The Medicine Wheel

Environmental Decision-Making Process of Indigenous Peoples

Michael E. Marchand, Kristiina A. Vogt, Rodney Cawston, John D Tovey, John McCoy, Nancy Maryboy, Calvin T Mukumoto, Daniel J Vogt, Melody Starya Mobley

• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781611863581
• eBook ISBN:
  9781628953954
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Social Sciences

The Medicine Wheel built by Indigenous people acknowledges that ecosystems experience unpredictable recurring cycles and that people and the environment are  interconnected. The Western science knowledge framework is incomplete unless localized intergenerational knowledge is respected and becomes part of the problem-definition and solution process. The goal of this book is to lay the context for how to connect Western science and Indigenous knowledge frameworks to form a holistic and ethical decision process for the environment. What is different about this book is that it not only describes the problems inherent to each knowledge framework but also offers new insights for how to connect culture and art to science knowledge frameworks. Read this book and learn how you can move beyond stereotypes to connect with nature.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Boxes
• Preface
• Acronyms
• Chapter I. Indigenous Knowledge Framework and the Medicine Wheel
• Chapter II. What Is Needed to be a “Leader without Borders”?
• Chapter III. How Do You Become “Cultured”?
• Chapter IV. Western Science ≠ Indigenous Forms of Knowledge
• Chapter V. Forestry Lens: Culture-based Planning and Dealing with Climate Change
• Chapter VI. Tribes, State and Federal Agencies: Leadership and Knowledge Sharing Dynamics
• Chapter VII. Native People’s Knowledge-Forming Approaches Needed for Nature Literacy to Emerge among Citizens
• Chapter VIII. Learning Indigenous People’s Way to Tell Circular Stories
• Chapter IX. Medicine Wheel: Moving beyond Nature, People and Business Stereotypes
• References
• Authors
• Contributing Authors
• Index