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Principles of Tsawalk: An Indigenous Approach to Global Crisis

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Description for Principles of Tsawalk: An Indigenous Approach to Global Crisis Paperback. Hereditary chief Umeek weaves together Nuu-chah-nulth and Western worldviews to revitalize contemporary approaches to the environment and the plight of indigenous peoples. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JPQB; RND; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.

The word tsawalk, literally one, expresses the ancient Nuu-chah-nulth view that all living things – human, plant, and animal – form part of an integrated whole brought into harmony through constant negotiation and mutual respect. In Principles of Tsawalk, Umeek argues that contemporary environmental and political crises reflect a world out of balance.

Building upon his first book, Tsawalk: A Nuu-chah-nulth Worldview, Umeek weaves together indigenous and Western worldviews into an alternative framework for responding to global environmental and political crises and to the dispossession and displacement of indigenous peoples. These problems, the author shows, stem from an historical and persistent ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774821278
SKU
V9780774821278
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About Umeek / E. Richard Atleo
Umeek (E. Richard Atleo), a hereditary Nuu-chah-nulth chief, is a research liaison at the University of Manitoba and an associate adjunct professor at the University of Victoria. He is the author of Tsawalk: A Nuu-chah-nulth Worldview.

Reviews for Principles of Tsawalk: An Indigenous Approach to Global Crisis
Professor Atleo, a Chief of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth, argues in this book that the principles followed by his tribe would solve the planetary problems such as environmental crises, poverty, lack of education and political crisis. We should treat all peoples and life forms with respect. Trial lawyers practising in this field will be able to draw on and quote what could ... Read more

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