Product Description: Analysis and case studies show that including different orientations toward the natural world makes for more effective scientific practice and science education.The answers to scientific questions depend on who's asking, because the questions asked and the answers sought reflect the cultural values and orientations of the questioner...read more

Describes the practices and discoveries made by American Indians in science and technology, including their use of latex to waterproof clothing and their use of geometry to create buildings.

Product Description: In Native Science, Gregory Cajete "tells the story" of Indigenous science as a way of understanding, experiencing, and feeling the natural world. He points to parallels and differences between the Indigenous science and Western science paradigms, with special emphasis on environmental/ecological studies...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)