Journeys Around the Medicine Wheel: A Story of Indigenous Research in a Western University
These simple Cherokee words of greeting enfold an American Indian reality and knowledge system based on the interconnectedness of all things. American Indian ontologies and epistemologies are quite different from most Western paradigms. However, rather than being acc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland
2001-12-01
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| Series: | The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education |
| Online Access: | https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/354 |
| Summary: | These simple Cherokee words of greeting enfold an
American Indian reality and knowledge system based on the
interconnectedness of all things. American Indian
ontologies and epistemologies are quite different from most
Western paradigms. However, rather than being accepted and
respected as coevals within Western universities,
Indigenous paradigms, when acknowledged at all, is most
often considered as data that informs Western research
(Cajete, 2000). In this article, I explore some of the ways
in which Western Research paradigms suppress the sacred
aspects of Indigenous people's epistemologies. I then
describe the Medicine Wheel Paradigm upon which I based my
PhD research, which incorporates spiritual experience as
one of the four key elements of human experience.
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| ISSN: | 2049-7784 |