Book Review: Sitting Bull’s Words: Walking Backwards Into the Future by Four Arrows

Abstract

Four Arrows’ new book, Sitting Bull’s Words: Walking Backwards Into the Future is a meditation that invites us to reflect on the imperative to shift our worldview back towards the indigenous. It is a call to arms, that is to raise our collective arms towards compassionate action. The book guides the reader through 17 contrasting  precepts that differentiate an indigenous worldview from our current dominant assumptions. The urgent imperative to adopt a more ancient consciousness, one rooted in the inherent connectedness of all things is a critical framework for holistic educators.