Battiste, M. (1992). Indigenous epistemology in modern thought and education. Occasional paper for the Mi'kmaq Resource Centre. Unpublished manuscript, Mi'kmaq Resource Centre, Cape Breton University, Sydney, Nova Scotia.

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CBU/MRC – Report #70 MRC 98-70-424

Discussion of the “tribal worldview” – a’tookwokum – and the conflict between tribal and western thought. Examination of Indigenous education with reference to Havighurst, the Indian Education Act, and east and west hemisphere (of the brain) thought. Additionally, examines tribal epistemology and its connection to spirituality.