Full Description
Ways of Being in the World is an anthology of the Indigenous philosophical thought of communities across Turtle Island, offering readings on a variety of topics spanning many times and geographic locations. It was created especially to meet the needs of instructors who want to add Indigenous philosophy to their courses but are unsure where to begin—as well as for students, Indigenous or otherwise, who wish to broaden their horizons with materials not found in the typical philosophy course. This collection is an invitation to embark on a relationship with Indigenous peoples through the introduction of their philosophical thoughts.
Contents
Dedication & Acknowledgments
PrefaceIntroduction
Beginning in the Right Way
What is in a Name?
How to Use this Book
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PART I: THE INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHIES OF TURTLE ISLAND
Introduction
1.1 Vine Deloria, Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux), Power and Place: Indian Education in America, Chapter 3 Power and Place Equal Personality
1.2 Donald L. Fixico (Shawnee, Sac & Fox, Muscogee and Seminole), The American Indian Mind in a Linear World, Chapter 3 American Indian Circular Philosophy
1.3 Alejandro Santana (Mexican American), Did the Aztecs Do Philosophy?
PART II: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Introduction
2.1 Assorted Responses: Speeches and Letters
2.1a 1567 Letter of Francisco de Montejo Xiu
2.1b SHAKÓYE:WA:THAˀ, Red Jacket (Seneca), 1805 Speech on Religion
2.1c Ma-chú-nu-zhe, Standing Bear (Ponca), 1896 Landmark Civil Rights Testimony
2.2 Vine Deloria, Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux), God is Red, The Problem of Creation (excerpt)
2.3 LaDuke, Winona (Ojibwe), In the Time of Sacred Places (excerpt)
PART III: METAPHYSICS
Introduction
3.1 Viola Cordova (Jicarilla Apache), How It Is, Coda: Living in a Sacred Universe
3.2 Robin Wall Kimmerer (Citizen Potawatomi Nation), Braiding Sweetgrass, Skywoman Falling
3.3 Hilary N. Weaver (Lakota), Indigenous Identity: What is it, and Who Really has it?
3.4 Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg), As we Have Always Done, Endlessly Creating Our Indigenous Selves?
3.5 Boyer, Kurtis (Métis) Where does agency come from?: Exploring Indigenous models of mind
PART IV: EPISTEMOLOGY
Introduction
4.1 Kyle Powys Whyte (Citizen Potawatomi Nation), On the Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge as a Collaborative Concept: a Philosophical Study
4.2 Joel Alvarez (Puerto Rican, Ecuadorian), Native American Epistemology Through Dreams
4.3 Paul Simard Smith (Métis), The Epistemology of Deep Disagreement and Indigenous Oral Histories
PART V: ETHICS
Introduction
5.1 Joseph Len Miller (Muscogee), What Do We Need to Know to Live in Harmony with Our Surroundings?
5.2 Jo-Ann Archibald, Q'um Q'um Xiiem (Stó:lo ̄ō / Soowahlie First Nation), Indigenous Storytelling
5.3 Peter Irniq, Piita Taqtu Irniq (Inuit), Healthy Community
