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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Creation stories"”.
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The origins of culture : an ethnographic exploration of the Ktunaxa creation stories
This project explores the Ktunaxa Nation's creation stories in order to understand the significance of these narratives in the formation and maintenance of the Ktunaxa culture. These stories inform and support the Ktunaxa ways of knowing, their worldviews, their history pre- and post-contact, and …
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Land, People, Space, and Place: Constructing a Decolonized Reparative Understanding of the Biblical Creation Myth Through Dialogue Between the Hebrew Bible and Haudenosaunee Creation Stories
… the settlers’ claims about the biblical creation myths (Gen 1:1-2:4a and Gen 2:4b-3:24) and to construct a decolonized, reparative understanding of the biblical cosmogony through a conversation between it and its Indigenous counterpart. Therefore, using an author-established, …
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Truth and Reconciliation at the Bay: Environmental Discourse, Contested Notions of Human-Creation Relations in Mnidoo Gaamii/Georgian Bay, and Indigenous-Cottager Relations
… context of Indigenous ways of knowing, such as Creation stories, ceremony, and rooted law, giving non-Indigenous readers an opportunity to reflect on the ways that endeavours such as environmental conservation, which can seem universally beneficial, can in fact be harmful. This research adds to …
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Carers of elderly whānau their invisible voices
… the theory that the supernatural heavens and creation stories represent the origin of care. Another impact that I consider is the legacy of colonisation and my carers’ realities in the current century. Methodology: Qualitative research is an interpretive tool, making it a perfect fit for …
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Religious Poetry and the Red Dot
… society, and the early Vedas of India, the creation myths of American native cultures, and the complex interwoven Chinese myths of rivers and beasts all leave their direct political mark, even given their fantastical content. The poetic foundations of Hammurabi's laws are couched in …