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This anthology is on global indigenous people's wisdoms and ways of knowing. It covers issues of religion, cultural self-determination, philosophy, spirituality, sacred sites, oppression, gender, and the suppressed voices of women, the diverse global contexts across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North & South America and Oceania. (Libraries Australia)
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Dedication: Dedicated to the Indigenous matriots and patriots who fought to preserve their cultures and peoples in the wake of genocide following 500 years of Western Colonization.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Nila.Ngany - Possessing/Belonging to Knowledge : Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Yawuru Aboriginal Australia,
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(p. 19-31)Pat Mamanyjun Torres writes: "until Indigenous scholars participate in the knowledge-building that occurs in white mainstream educational institutions, we will always be the objects of study in the 'them v. us' dichotomy of difference' (23). In this essay Torres explains how knowledge-building occurred for her in the Yawuru context. She particularly emphasises the storytelling she experienced as a child.
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