aspect of Departure bargains a pragmatic metacognitive and transformational studying process for human surviving and thriving. utilizing 5 foundational and interactive Indigenous worldview ideals that distinction sharply with our dominant worldview ones, all people can reclaim the unique directions for dwelling on the earth. with no the ensuing switch in realization that may emerge from this studying technique, no glossy applied sciences can retailer us. The 5 foundational Indigenous precepts relate to a notably diverse figuring out approximately: (1) Trance?based studying (2) braveness and Fearlessness (3) group orientated Self?Authorship (4) Sacred Communications (5) Nature as final Teacher

Praise for element of Departure:

Four Arrows presents a indispensable critique of ways the collective human departure of contemporary society from “Indigenous recognition” has ended in the present wholesale exploitation and destruction of “Indigenous Nature” ... whereas offering the impetus for the urgency of a go back to the “Indigenous brain” as one of many precise pathways for our destiny survival. ~ Greg Cajete Director of local American reports, college of latest Mexico. writer of local technological know-how and glance to the Mountain

Recognizing the disastrous results of the dominant worldview pervading international society, 4 Arrows teaches metacognitive techniques to aid shift us again towards the Indigenous worldview—the merely worldview that could repair stability amidst planetary obstacle. along with his attribute perception, he reminds us that interconnectedness with all of production is the foundation of braveness that may support each one people, Indigenous and non?Indigenous alike, upward push to motion in safeguard of mom Earth. ~ Waziyatawin
Dakota author and activist from Pezihutazizi K’api Makoce (Land the place They Dig for Yellow medication) in southwestern Minnesota

Four Arrows keeps to open our eyes to the opportunity of a brand new society, one based at the empirical information of hundreds of thousands of years and in the paradigms of conventional knowledge and the folk hooked up to all of life—theirs, ours, animal brethren and mom Earth. element of Departure is a needs to learn for a person who desires to join the answer. ~ Rebecca Adamson Founder/President First Peoples Worldwide

Anyone who's even somewhat Indigenous will nod in acceptance all through element of Departure. utilizing the 4 sacred instructions as cognitive bridges into the circle of all, 4 Arrows walks the reader via trance?based, Transformative studying; braveness, Indian?style, as connection - no longer fear-based; and the Indigenous grammar of communique and truth-telling, with neither constrained to people. Then, binding the ring jointly for “all our relations,” 4 Arrows recommends re-acquaintance with Nature. The convenient “take?away” discussions and “how?to” manuals concluding every one dialogue draw the reader into the circle, if basically the reader is prepared. ~ Barbara Alice Mann Associate Professor of Humanities, college of Toledo. writer of Spirits of Blood, Spirits of Breath: The Twinned Cosmos of Indigenous America