Cree Worldview “From the Inside”
Abstract
Not all cultures in the world share the dominant conventional view of a secularized, utilitarian, depersonalized nature. Indigenous worldviews are diverse and different from the dominant conventional worldview. The existence of alternative views of the natural environment is important as part of the cultural heritage of humankind. This cultural diversity is akin to biodiversity as the raw material for evolutionarily adaptive responses ( Gadgil 1987 ; Turner and Berkes 2006 ; Gavin et al. 2015 ). This chapter provides a detailed look into the worldview of one North American Indigenous group from the eastern Canadian boreal/subarctic.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Indigenous Studies and Ecology
Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
Religion
Ecology
and Ethics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 73–94
- Publication date
- 5 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter