Loss of Indigenous Eden and the Fall of Spirituality

Blair Stonechild is a Cree-Saulteaux member of the Muscowpetung First Nation and professor of Indigenous Studies at First Nations University of Canada. He is the author of The Knowledge Seeker: Embracing Indigenous Spirituality and Buffy Sainte-Marie: It's My Way. He lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceChapter 1: Enchanted World Chapter 2: Indigenous Garden of EdenChapter 3: Betraying Indigenous EdenChapter 4: Final Conquest of EdenChapter 5: Religion Overtakes the WorldChapter 6: Knowledge, Sacred and ProfaneChapter 7: The Big RushChapter 8: Harming Our RelativesChapter 9: Searching for HealingChapter 10: Need for ReconciliationAppendix 1:Comparing Ecolizations and CivilizationsAppendix 2:United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

"One of the best articulations in print of some introductory teachings of a contemporary Elder." -- Mark Rumi, professor of Religion and Culture, University of Winnipeg