Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; References; Chapter 2 Native American Epistemology; Ethical Knowing; Native Truthing; References; Chapter 3 Native Epistemology and Embodied Cognitive Theory; The Cognitive Unconscious and Native Ways of Knowing; Embodied Metaphor and Narrative in Native Cognitive Schemas; References; Chapter 4 Native Epistemology and Dancing; Dancing as Native and Indigenous Storytelling; Creating Meaning Through Embodied Metaphor While Dancing; Creating and Finding Truth Through Native and Indigenous Dancing; References

Chapter 5 Native Dancing: The Truthing in Performative KnowingDancing the Truth; Ethical Dancing and the Limits of Knowing; Conclusion: Native American Performative Truth vs. Embodied Realism; References; Appendix A: Letter from Head of Canadian Department of Indian Affairs; Bibliography; Index