Blackfoot Ways of Knowing: The Worldview of the Siksikaitsitapi

Blackfoot Ways of Knowing: The Worldview of the Siksikaitsitapi - Paperback

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Blackfoot Ways of Knowing: The Worldview of the Siksikaitsitapi - Paperback

Blackfoot Ways of Knowing: The Worldview of the Siksikaitsitapi - Paperback

by Betty Bastien
$37.75
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Book Overview

Blackfoot Ways of Knowing is a journey into the heart and soul of Blackfoot culture. As a scholar and researcher, Betty Bastien places Blackfoot tradition within a historical context of precarious survival amid colonial displacement and cultural genocide. In sharing her personal story of reclaimed identity, Bastien offers a gateway into traditional Blackfoot ways of understanding and experiencing the world.

For the Siksikaitsitapi, knowledge is experiential, participatory, and ultimately sacred. Bastien maps her own process of coming to know, stressing the recovery of the Blackfoot language and Blackfoot notions of reciprocal responsibilities and interdependence.

Rekindling traditional ways of knowing is essential for Indigenous peoples in Canada to heal and rebuild their communities and cultures. By sharing what she has learned, Betty Bastien hopes to ensure that the next generation of Indigenous people will enjoy a future of hope and peace.
ISBN9781552381090
Author Betty Bastien
PublisherUniversity of Calgary Press
GenreEducation and Philosophy
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2004
LanguageENG- English
Pages255
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Betty Bastien

Betty Bastien was an instructor in indigenous studies at the University of Calgary. Her experience included teaching and curriculum design at Red Crow Community College, in the Native studies department at the University of Lethbridge, and at the University of Calgary. Jurgen W. Kremer, who contributes an afterword to the book, is an executive editor of ReVision - Journal of Consciousness and Transformation. He has written about ethnoautobiography, dissociation, healing and cosmology, and violence against indigenous peoples. Duane Mistaken Chief provides language consultation and is a senior instructor and lecturer in Blackfoot language and Blackfoot ways of life at Red Crow Community College on the Blood Reserve.

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