Thesis ID: CBB631274656

Native American Stories as Scientific Investigations of Nature: Indigenous Science and Methodologies (2016)

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Scientific knowledge is a global pursuit, one that takes on many different guises across cultures. This thesis argues that indigenous peoples have and had their own, independently developed forms of scientific knowledge, that are interwoven into stories that have been passed down for generations. I will share stories from my own tribe, the Potawatomi. Recognizing that Native American stories are tapestries of different types of knowledge—spiritual, scientific, and cultural— and that these knowledges cannot be extricated from one another, Native American science is neither directly comparable nor commensurable with Western, colonial, atheistic science. Rather, it has its own complex epistemology that must be recognized and valued for its difference, but also legitimated as having the same spirit of empirical understanding, as Western science.

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Authors & Contributors
Duarte, Marisa Elena
Mary Jane Logan McCallum
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Belarde-Lewis, Miranda
Cobb, Charles R.
Adele Perry
Concepts
American Indians; Native Americans; First Nations of the Americas
Native American civilization and culture
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Colonialism
Traditional knowledge
Astronomy
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Early modern
20th century
Precolumbian period (America)
Modern
Places
United States
Canada
Americas
South America
Alaska (U.S.)
Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma
Institutions
United States Air Force (USAF)
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