THE AMERICAN INDIAN MIND IN A LINEAR WORLD American Indian Studies and Traditional Knowledge; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 "Indian Thinking" and a Linear World; 2 Oral Tradition and Traditional Knowledge; 3 American Indian Circular Philosophy; 4 Native American Genius and Indian Intellectualism; 5 Indian Minds and White Teachers; 6 Rise of American Indian Studies; 7 Cultural Patrimony and Native Scholars in Academia; 8 Institutionalizing Traditional Knowledge; 9 The Full Circle and Its Center; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Currently, there are three approaches to studying American Indians: from how white Americans approach Indian studies; from the dynamics or exchange of Indian-white relations; from the Indian point of view. Donald Fixico, an American Indian, has been teaching and writing history for a quarter of a century. This book is the direct result of his experience as a scholar who 'thinks like an Indian' in an academic environment created predominantly by non-Indian thinkers
