Across
- 6. Is knowledge to the Aboriginal learner
- 7. This educational approach, or dogma, can harm the traditional worldview of Aboriginal people
- 9. The original name for the knowledge-holders, or Elders, in the community
- 10. Knowledge of first ______ and culture essential for transformative learning
- 11. As a form of 'medicine' is manifested as chants, dances, language and meditation
- 12. Teaching this, in addition to language, will help reinvigorate a creative life force
- 14. These earthworks represent physical manifestations of a pathway to self-discovery and self-actualization
- 15. A worldview that seemingly contradicts the fragmented and compartmentalized Western approach to knowledge
- 16. Belief that a human being must possess this trait to become knowledgeable
- 18. Aboriginal education supports a world-view based on this concept
- 19. A transformative character in Aboriginal oral traditions who acts as a guide in knowing the unknown
- 22. These acts allow for inner exploration of the metaphysical world
- 25. These beings, along with plants, help guide us into the metaphysical world
- 26. The collective keeper of tribal knowledge
- 27. The purpose of social change according to an Aboriginal worldview
Down
- 1. An attribute that children possess that ensures an ongoing exploration of life's mysteries
- 2. The living energy that comprises our universe (Vine Deloria, 1991)
- 3. According to Deloria (1991), the relationship of things to each other
- 4. A practice that makes possible the construction of meaning by Aboriginal people
- 5. The universe of being that encompasses the soul, the spirit, the self
- 8. A hallmark of the Western scientific approach
- 13. A trajectory of knowing that involves inner exploration
- 14. To be creative, in Cree
- 17. An individual's right to choose their own path in life without interference
- 20. Aboriginal people believe the natural environment encompasses this non-physical aspect
- 21. A way in which symbolic messages may be delivered to a person to guide sacred undertakings
- 23. The Old Ones, as well as Aboriginal scientists, acknowledge this force as the source of knowing
- 24. A compelling manifestation of the inner space to an Indigenous knowledge seeker
- 25. A Western belief that the universe can be understood and controlled through this means