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Indigeneity A Worldview
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IndigeneityA Worldview
Indigenous PeoplesWorld Conference 2014
Indigenous communities, peoples, and nations are defined by the United Nations as "those which, having a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories, consider themselves distinct from other sectors of the societies now prevailing in those territories, or parts of them. They form at present non-dominant sectors of society and are determined to preserve, develop and transmit to future generations their ancestral territories, and their ethnic identity, as the basis of their continued existence as peoples, in accordance with their own cultural patterns, social institutions and legal systems.”
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf
Vote on the UN Declarationon the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous PeoplesCarlos Motta, 2009
World Map of Indigenous PeopleUnited Nations, 2000
World Map of Indigenous PeopleNational Geographic
Indigineity:4 R’s • Relationship
(Kinship Obligation)
• Responsibility (Community Obligation)
• Reciprocity (Cyclical Obligation)
• Redistribution (Sharing Obligation)
How did you compare and contrast
the Indigenous Worldview
and the Western Worldview?
Indigeneity: An Alternative Worldview
• Change is constant, as new energy enters the world. We must hold on to our ‘core values’ as we entertain and create new ideas.
• Indigenous people see everything through the filter of community.• There is a spiritual interconnectedness between all elements of creation; all have a
right to exist; and, all have an obligation to contribute to the whole. • We seek a harmonic balance between the elements of creation, rather than
domination, exclusion, or exploitation.• Each person has different powers and strengths, but all have value. Each person has
an obligation to contribute her or his value to the community.• Justice is the achievement of balance in all relationships, and the demonstration of
respect for the dignity of each element in the circle of interdependency that forms the universe.
• In Indigenous governance, ‘personal autonomy’ has precedence over ‘collective sovereignty’. There should be no coercion, only the compelling force of conscience based on the 4 R’s.
• All worldviews must be valued, including those of the enemy.
Indigenous EpistemologiesThe model we use links the directions of the Circle with specific ways of knowing and learning in this way:
• East is associated with Intellectual Ways of Knowing and Learning.
South is associated with Experiential Ways of Knowing and Learning.
West is associated with Spiritual Ways of Knowing and Learning.
North is associated with Mythic Ways of Knowing and Learning.
The Center is associated with Integrated Ways of Knowing and Learning.
Tapestry Institute
Ainu Indigenous People of Japan
The Japanese version of a
familiar American
story
A Thousand SunsThe Gamo Highlands in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia, Africa
Integrating Western and Indigenous Views
Institute for Integrative Science & Health
Cape Breton University
Nova Scotia, Canada
