Working with elders and indigenous knowledge systems : a reader and guide for places of higher learning

Summary: Dr. Herman Michell has produced a practical, easy to follow, reader designed to provide both examples and suggestions so as to allow readers the ability to establish “a starting base from which they can develop their own ways of working with Elders…” (p. ii). By exploring key Indigenous concepts, [i.e., definitions of Indigenous identity in Canada, Indigenous People and Indigenous knowledge; Indigenous worldview; who are Indigenous elders; etc.], Dr. Michell hopes to build cross-cultural bridges. This book is a must read for anyone wishing to quickly obtain an understanding of what underlies Indigenous ways of perceiving.

Record details

ISBN: 9780981151847 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0981151841 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
viii, 89 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Kanata, ON : JCharlton Pub., 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	New February 2015.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [73]-78).
Formatted Contents Note:	Definitions of Indigenous identity in Canada -- Indigenous people and Indigenous knowledge systems -- Indigenous worldview -- Who are Indigenous elders -- Approaching elders and accessing Indigenous knowledge -- Working with elders in places of higher learning -- Coming to understand Indigenous ceremonies -- References -- Appendix I: Diverse role of elders -- Appendix II: Complexity of Indigenous knowledge systems -- Appendix III: Indigenous worldview of connectedness -- Appendix IV: All my relations -- Appendix V: Reinforcing Indigenous worldview -- Appendix VI: Developing a healthy balanced life -- Appendix VII: Developing inner and outer balance -- Appendix VIII: Suppression of Indigenous knowledge systems -- Appendix IX: Honoring and celebrating diverse ways of knowing – Biography.