Submit one-and-a-half-page reflection essay on the reading (typed, double spaced) on Canvas.
What is distinctive about the author’s way of knowing/understanding the world, and how this knowing differs from Western or Eurocentric ways of knowing, understanding, and engaging the world.
What questions are you exploring in relation to this tenet?
Make at least two references to the reading.
Readings Due:
Reading: “Metaphors and Models: Indigenous Knowledge and Evolutionary Ecology,” Raymond Pierotti,
Chapter 4, pp. 68-80, Indigenous Knowledge, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology (Routledge
2011).
1) “Metaphors and Models: Indigenous Knowledge and Evolutionary Ecology,” Raymond Pierotti, Chapter 4, pp. 81-91, Indigenous Knowledge, Ecology, & Evolutionary Biology (Routledge 2011).
2) “Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of Grass,” Chapter 3, pp. 156-166, 175-201, Robin Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Milkweed Editions, 2013).
3) “Gikinoo’amaadiwin: We Gain Knowledge (Education)” Ojibwe Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look in All Directions, by Peacock and Wisuri (Afton, MN: Afton Historical Society Press, 2002, pp. 64-89.
