Description: This book brings together American Indian intellectuals to discuss traditional and contemporary philosophies and philosophical issues. In a straightforward and accessible style, the essays address philosophical questions pertaining to knowledge, time, place, history, science, law, religion, nationhood, ethics, and art, as understood from a variety of native American standpoints. Truly unique, this volume represents several different tribes and nations and gives voice to a contemporary American Indian culture struggling for respect and autonomy. Taken together, the essays collected here exemplify the way in which American Indian perspectives enrich contemporary American philosophy.

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