A metaphoric mind : : selected writings of Joseph Couture / / Ruth Couture & Virginia McGowan, editors.

Dr. Joseph Couture (1930–2007), known affectionately as “Dr Joe,” stood at the centre of some of the greatest political, social, and intellectual struggles of Aboriginal peoples in contemporary Canada. A profound thinker and writer, as well as a gifted orator, he easily walked two paths, as a respec...

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Place / Publishing House:Edmonton, Alberta : : AU Press,, 2013.
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (330 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
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Table of Contents:
  • ONE Personal Encounter and Ancestral Ways of Knowing. Introduction
  • Indian Spirituality: A Personal Experience
  • Native and Non-Native Encounter: A Personal Experience
  • Natives and the Earth
  • TWO Encountering Elders. Introduction
  • Next Time, Try an Elder!
  • The Role of Native Elders: Emergent Issues
  • Explorations in Native Knowing
  • THREE Education as Encounter. Introduction
  • Native Training and Political Change: A Personal Reflection
  • Native Studies and the Academy - What Is Fundamental to Native Education? Some Thoughts on the Relationship Between Thinking, Feeling, and Learning
  • FOUR Restorative Justice as Encounter. Introduction
  • Aboriginal Healing Programs and Plans: Basic Teachings, Concepts, and Core Values for Restorative Justice
  • Aboriginal Behavioural Trauma: Towards a Taxonomy
  • A Window on Traditional Healer Activity: Elements of Healing
  • FIVE Cornerstone Teachings. Introduction
  • On Women and the Woman's Circle
  • Excerpts from "Dialogues Between Western and Indigenous Scientists"
  • Recidivism and the Need for Community-Based Healing
  • Where Are the Stories?
  • Comments from the Fourth Little Red River Workshop
  • MY FRIEND JOE.