Indigenous Epistemology
Countless times,the western dominant society has discounted Indigenous Knowledge and discredited their beliefs and lifestyles. Deloria(2001) said“For many centuries whites scorned the knowledge of American Indians,regarding whatever the people said as gross,savage superstition and insisting that their own view of the world, a complex mixture of folklore,religious doctrine, and greek natural sciences, was the highest intellectual achievement of our species?”(p.1). Western European society viewed their knowledge, lifestyles, and beliefs as superior over the Indigenous populations. Western people decided to liberate the indigenous people from the lands because of beliefs that the indigenous people were not using it. Epistemology …show more content…
Facts are given and memorized by the students. The knowledge retained is short term knowledge. Deloria spoke about the Power and Place in his article. Power and Place equals Personality. Personality is unique, Indigenous people recognised individuality and how it was included into the community to help each other. Power and Place describes that the universe is living, but it also suggests that the universe is personal so relationships must be developed in a personal fashion. Acceptance of those difference were important in also the naming ceremony and responsibilities that the tribal member had. The societal views was something to recognize and speak about in order how it would best benefit the community and not the individual. Survival for indigenous communities depended on community …show more content…
The difficulty concerning brainstorming solutions for our universities results from tackling our problems with Western solutions. Western solutions tend to not solve the problems by the root, it only remedies the effects or trims the leaves of the problem. Western Ideology concerning health is to mainly administer medicine to treat illnesses, instead of promoting preventive measures in patients lives, and by judicial means through national law. In Order to satisfy the dominant culture do implement our own research is that Indigenous people must grab the reigns over our economic future. A working economy is part of Self determination. Finance, and funding will determine what Indigenous tribes can and cannot do. Once we master our finances,investments, and budgets, we can set forward on the journey do reclaiming our indigenous beliefs, ideas, and identities through knowledge, education, and practical ways of
Countless times,the western dominant society has discounted Indigenous Knowledge and discredited their beliefs and lifestyles. Deloria(2001) said“For many centuries whites scorned the knowledge of American Indians,regarding whatever the people said as gross,savage superstition and insisting that their own view of the world, a complex mixture of folklore,religious doctrine, and greek natural sciences, was the highest intellectual achievement of our species?”(p.1). Western European society viewed their knowledge, lifestyles, and beliefs as superior over the Indigenous populations. Western people decided to liberate the indigenous people from the lands because of beliefs that the indigenous people were not using it. Epistemology …show more content…
Facts are given and memorized by the students. The knowledge retained is short term knowledge. Deloria spoke about the Power and Place in his article. Power and Place equals Personality. Personality is unique, Indigenous people recognised individuality and how it was included into the community to help each other. Power and Place describes that the universe is living, but it also suggests that the universe is personal so relationships must be developed in a personal fashion. Acceptance of those difference were important in also the naming ceremony and responsibilities that the tribal member had. The societal views was something to recognize and speak about in order how it would best benefit the community and not the individual. Survival for indigenous communities depended on community …show more content…
The difficulty concerning brainstorming solutions for our universities results from tackling our problems with Western solutions. Western solutions tend to not solve the problems by the root, it only remedies the effects or trims the leaves of the problem. Western Ideology concerning health is to mainly administer medicine to treat illnesses, instead of promoting preventive measures in patients lives, and by judicial means through national law. In Order to satisfy the dominant culture do implement our own research is that Indigenous people must grab the reigns over our economic future. A working economy is part of Self determination. Finance, and funding will determine what Indigenous tribes can and cannot do. Once we master our finances,investments, and budgets, we can set forward on the journey do reclaiming our indigenous beliefs, ideas, and identities through knowledge, education, and practical ways of