Blackfoot Ways of Knowing

By Betty Bastien,

Book cover of Blackfoot Ways of Knowing: The Worldview of the Siksikaitsitapi

Book description

Blackfoot Ways of Knowing is a journey into the heart and soul of Blackfoot culture. As a scholar and researcher, Betty Bastien places Blackfoot tradition within a historical context of precarious survival amid colonial displacement and cultural genocide. In sharing her personal story of reclaimed identity, Bastien offers a gateway…


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1 author picked Blackfoot Ways of Knowing as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A book about the traditional worldview of the Siksikaitsitapi people, in which the author shares her personal story of "coming home" to reclaim her identity within her culture. This book opened my mind and heart to a worldview that is breathtakingly alive with meaning, interconnection, and wisdom.

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