The Medicine Wheel built by Indigenous people acknowledges that ecosystems experience unpredictable recurring cycles and that people and the environment are interconnected. The Western science knowledge framework is incomplete unless localized intergenerational knowledge is respected and becomes part of the problem-definition and solution process. The goal of this book is to lay the context for how to connect Western science and Indigenous knowledge frameworks to form a holistic and ethical decision process for the environment. What is different about this book is that it not only describes the problems inherent to each knowledge framework but also offers new insights for how to connect culture and art to science knowledge frameworks. Read this book and learn how you can move beyond stereotypes to connect with nature.
ContentsPrefaceAcronymsChapter I. Indigenous Knowledge Framework and the Medicine Wheel1.1 Bighorn Medicine Wheel Story1.2 The Medicine Wheel: Non-linear Knowledge-forming ProcessChapter II. What Is Needed to be a “Leader without Borders”?2.1 My People’s 9,400 Year Ancestral History2.2 Becoming a “Leader without Borders”: Interview of Dr. Mike MarchandChapter III. How Do You Become “Cultured”?3.1 Western European Culture: You Live it, You Wear it and You Eat it3.2 Culture According to Indigenous People3.3 Keeping Deep Culture in Two Worlds: Interview of Dr. Mike Tulee3.4 Culture Defined by Nation-Level Melting Pots3.5 Tribal Peoples’ Cultural Context: Interview of JD Tovey3.6 Cultural Foods and Food Security3.7 Holistic Nature Knowledge not Decoupled from Nature and Religion3.8 Languages and Indigenous People3.9 What Is Your Real Name? Dr. Mike's Wolverine Encounter3.10 Sports and Games Invented by American IndiansChapter IV. Western Science ≠ Indigenous Forms of Knowledge4.1 Knowledge-forming Processes: Western Science ≠ Indigenous Ways of Knowing4.2 How Knowledge Frameworks Address Scarcity of Land or Lack of Knowledge4.3 The Challenge of Culture for Western Scientists4.4 Traditional Knowledge: Native Ways of Knowing4.5 Juxtaposition of Western and Traditional Knowledge4.6 Who Are Trusted for Their Science Knowledge?4.7 Women’s Role in Passing Indigenous Knowledge Inter-Generationally: Interview of JD Tovey4.8 Role of Environmental Economics in Environmental Justice5.1 PNW U.S. Tribes and Leadership in Climate Change Planning5.2 Tribes, Tribal Resources and Forest Losses5.3 Today Better Forest Management on Tribal Lands Compared to Their Neighbors5.4 Realities in Developing Resources on ReservationsChapter VI. Tribes, State and Federal Agencies: Leadership and Knowledge Sharing Dynamics6.1 Tribal/Federal/State Cultural Resource Policy6.2 Tribes and Washington State6.3 Alaska Natives, Conservation and Policy Process6.4 Federal Agency and Tribes: Continuing Challenges to Tribal Rights6.5 Inter-Tribal Collaborations: Increase Tribal Role in Natural Resource Planning6.6 Intra- and Inter-Governmental Affairs and Public Policy Process7.1 Why We Need New Education Tool for Nature Literacy for the Masses7.2 Massive Amounts of Fragmented Data in STEM Sciences7.3 Critical Analysis Lacking in Environmental Education7.4 Native People’s Storytelling Practices to Communicate Holistic ScienceChapter VIII. Learning Indigenous People’s Way to Tell Circular Stories8.1 Technology to Digitize Stories Part of Popular Culture8.2 Digital Technologies Part of Popular Culture8.3 Challenges in Communicating and Telling Circular Stories8.4 Digitizing Native Stories without Pickling Culture: Interview of JD Tovey8.5 Stories in Navajo LandsChapter IX. Medicine Wheel: Moving beyond Nature, People and Business Stereotypes9.1 When I Was a Young Boy9.2 Communicating Indigenous Knowledge to the Masses9.3 Medicine Wheel and Not Case Studies9.4 “Fictional Tribe” as an Educational Tool to Teach How to Form Holistic KnowledgeReferencesAuthorsContributing AuthorsIndex
