Native Science : Natural Laws of Interdependence,9781574160352

Native Science : Natural Laws of Interdependence

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ISBN13: 9781574160352
ISBN10: 1574160354
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-11-01
Publisher(s): Clear Light Pub
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Summary

In Native Science, Gregory Cajete initiates the reader into a timeless tradition of understanding, experiencing, and feeling the natural world. He explores and documents the Indigenous view of reality--delving into art, myth, ceremony, and symbol, as well as the practice of Native science in the physical sphere. He examines the multiple levels of meaning that inform Native astronomy, cosmology, psychology, agriculture, and the healing arts.

Author Biography

Gregory Cajete, Ph.D., a Tewa Indian from Santa Clara Pueblo, is Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico's College of Education, and former chair of Cultural Studies and dean of the Center for Research and Cultural Exchange at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Leroy Little Bear, J.D.
Dedication and Acknowledgments viii
Introduction 1(10)
Telling a Special Story
11(46)
First Insights
13(7)
The Creative Context
15(1)
Chaos Theory
16(4)
Sense, Perception, and Creative Participation
20(8)
Perceptual Blindness versus Creative Sensibility
22(3)
Body Sense
25(3)
The Metaphoric Mind
28(3)
Native Stories of Creation and Emergence
31(15)
Art as a Means of Ceremony and Transformation
46(6)
Meanings and Possibilities
52(5)
Philosophy of Native Science
57(28)
Eco-Philosophy
58(6)
Tenets of Native Philosophy
64(2)
Process of Native Science
66(5)
Native Science Practice
71(11)
Guiding Stories
74(1)
Guiding Thoughts
75(2)
Native Science Paradigm
77(5)
Meanings and Possibilities
82(3)
The Ecology of Native American Community
85(22)
We Are All Related
86(4)
A Personal Story
87(3)
For the Good of the People: Foundations for Leadership, Service, and Community Value
90(1)
Workings of Native Community
90(8)
Native Science Practice in Native Communities
98(6)
Meanings and Possibilities
104(3)
Plants, Food, Medicine, and Gardening
107(42)
A Green Philosophy
108(3)
Plants Are the Hair of Mother Earth
111(4)
Plants and the Foundations of Health and Wholeness
115(12)
The Ecology of Native Healing
118(4)
The Quest for Healing Knowledge
122(5)
Native Gardening
127(13)
``Native People Loved Their Gardens''
129(4)
Native Food Contributions
133(7)
Native Permaculture and Agricultural Technology
140(6)
Meanings and Possibilities
146(3)
Animals in Native Myth and Reality
149(28)
Animals and the Native Worldview and
150(2)
Animal Nature
152(4)
Our Relatives, the Animals
156(9)
The Hunter of Good Heart
158(7)
Animals in Myth
165(2)
Animals and Spirituality
167(1)
American Indian Animal Husbandry
168(6)
Meanings and Possibilities
174(3)
A Sense of Place
177(38)
Living in Relationship
178(8)
The Role of Language
183(2)
The Human Body as Metaphor for Landscape
185(1)
The Psychology of Place
186(2)
Applied Technologies on Land, River, and Sea
188(16)
Mining
189(1)
Hydraulics
190(7)
Transportation Systems
197(7)
Sacred Space
204(11)
The Mythic Body of the Landscape
206(4)
Orienting to Place and Space
210(1)
Meanings and Possibilities
211(4)
Native Astronomy: A Skyward View
215(44)
Living the Heavens: An Introduction
216(10)
A Navajo Perspective on Cosmology and Astronomy
218(8)
A Relational Philosophy: The Stars Are Our Relatives
226(24)
Community: The Skidi Pawnee, Star People of the Plains
234(3)
Star Visions and the Role of Plants
237(5)
The Nazca Animal Geoglyphs of Peru
242(4)
Place and Astronomical Orientation
246(4)
A Cosmic Journey
250(5)
Meanings and Possibilities
255(4)
Creating New Minds and Worlds
259(32)
A New Sun
260(22)
Finding Face
265(1)
Finding Heart
266(1)
Finding a Foundation
267(15)
Meanings and Possibilities
282(6)
``Land and Stars, The Only Knowledge'' (Simon Ortiz)
288(3)
References 291(7)
Further Reading 298(4)
Index 302

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