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Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth by Darcia Narvaez, Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows)

4.5

informative reflective medium-paced

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This book includes a rich selection of indigenous writings on native wisdom, which is provided with background information on the writer and followed with a discussion between the authors with more in-depth exploration of the indigenous worldview described. Once you get comfortable with the format, this book is an easy and insightful dive into indigenous worldview, with thoughtful comparisons to the ideals of western culture. As someone who is an environmentalist scientist, so much of this book resonated with me. It's as if everything we have ever been taught, and the ways in which we were taught it, are wrong. For anyone interested in indigenous reads, this book is a gem.