Part IV: Deathworlds and the Indigenous
Life and Death
We understand who we are –
We know where we came from –
We accept and understand our destiny here on Mother Earth – We are spirit having a human experience.
– Dianne M. Longboat, Mohawk Nation
Chapter 16 Indigenous Worldview and the Vision of a Peace Educator
Abstract
Documenting my lifelong quest to achieve peace through self-understanding, I analyzed personal and professional lived experiences related to the divided-self phenomenon as the root cause of problems in society-at-large. Growing up Euro-American in peaceful post-WWII South Dakota, the Vietnam War shattered my idealism. I underwent a dysfunctional rite-of-passage, manifested as divided self-identity ...
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