Indigenous Ways of Knowing

Films Media Group, (film distributor.). TDC Entertainment, (production company.).

Summary: David Begay, Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northern Arizona University and Nancy Maryboy, President and Founder of Indigenous Education Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico invite us to understand Navajo ways of knowing. They describe a worldview that is place-based, emphasizes kinship and connection, and intimately orients the human within an interrelated and unified cosmos.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (32 min., 4 sec.)) : sound, color.
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electronic resource
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : TDC Entertainment,
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : distributed by Films Media Group, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on July 15, 2015. Multi-User. CatMonthString:december.15
Formatted Contents Note:	Indigenous Cosmology (2:45) -- Navajo Language and Worldview (5:34) -- Spiritual Connections (3:09) -- Indigenous Epistemology (5:01) -- Reductionism Versus Flow (3:08) -- Credits: Indigenous Ways of Knowing (0:16) -- Cosmology of the Home (3:19) -- Sense of Place (2:52) -- Seasons (3:57) -- Navajo Cosmology (1:29) -- Credits: Indigenous Ways of Knowing (0:12)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	9 & up.
System Details Note:	System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description (Films Media Group, October 1 2015).