| Foreword | p. ix |
| Dedication and Acknowledgments | p. viii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Telling a Special Story | p. 11 |
| First Insights | p. 13 |
| The Creative Context | p. 15 |
| Chaos Theory | p. 16 |
| Sense, Perception, and Creative Participation | p. 20 |
| Perceptual Blindness versus Creative Sensibility | p. 22 |
| Body Sense | p. 25 |
| The Metaphoric Mind | p. 28 |
| Native Stories of Creation and Emergence | p. 31 |
| Art as a Means of Ceremony and Transformation | p. 46 |
| Meanings and Possibilities | p. 52 |
| Philosophy of Native Science | p. 57 |
| Eco-Philosophy | p. 58 |
| Tenets of Native Philosophy | p. 64 |
| Process of Native Science | p. 66 |
| Native Science Practice | p. 71 |
| Guiding Stories | p. 74 |
| Guiding Thoughts | p. 75 |
| Native Science Paradigm | p. 77 |
| Meanings and Possibilities | p. 82 |
| The Ecology of Native American Community | p. 85 |
| We Are All Related | p. 86 |
| A Personal Story | p. 87 |
| For the Good of the People: Foundations for Leadership, Service, and Community Value | p. 90 |
| Workings of Native Community | p. 90 |
| Native Science Practice in Native Communities | p. 98 |
| Meanings and Possibilities | p. 104 |
| Plants, Food, Medicine, and Gardening | p. 107 |
| A Green Philosophy | p. 108 |
| Plants Are the Hair of Mother Earth | p. 111 |
| Plants and the Foundations of Health and Wholeness | p. 115 |
| The Ecology of Native Healing | p. 118 |
| The Quest for Healing Knowledge | p. 122 |
| Native Gardening | p. 127 |
| "Native People Loved Their Gardens" | p. 129 |
| Native Food Contributions | p. 133 |
| Native Permaculture and Agricultural Technology | p. 140 |
| Meanings and Possibilities | p. 146 |
| Animals in Native Myth and Reality | p. 149 |
| Animals and the Native Worldview and | p. 150 |
| Animal Nature | p. 152 |
| Our Relatives, the Animals | p. 156 |
| The Hunter of Good Heart | p. 158 |
| Animals in Myth | p. 165 |
| Animals and Spirituality | p. 167 |
| American Indian Animal Husbandry | p. 168 |
| Meanings and Possibilities | p. 174 |
| A Sense of Place | p. 177 |
| Living in Relationship | p. 178 |
| The Role of Language | p. 183 |
| The Human Body as Metaphor for Landscape | p. 185 |
| The Psychology of Place | p. 186 |
| Applied Technologies on Land, River, and Sea | p. 188 |
| Mining | p. 189 |
| Hydraulics | p. 190 |
| Transportation Systems | p. 197 |
| Sacred Space | p. 204 |
| The Mythic Body of the Landscape | p. 206 |
| Orienting to Place and Space | p. 210 |
| Meanings and Possibilities | p. 211 |
| Native Astronomy: A Skyward View | p. 215 |
| Living the Heavens: An Introduction | p. 216 |
| A Navajo Perspective on Cosmology and Astronomy | p. 218 |
| A Relational Philosophy: The Stars Are Our Relatives | p. 226 |
| Community: The Skidi Pawnee, Star People of the Plains | p. 234 |
| Star Visions and the Role of Plants | p. 237 |
| The Nazca Animal Geoglyphs of Peru | p. 242 |
| Place and Astronomical Orientation | p. 246 |
| A Cosmic Journey | p. 250 |
| Meanings and Possibilities | p. 255 |
| Creating New Minds and Worlds | p. 259 |
| A New Sun | p. 260 |
| Finding Face | p. 265 |
| Finding Heart | p. 266 |
| Finding a Foundation | p. 267 |
| Meanings and Possibilities | p. 282 |
| "Land and Stars, The Only Knowledge" (Simon Ortiz) | p. 288 |
| References | p. 291 |
| Further Reading | p. 298 |
| Index | p. 302 |
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