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It doesn’t get much attention, but Native American thought has a great deal to say about the morality, justice, the limits of human knowledge, and truth. It builds these ideas on deep rooted notions of kinship, personal experience, and the local land that they live on. It illustrates the way that colonialism and the history of philosophy can be challenged by what might be called a “trickster” approach to thinking. On this episode, we explore some of these ideas and examine what may be considered a fundamentally different worldview from what non-Natives are used to.
Brian Burkhart is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at The University of Oklahoma and affiliated faculty in Native American Studies. He is the author of the book Indigenizing Philosophy through the Land: A Trickster Methodology for Decolonizing Environmental Ethics and Indigenous Futures published by Michigan State University Press.
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Publication Date
9-14-2025
Publisher
Institute for Philosophy in Public Life
City
Grand Forks, ND
Disciplines
Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Weinstein, Jack Russell and Burkhart, Brian, "What is Indigenous Philosophy?" (2025). Why? Radio Podcast Archive. 190.
https://commons.und.edu/why-radio-archive/190