Four Arrows
Restoring the Kinship Worldview
Four Arrows
Restoring the Kinship Worldview
Restoring the Kinship Worldview
Restoring the Kinship Worldview
Scholar, author, activist, and traditional Indigenous worldview advocate — Four Arrows is internationally recognized for his work on decolonizing/Indigenizing minds and systems; restoring our original “kinship worldview,” supporting First Nation sovereignty, languages and diversity; teaching self and emergency hypnosis; creating an alternative dissertation; learning how to become fearless; and old-time piano playing.
Scholar, author, activist, and traditional Indigenous worldview advocate — Four Arrows is internationally recognized for his work on decolonizing and Indigenizing minds and systems; restoring our original Kinship Worldview.
Read the Introduction to the book, Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth. Watch videos. Co-authored with Darcia Narvaez.
Download a free Worldview Chart by Four Arrows. Participate in the Worldview Literacy Project's 90 Day Self or Group Study and Survey. The chart is also available in Spanish and German.
Discover Four Arrows' books and chapter contributions. This page also features article publications and links.
Read the many endorsements for his works here.
"To shift from the dominant worldview to the original Indigenous Worldview takes some 'decolonizing' of the mind. Our minds have been suckled on the milk of civilization’s domination and coercion of life with industrialization and capitalism increasing disconnection and alienation from earth consciousness.
This book is planting the seeds for decolonizing your mind."
– Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez, Restoring the Kinship Worldview
UC Berkeley’s Science Center for the Greater Good selected this books as "one of the most thought-provoking, inspiring and practical science books of 2022.” (Read the SCGG's interview.)
“This book is the perfect place to start the foundations of good relations...”
— Tyson Yunkaporta, Deacon U., and author of Sand Talk
“A richly creative approach to teaching Indigenous wisdom...”
— David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous
“An invaluable bundle of tenets and templates for the urgent project of decolonizng and rewilding our minds...”
— Bill Plotkin, Ph.D., author of Soulcraft
Twenty-eight of these 50 precepts of our Dominant and Indigenous/Kinship Worldview are explored in the book by Darcia Narvaez and Four Arrows, Restoring Our Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth
Read the Introduction to Restoring the Kinship Worldview here.
Find the Spanish and German translations of the chart at the Worldview Literacy Projec
Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez introduce the Worldview Chart by Four Arrows. They explore 28 precepts in their book, Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts For Rebalancing Life On Planet Earth.
Below is the three-minute Indigenous Worldview Video Used to Close UNESCO Sustainability Conference. Our dominant ways of life are guided by an underlying worldview that has been the main driver behind climate change, pandemics and extinction rates. Overwhelming evidence reveals that our original Indigenous, nature-based worldview is an antidote. Supporting and Re-embracing this interconnected way of living is the most urgent course of action we must take.
"Four Arrows provides a path to the future—a path of peace—with signposts from the Indigenous worldview that recognizes our interconnectedness as members of one Earth family."
— Vandana Shiva, scholar, physicist, activist, and recipient of the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize
"Four Arrows provides a quintessential critique of how modern society’s collective departure from Indigenous consciousness has led to the wholesale exploitation of nature. He offers a compelling call to return to the Indigenous mind as a vital path for our survival."
— Greg Cajete, author of Native Science and Look to the Mountain
"With his characteristic insight, Four Arrows reminds us that our interconnectedness with all of creation is the source of the courage we need to act on behalf of Mother Earth—Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike."
— Waziyatawin, Dakota author and activist
"Four Arrows continues to open our eyes to the possibility of a new society, one rooted in the empirical wisdom of thousands of years."
— Rebecca Adamson, Founder and President of First Peoples Worldwide
"With grace and honesty, Four Arrows teaches us about our human capacities, reconnects us with ancestral wisdom, and shares traditional ways to heal ourselves. He inspires us to be fearless and rejoin the Earth community."
— Darcia Narvaez, author of Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality and co-author of Restoring the Kinship Worldview
"Four Arrows brings us life-sustaining ways of knowing—essential for nourishment and survival."
— Bruce H. Lipton, author of The Biology of Belief
"Penetrating, fearless, and practical—Four Arrows offers a way to create a better world before it's too late."
— Thom Hartmann, syndicated talk show host and author of The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
"Four Arrows reminds us that today’s grim prognosis for life on Earth stems from forgetting what traditional societies knew—and what surviving ones still recognize."
— Noam Chomsky, author of more than 120 books
"Four Arrows is a visionary, a dreamer, and a truth-teller. He addresses real-world problems while radiating a peaceful truth. For those willing to listen and think in new ways, he is a gentle-hearted and wise guide."
— Heidi Maston, Editor of International Journal of Science and global education consultant
"Four Arrows offers a fundamental and welcome shift in how education builds character."
— Vine Deloria Jr., author of Spirit and Reason and other seminal works
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