scholarly journals That the People May Live: The Cowlitz Tribe's Journey of Peace and Justice

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
Eugene A. Wiggins
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
American Culture ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Native American Culture ◽  
The People ◽  
Peace And Justice ◽  
Dominant Society ◽  
Us Federal Government ◽  
Peace Psychology ◽  
The Right

AbstractIn an age of conflict and violence, the human family seeks peace-building paradigms. ‘Wisdom’ in traditional Native American culture provides a lens for exploring peace psychology. Native American culture understands ‘wisdom’ to be, ‘that the people may live’. Living implies love of life, love of others' lives, and the right to life and dignity. Here lies wisdom, that people may live with peace and justice. The Cowlitz Indians of western Washington, United States (US), traditionally, based constructive relations on the wisdom of kinship values, an ethic of generosity and reciprocity towards the wider community. Despite land loss and assimilation efforts of the dominant society, the US federal government finally recognised the Cowlitz Nation. This long awaited acknowledgment, won through adherence to traditional wisdom and values, has provided affirmation ‘that the people may live’.

Native American Culture and Insects

2008 ◽  
pp. 2546-2550
Author(s):  
John L. Capinera ◽  
Marjorie A. Hoy ◽  
Paul W. Paré ◽  
Mohamed A. Farag ◽  
John T. Trumble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
American Culture ◽  
Native American Culture

The Evolution of Secondary Inclusion

1997 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 270-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Thousand ◽  
Richard L. Rosenberg ◽  
Kathryn D. Bishop ◽  
Richard A. Villa
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Social Life ◽  
American Culture ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Native American Culture ◽  
Circle Of Courage ◽  
Curriculum Instruction ◽  
Secondary Inclusion

This article offers an alternative “Circle of Courage” paradigm of education, derived from Native American culture, for creating inclusive high schools that welcome, value, support, and facilitate the learning of adolescents with differing abilities. From this perspective, we examine (a) ways to reorganize the structure of secondary schools; (b) emerging best practices for improving curriculum, instruction, assessment, and student social life on campus; and (c) a process and set of communication tools to ensure needed supports for individual students. We conclude by discussing the application of the Circle of Courage paradigm of education.

Indian Saints and Nation-States: Ignacio Manuel Altamirano’s Landscapes and Legends

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Wright-Rios
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Native American ◽  
American Culture ◽  
Popular Religion ◽  
National Character ◽  
Native American Culture ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Religion And Modernity ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano

Analyzing the costumbrista sketches of Ignacio Manuel Altamirano as a single multi-faceted work, and comparing his treatment of popular Catholicism in different communities, this study represents a new reading of the author’s writings. It proposes that Altamirano’s juxtaposition of religion and modernity across urban-rural and ethnic continua reveals the author exploring the possibilities of Indian-centered nationalism rooted in what he describes as the innately American, independent spirit of rural indigenous Catholic practice. In short, camou- flaged in a traditional, eclectic genre, Altamirano identified the foundations of the national character in Indian popular religion long before twentieth-century indigenismo looked to contemporary Native American culture for inspiration.

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