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DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
What we do
Formal mission statement
Overview
"What we do" stated as Story
What we do
Why it matters
The Bones of ancient relationship
Weaving connections
"What we do" explained by the Sacred Circle
Relation to Projects Relation to Ways
of Knowing
    East   East
    South   South
    West   West
    North   North
    Center   Center
"Just the facts" of what we do
Projects
    Indigenous worldview and our projects
    How Indigenous worldview impacts our programs
    How Tapestry's programs compare to those of other organizations
Events (upcoming or being planned)
The Voice of the Horse '09
Wildfire Conference
Workshops for leaders in environmental professions
Resources
Voice of the Horse Survey Results
Digital Library of Indigenous Science Resources
      Indigenous EarthCenter (in concept stage)
Forestry resources
        BAER Citeria for assessing wildfire burn severity
        Sowbelly Forestry
        Fire-Dependent Ecosystem
        Sowbelly Burn and Forestry Maps
        List of Sowbelly Burn and Forestry Reports, with links
The LOOM, Tapestry's quarterly newsletter
Subscription information
Issues
Knowing, Learning about, and Responding to Tornadoes. An example of the power of using and integrating different ways of knowing. This resource has been used in numerous classrooms, several museum exhibits, and quoted extensively in The Washington Post.
Intellectual ways of knowing about tornadoes
Experiential ways of knowing about tornadoes
Spiritual ways of knowing about tornadoes
Mythic ways of knowing about tornadoes
Integrated ways of knowing about tornadoes
Additional information pages that support website text also serve as resources: These include pages on story, myth, paradigm, paradigm shift, emergence, worldview, ways of knowing, the Sacred Circle, and Indigenous worldview
    Research on relationships between humans and earth
      Research surveys
        Voice of the Horse Survey Results (preliminary)
      Forestry
      Humans and Wildfire (material being prepared for publication)
      Humans and Horses (material being prepared for publication)
      DLISR-related research
      Past projects on Native Science
    Research into the ways people learn intellectually, experientially, spiritually, and mythically
      Voice of the Horse Survey: included questions that explored the different ways people learn about the horse-human relationship
      Wildfire and humans research (material being prepared for publication)
      Numerous Past Projects
Past Projects
      Voice of the Horse '07 Gathering
      Mustang Freedom Project (rolled into Voice of the Horse research)
      Workshops
      Native Science sessions at AAAS
      Research on web-based learning
      Trailmaster project at Palo Duro Canyon
      Film pre-production
      Stories from the Circle: Science and Native Wisdom (major conference)
      Research on identifying mythic structures in film
      Conferences and other activities related to being Southwest Regional Office for Templeton Science-Religion Course Program (1999-2000)
      Stormwind Project
      Science Education research
How We Work
  How our programs compare to those of others
Tapestry operates out of Indigenous Worldview
Definitions and explanations
Worldview
Indigenous worldview
"Contemporary" or "modern" worldview
Why we operate out of Indigenous worldview
Practical ways that Indigenous worldview impacts our work
Indigenous worldview in our programs
How our programs compare to those of others'
Indigenous worldview and the structure of our website
Guidelines to follow when you visit and work with us
We partner with the Land
The Wisdom of the Land
What it means to say the Land is alive
    Bones of ancient relationship between humans and the Land
    The Sacred Circle and the Earth
    Forestry projects
    Indigenous worldview
Sowbelly Canyon
  We learn in community
    How we facilitate community learning
      Sophiarchy
      Emergence
    How the public can take part in the community
      Share knowledge and experience
      Attend an event or workshop
      Contribute to and/or subscribe to The LOOM
    Members of our learning community
      Board of Directors
      Staff
      Team members
      Partners and supporters
        Testimonials
      Grant funders
      Public participants
Principes of Indigenous Worldview that structure what we do and how we do it
  The Circle
    Structure and Meaning of the Circle
    East
    South
    West
    North
    Center
    Applied to Ways of Knowing and Learning
    Intellectual Ways of Knowing
    Experiential Ways of Knowing
    Spiritual Ways of Knowing
    Mythic Ways of Knowing
    Integrated Ways of Knowing
    Applied to Story and Tapestry's Projects
    East: Beginning, Collecting the bones of kinship between humans and the earth
South: Development, Putting the bones back together
West: Climax, Singing over the bones
North: Resolution, Growth of understanding
Center: Emergence of a new story
Story and Myth
Storied account of "What We Do"
The bones of ancient relationship
Weaving connections
Why the story is important
The people who live out the roles in the story
Tapestry staff, board members, and team members
The Land
Partners and Supporters
The Public
Grant Funders
Mythic ways of Knowing and Learning
Example: Mythic ways of knowing about tornadoes
We use and integrate different ways of knowing, learning about, and responding to the natural world in all our work
      Intellectual ways of knowing
      Experiential ways of knowing
      Spiritual ways of knowing
      Mythic ways of knowing
      Integrated ways of knowing
Basic Information about Tapestry Institute
Mission
Contact information
People
Board of Directors
Staff
Team Members
Partners and Supporters
Grants and Honors
Guidelines for when you visit or work with us
Privacy policy
Our first great land partner: Sowbelly Canyon
Our Newsletter: The LOOM



 
 
 
  


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