Article scientifique
Marlene Renate Atleo
Atleo, M. R. (2006). The Ancient Nuu-Chah-Nulth Strategy of Hahuulthi: Education for Indigenous Cultural Survivance. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 2(1).
In the process of exploring a collection of Nuu-chah-nulth narratives about the provider “Umeek” as learning sites, it became critical to understand the epistemological relationship between Nuu-chah-nulth ways of knowing, the territory, and the relationships between the two.The epistemology of Hisuk ish ts’awalk, or “oneness” (E.R. Atleo, 2004) provides clues to thelearning process in Nuu-chah-nulth culture. This paper begins to look at how territory isembodied by Nuu-chah-nulth and how Nuu-chah-nulth are/have been “embodied” by theterritory. Specifically, I look at some of these relationships within the territory of the confederated Ahousaht First Nations with a focus on sacred sites as touchstones for embodied knowledges.