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Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science, Book 2


Author: Edited by Gloria Snively, Lorna Wanosts'a7 Williams; UVic
Source: BC Campus

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Knowing Home attempts to capture the creative vision of Indigenous scientific knowledge and technology that is derived from an ecology of a home place. The traditional wisdom component of Indigenous Science—the values and ways of decision-making—assists humans in their relationship with each other, the land and water, and all of creation. Indigenous perspectives have the potential to give insight and guidance to the kind of environmental ethics and deep understanding that we must gain as we att...[more]