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Tables of Contents for Native Science
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Leroy Little Bear, J.D.
Dedication and Acknowledgments
viii
Introduction
1
10
Telling a Special Story
11
46
First Insights
13
7
The Creative Context
15
1
Chaos Theory
16
4
Sense, Perception, and Creative Participation
20
8
Perceptual Blindness versus Creative Sensibility
22
3
Body Sense
25
3
The Metaphoric Mind
28
3
Native Stories of Creation and Emergence
31
15
Art as a Means of Ceremony and Transformation
46
6
Meanings and Possibilities
52
5
Philosophy of Native Science
57
28
Eco-Philosophy
58
6
Tenets of Native Philosophy
64
2
Process of Native Science
66
5
Native Science Practice
71
11
Guiding Stories
74
1
Guiding Thoughts
75
2
Native Science Paradigm
77
5
Meanings and Possibilities
82
3
The Ecology of Native American Community
85
22
We Are All Related
86
4
A Personal Story
87
3
For the Good of the People: Foundations for Leadership, Service, and Community Value
90
1
Workings of Native Community
90
8
Native Science Practice in Native Communities
98
6
Meanings and Possibilities
104
3
Plants, Food, Medicine, and Gardening
107
42
A Green Philosophy
108
3
Plants Are the Hair of Mother Earth
111
4
Plants and the Foundations of Health and Wholeness
115
12
The Ecology of Native Healing
118
4
The Quest for Healing Knowledge
122
5
Native Gardening
127
13
``Native People Loved Their Gardens''
129
4
Native Food Contributions
133
7
Native Permaculture and Agricultural Technology
140
6
Meanings and Possibilities
146
3
Animals in Native Myth and Reality
149
28
Animals and the Native Worldview and
150
2
Animal Nature
152
4
Our Relatives, the Animals
156
9
The Hunter of Good Heart
158
7
Animals in Myth
165
2
Animals and Spirituality
167
1
American Indian Animal Husbandry
168
6
Meanings and Possibilities
174
3
A Sense of Place
177
38
Living in Relationship
178
8
The Role of Language
183
2
The Human Body as Metaphor for Landscape
185
1
The Psychology of Place
186
2
Applied Technologies on Land, River, and Sea
188
16
Mining
189
1
Hydraulics
190
7
Transportation Systems
197
7
Sacred Space
204
11
The Mythic Body of the Landscape
206
4
Orienting to Place and Space
210
1
Meanings and Possibilities
211
4
Native Astronomy: A Skyward View
215
44
Living the Heavens: An Introduction
216
10
A Navajo Perspective on Cosmology and Astronomy
218
8
A Relational Philosophy: The Stars Are Our Relatives
226
24
Community: The Skidi Pawnee, Star People of the Plains
234
3
Star Visions and the Role of Plants
237
5
The Nazca Animal Geoglyphs of Peru
242
4
Place and Astronomical Orientation
246
4
A Cosmic Journey
250
5
Meanings and Possibilities
255
4
Creating New Minds and Worlds
259
32
A New Sun
260
22
Finding Face
265
1
Finding Heart
266
1
Finding a Foundation
267
15
Meanings and Possibilities
282
6
``Land and Stars, The Only Knowledge'' (Simon Ortiz)
288
3
References
291
7
Further Reading
298
4
Index
302