1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-229) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Native communication and ethics -- Early communication -- Indigenous forms of communication -- Communication ethics -- The Shuswap people of British Columbia: a case study -- The Navajo people (Diné) of Arizona: a case study -- A singular ethic: spirituality and source.
Subject:
Communication > Cross-cultural studies.
Indians of North America > Communication.
Communication.
Genre:
Cross-cultural studies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library GN 452 .C66 1998 244582 Stacks Available -