The Clean Place: Honouring Indigenous Spiritual Roots of Turtle Island (1 in Stock)
Synopsis:
Within Turtle Island Indigenous people know that its spiritual centre is the ultimate mover within everything we do and are surrounded by. The Clean Place: Honouring Indigenous Spiritual Roots of Turtle Island illuminates the strong connection Indigenous people have with the land and the importance of a paradigm shift worldwide toward sustainable ways of thinking and being. The voices and perspectives of the writers weave traditional teachings, spirituality, and messages of hope, change, and transformation.
Reviews
"Hankard’s compilation takes us on a journey throughout Turtle Island and beyond, across sacred oceans to the ancestral homelands of our relatives. This journey illuminates a connecting theme of Indigenous existence on, from and with the land as a sacred being. Upon a shared reading of a chapter with my son, it was clear he embodied the teachings within – he was doing his part in maintaining the Clean Place." - Cindy Peltier, PhD, Chair Indigenous Education Nipissing University
Educator Information
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Gchi-Biimskogaabiwiding
Introduction
Michael Hankard
1. I Still Have the Place
Lorraine Rekmans
2. Unsettling the Clean Place: Beginnings of a Philosophical Reflection
Réal Fillion
3. Giving Thanks for the Light
Ross Hoffman
4. In Place and Time: Indigenous Women’s Re-Weaving and Resistances
Laura Hall
5. The Healing Journey: Spirituality, Cultural Connection and the Significance of Aboriginal Peoples Relationship to the Land
John E. Charlton & John G. Hansen
6. Honouring Papatuanuku: Honouring Mother Earth
Taima Moeke-Pickering
7. Stewards of the Sacred
Cynthia Landrum
8. A Buffalo’s Breath on a Cold Winter Morning
Michael Hankard
9. Wahi Pana: A Hawaiian Sense of Place and Relationship to the Land
Umi Perkins
10. The Land is One with Us, and We are One with the Land: A Personal Journal
Emily Faries
11. Caring for Past/Present/Future Through Anishinabe Photography on the Land
Celeste Pedri-Spade
12. Washed ‘Clean’ in Zimbabwe: The Dzivaguru Creation Story
Collis G. Machoko
13. Reflections on Urban Connections to Land and Ceremony: Uncovering the Virtues of Creativity, Cultural Resiliency, Flexibility and Tenacity
Barbara Waterfall
14. Biinidsa: Going Home to Clean Up
Kevin FitzMaurice
Epilogue: Clean Water in the ‘Clean Place’?
Maurice Switzer
About the Authors
Additional Information
251 pages | 6.00" x 9.00"