Blackfoot Physics

Blackfoot PhysicsOne summer in the 1980s, theoretical physicist F. David Peat went to a Blackfoot Sun Dance ceremony. Having spent all of his life steeped in and influenced by linear Western science, he was entranced by the Native American worldview and, through dialogue circles between scientists and native elders, he began to explore it in greater depth. Blackfoot Physics is the account of his discoveries. In an edifying synthesis of anthropology, history,

allowing their voices to emerge from the page

Here is a mountain woman

but it also underscored how little Americans know about the longtime historical tensions between Native peoples and the mainstream environmental movement

even sacred

and how the two intersect in a meaningful vision of human life in relation to a greater reality

Drawn inside

“Erdrich’s simple text and delicate pencil illustrations provide a detailed

which—even at its most abstract—echoes the calls and cries of the earth

Neihardt provide background on this landmark work along with pieces by Vine Deloria Jr

Chickadee continues the story of one Ojibwe family's journey through one hundred years in America

depends upon it

by contrast