ANTH 543 / ANTH 497: Indigenous Ways of Knowing

A brief introduction to the topic along with bibliography.

The article discusses the ethical lessons about animals from Native American sacred stories that may be useful to guide us towards a sustainable path. It mentions that scholars including J. Donald Hughes and Shepard Krech argue that indigenous people including the American Indians have ethical traditions that guide their actions toward the natural world for hundreds of years. Lessons that may or may not be learned from traditional stories are also discussed.