Foreword – ix

Preface- xv

Acknowledgements- xxv

ONE Personal Encounter and Ancestral Ways of Knowing

            Introduction- 3

1.     Indian Spirituality: A Personal Experience- 5

2.     Native and Non-Native Encounter: A Personal Experience- 23

3.     Natives and the Earth- 45

TWO Encountering Elders

            Introduction- 61

4.     Next Time, Try an Elder!- 65

5.     The Role of Native Elders: Emergent Issues- 77

6.     Explorations in Native Knowing- 97

THREE Education as Encounter

            Introduction- 135

7.     Native Training and Political Change: A Personal Reflection- 139

8.     Native Studies and the Academy- 157

9.     What Is Fundamental to Native Education? Some Thoughts on the Relationship Between Thinking, Feeling and Learning- 173

FOUR Restorative Justice as Encounter

            Introduction- 195

10.  Aboriginal Healing Programs and Plans: Basic Teachings, Concepts, and Core Values for Restorative Justice- 197

11.  Aboriginal Behavioural Trauma: Towards a Taxonomy- 225

12.  A Window on Traditional Healer Activity: Elements of Healing- 251

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