Sacred Instructions
Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-based Change
North Atlantic Books · Print & ebook · February 13, 2018
A “profound and inspiring” collection of Indigenous wisdom for “anyone wanting the healing of self, society, and of our shared planet” (Peter Levine, author of Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma).
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- Indigenous teachings meet urgent questions of justice, community, and our relationship with the living world.
- Themes
- Indigenous wisdom and cosmologies, Environmental justice and land rights, Decolonizing stories and language
- Pacing
- Reflective
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
Medicine StoriesAurora Levins Morales56% match
The Book of CeremonySandra Ingerman, MA64% match
Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall Kimmerer70% matchShares Indigenous Studies
Indian GiversJack Weatherford56% matchShares Native American Studies
Fresh Banana LeavesJessica Hernandez Ph.D., Jessica Hernandez66% matchShares Indigenous Studies
For younger readers: Origin, You Were Made for This World, We Are Water Protectors
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
A “profound and inspiring” collection of Indigenous wisdom for “anyone wanting the healing of self, society, and of our shared planet” (Peter Levine, author of Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma). Penobscot leader, lawyer, and activist Sherri Mitchell offers enduring lessons rooted in powerful First Nations cosmologies and timeless universal insights.
Continue reading
She speaks directly into the crises of our time—environmental injustice, colonial extraction, and profound disconnection—with teachings and tools for embodying sacred and reciprocal ways of life. Drawing from ancestral knowledge, as well as her experience as an attorney and activist, Mitchell explores the most crucial issues of our day: • Indigenous land rights • Environmental justice • Our collective human survival • The immense harms of patriarchy • How we build, and learn from, meaningful community • Wisdom and insights for restoring what's been lost, for the sake of us all and the more-than-human world Sacred Instructions explains how our traditional stories frame our belief systems. It urges us to decolonize our language and our stories. It reveals how the removal of women from our stories has impacted our thinking and disrupted the natural balance within our communities. And, with gifts and insights received from the elders of the Penobscot Nation, it asks us to look deeply into the illusions we've accepted as truth—but which separate us from our higher minds, each other, and the earth.
Reciprocal Ways
Indigenous teachings meet urgent questions of justice, community, and our relationship with the living world.
Come here for
- Reflections on land rights, patriarchy, and environmental justice
- A challenge to reconsider the stories and beliefs we inherit
Expect
- Penobscot wisdom alongside Sherri Mitchell’s experience as a lawyer and activist
- A call toward sacred, reciprocal ways of living
Where it sits
| Native American Studies | 63% |
|---|---|
| Indigenous Studies | 58% |
| Earth Energies & Ley Lines | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Prayer & Healing
- Inspiration & Personal Growth
- Indigenous Studies
- Authors
- Sherri Mitchell
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books
- Published
- February 13, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Indigenous wisdom and cosmologies · Environmental justice and land rights · Decolonizing stories and language
- Reading lane
- Prayer & Healing