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 f...
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland
2005-12-01
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| Series: | The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education |
| Online Access: | https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/415 |
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| author | James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson |
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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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| spelling | doaj.art-26e5e180f5ce402e94ca2a011f8e0da12023-01-03T09:23:03ZengAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of QueenslandThe Australian Journal of Indigenous Education2049-77842005-12-0134110.1017/S1326011100004063Insights on First Nations HumanitiesJames (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson0Native Law Centre of CanadaAbstract 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. https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/415 |
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