Wisdom of the Elders

Acknowledgments Authors' Note A Personal Foreword: The Value of Native Ecologies (David Suzuki) Visions of the Natural World: Shaman and Scientist Distant Times: Recognising the Kinship of All Life Mother Earth: Nature as a Living System Ways of Seeing Nature: Native Natural Histories Animal Powers: The Kinship of Humans and Beasts Plant Powers: The Relationship Between Humans and Vegetation Sacred Space: The Relationship Between Humans and Land Time as a Circle: Responding to the Rhythms of Nature World Renewal: Maintaining Balance in the Natural World The Fate of the Earth: Voices of the Elders Appendix: Excerpt from United Nations Draft Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Notes Index