The knowledge seeker : embracing indigenous spirituality

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  • Author: Stonechild, Blair
    Contributor:

    Starblanket, Noel V

    Summary:

    In The Knowledge Seeker, Blair Stonechild shares his own sixty-year journey of learning--from residential school to PhD and beyond--looking all the while to find a place for Indigenous spirituality in the classroom. Encouraged by an Elder who insisted sacred information be written down, Stonechild explores the underlying philosophy of his people's teachings to demonstrate that Indigenous spirituality can speak to our urgent, contemporary concerns.

    Original Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan, University of Regina Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9780889774179

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Starblanket, Noel V

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In The Knowledge Seeker, Blair Stonechild shares his own sixty-year journey of learning--from residential school to PhD and beyond--looking all the while to find a place for Indigenous spirituality in the classroom. Encouraged by an Elder who insisted sacred information be written down, Stonechild explores the underlying philosophy of his people's teachings to demonstrate that Indigenous spirituality can speak to our urgent, contemporary concerns.

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Canadian nonfiction
Indigenous materials
Religion and spirituality
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Regina, Saskatchewan, University of Regina Press

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