4.2 “Native American Epistemology Through Dreams”
Joel Alvarez (Puerto Rican, Ecuadorian)
Online Readings
- Asals, Katharine. “Chapter 2 – Dream Theory in Native North America.”
- Casale, Alessandro. “Indigenous Dreams: Prophetic Nature, Spirituality, and Survivance.” Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative Collective.
- Invocation. “The Interpretations of Dreams in Native American Culture.” December 8, 2016.
- Colorado College. “Vision Quest Traditions.”
- Native Art in Canada. “Vision Quest.”
- Shawanda, A. “Baawaajige: Exploring Dreams as Academic References.” Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health 1, no. 1 (2020): 37–47.
- Hirt, I. “Mapping dreams/dreaming maps: Bridging Indigenous and Western Geographical Knowledge.” Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization 47, no. 2 (2012): 105–20.
- Simpson, L. “Stories, Dreams, and Ceremonies: Anishinaabe Ways of Learning.” Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education 11, no. 4 (2000): 26–29.
- Irwin, L. “Dreams, Theory, and Culture: The Plains Vision Quest Paradigm.” American Indian Quarterly 18, no. 2 (1994): 229–45.
Online Films and Videos
EVOLVE Indigenous Cultural Awareness. “What is Dreamtime?” March 15, 2021. YouTube video, 1:11.
Artwork
- Vision Quest.
- Description: “This Metis woman is participating in a spiritual vision quest which is a form of self-care passed on to Metis women from their First Nations Grandmothers. As she prays all of creation hears her prayers and they join her on her vision quest. There are Thunderbirds and Medicine Wheel colours as central motifs in this artwork.”
- Z. S Liang. The Vision Quest.
Articles, Books, and Book Chapters
- Rowe, G. “Implementing Indigenous Ways of Knowing into Research: Insights into the Critical Role of Dreams as Catalysts for Knowledge Development.” Journal of Indigenous Social Development 3, no. 2 (2014): 1-17.
Poetry