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Author Knudtson, Peter.

Title Wisdom of the elders / Peter Knudtson & David Suzuki
Published St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1992

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Description xxxv, 232 pages : 1 map ; 23 cm
Summary Selection of stories from various indigenous peoples to promote notion of relation between humans and environment , two with Aboriginal content; pp. 138-145 remystification and embellishment of Murgin dog myth recorded by Peterson in Man 1972 Vol 7 No. 1; pp. 129 -135 remystification of red kangaroo story based on Strehlows Aranda Traditions and Newsome in Mankind 1980 Vol 12 No. 4
Analysis Human ecology
Indian philosophy
Indians - Philosophy
Indians - Religion
Indigenous peoples
Nature - Effect of human beings on
Nature - Folklore
Nature worship
Notes CIP confirmed
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 209-219
Subject Ethnophilosophy.
Human ecology -- Religious aspects.
Human ecology.
Indian mythology.
Indian philosophy.
Indians of North America -- Religion.
Indians -- Religion.
Indigenous peoples.
Nature worship.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Nature -- Folklore.
Author Suzuki, David T., 1936-
LC no. 92062437
ISBN 1863732500 (paperback)
1863737154 (paperback)