Insights on First Nations Humanities
Abstract The question of what is humanity and how it is expressed has endless and dynamic answers. My paper is an attempt to construct and explain the answer based on the insights Indigenous humanity expressed in the continent called North America. The four fundamental insights are organised around...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:26e5e180f5ce402e94ca2a011f8e0da1 2023-05-15T16:15:57+02:00 Insights on First Nations Humanities James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson 2005-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1017/S1326011100004063 https://doaj.org/article/26e5e180f5ce402e94ca2a011f8e0da1 EN eng Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/415 https://doaj.org/toc/2049-7784 doi:10.1017/S1326011100004063 2049-7784 https://doaj.org/article/26e5e180f5ce402e94ca2a011f8e0da1 The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, Vol 34, Iss 1 (2005) Special aspects of education LC8-6691 article 2005 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1017/S1326011100004063 2022-12-30T22:48:37Z Abstract The question of what is humanity and how it is expressed has endless and dynamic answers. My paper is an attempt to construct and explain the answer based on the insights Indigenous humanity expressed in the continent called North America. The four fundamental insights are organised around the concept of creation as ecology, the insights of embodied spirits, the implicate order, and transformation. These complementary insights inform the depth of Indigenous worldview. These insights are replicated and revealed in structure and meaning of Indigenous languages, ceremonies and stories. These cognitive insights suggest a starting point for reflecting about whatever is most significant in Indigenous humanities in curriculum. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 34 1 143 152 |
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Abstract The question of what is humanity and how it is expressed has endless and dynamic answers. My paper is an attempt to construct and explain the answer based on the insights Indigenous humanity expressed in the continent called North America. The four fundamental insights are organised around the concept of creation as ecology, the insights of embodied spirits, the implicate order, and transformation. These complementary insights inform the depth of Indigenous worldview. These insights are replicated and revealed in structure and meaning of Indigenous languages, ceremonies and stories. These cognitive insights suggest a starting point for reflecting about whatever is most significant in Indigenous humanities in curriculum. |
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland |
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