Blackfoot Ways of Knowing is a journey into the heart and soul of
Blackfoot culture. In sharing her personal story of "coming home"
to reclaim her identity within that culture, Betty Bastien offers
us a gateway into traditional Blackfoot ways of understanding and
experiencing the world. As a scholar and researcher, Bastien is
also able to place Blackfoot tradition within the context of
knowledge building among indigenous peoples generally, and within a
historical context of precarious survival amid colonial
displacement and cultural genocide. In mapping her own process of
coming to know, Bastien stresses the recovery of the Blackfoot
language and of the Blackfoot notions of reciprocal
responsibilities and interdependence. For the Siksikaitsitapi,
knowledge is experiential, participatory, and ultimately sacred,
rather than objective and inert. Rekindling traditional ways of
knowing is essential if First Nations people in Canada are to heal
and rebuild their communities and cultures. By sharing what she has
learned, Betty Bastien hopes to ensure that the next generation of
First Nations people will enjoy a future of hope and peace.
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