The earth's blanket : traditional teachings for sustainable living /
"Turner has worked with Native peoples in the Pacific Northwest for more than thirty-five years, and generations of her indigenous teachers have given her permission to share their stories and perspectives about the natural world. Their teachings describe a rich variety of methods of harvesting...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press
[2005]
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| Series: | Culture, place, and nature.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvcwnqs8 |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue: the land and the peoples
- Wealth and value in a changing world
- Land-based stories of peoples and home places
- A kincentric approach to nature
- Honouring nature through ceremony and ritual
- The balance between humans and nature
- Looking after the lands and waters
- Everything is one
- Finding meaning in a contemporary context.