The Knowledge Seeker: Embracing Indigenous Spirituality

by A. Blair Stonechild

Overview

In The Knowledge Seeker, Blair Stonechild shares his sixty-year journey of learning-from residential school to PhD and beyond-while trying to find a place for Indigenous spirituality in the classroom. Encouraged by an Elder who insisted sacred information be written down, Stonechild explores the underlying philosophy of his people's teachings to demonstrate that Indigenous spirituality can speak to our urgent, contemporary concerns.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780889774179
Publisher:	University of Regina Press
Publication date:	05/13/2016
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Blair Stonechild is a Cree-Saulteaux member of the Muscowpetung First Nation and Professor of Indigenous Studies at First Nations University of Canada. His most recent book is Buffy Sainte-Marie: It's My Way.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Acknowledgements xiii

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Wanting to Know 11

Chapter 2 Controlling Our Education 29

Chapter 3 The Great Principle 43

Chapter 4 The Great Law 69

Chapter 5 Once Powerful Healing 91

Chapter 6 Re-evaluating the Past 111

Chapter 7 Contemporary Crisis 131

Chapter 8 Modern Study of Spirit 161

Chapter 9 Restoring Balance 181

Epilogue: "Creator Does Not Lose His Children" 199

Notes 203

Glossary 217

Bibliography 221

Index 235