The Earth Talks: Indigenous Ways of Knowing - with Pat McCabe

Recorded on Wednesday, 28 October, 2015

In Western Culture, academia has chosen to hone a singular way of knowing from an early age - a way of knowing that is almost exclusively through the intellect. From this has arisen a 'scientific method' which has declared that if you cannot touch it, measure it, observe it, repeat it and document it, then it is not real. Even with this strict commitment, as Western scientific studies have continued, and with the birth of quantum physics, it has become clear that this cannot entirely be the case.

Pat McCabe

Woman Stands Shining, Pat McCabe, has the honor of being of the Dine (Navajo) Nation. A Life-Bringer, Life-Bearer Mother, writer, artist, activist, speaker and cultural liason, her work is driven by the study of the Science of Right Relations. Moving from the central knowledge that We, The Five-Fingered-Ones, are born into Beauty, as Beauty, for Joyful Life, she brings the understanding of Indigenous ways of knowing into discussion and inquiry on Sustainability. Born to a People who have deep understanding and methodology for Restoration, she carries the Beauty Way into places where it has formerly been kept out. She is an active participant in Indigenous Peoples gatherings worldwide most recently in Chile, Belgium, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico and Bali. She has worked with the International Center for Cultural Studies in India and with Sarvodaya with Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne in Sri Lanka, as well as with organizations and gatherings in the U.S. Her recent work includes being a cultural consultant to the Pachamama Alliance, Inner Circle Invitee to the Language of Spirit Dialogue - Dialogue between Quantum Physicists, Linguists, Scientists and Indigenous knowledge keepers. Upcoming work includes the AUM National gathering, Women's teachings In Chile, and work with Israeli and Palestinian women.