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Embracing Indigenous Spirituality


Indigenous scholar, Dr. Blair Stonechild, discusses Indigenous spirituality in his recent publications.

Dr. Blair Stonechild is from Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation and is a professor of Indigenous Studies at First Nations University of Canada. After years of research and a keen interest in Indigenous spirituality and has written two books: The Knowledge Seeker – Embracing Indigenous Spirituality (2016) and Loss of Indigenous Eden and the Fall of Spirituality (2020). These two books have contributed to exposing how Indigenous spirituality has been systematically stolen from Indigenous peoples and helps to establish some of the principles of understanding Indigenous spirituality. Stonechild explains, “if you ever hope to understand Indigenous spirituality you have to understand that we are spiritual beings on a physical journey.”

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Contact Details

Organization: First Nations University of Canada
Name: Blair Stonechild
Title: Professor, Indigenous Studies
Email Address: abstonechild@firstnationsuniversity.ca

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Name: Steffany Salloum
Regional Lead(s):
  • Bettina Schneider 

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Saskatchewan

Education Topics

Culture
Elder Knowledge
Healing
Residential Schools
Traditional Knowledge

Education Levels

Post-Secondary
Secondary (Grade 9 - 12/13)

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English