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Sand Talk

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World is a 2019 book by Tyson Yunkaporta that sets out to look at the world, especially sustainability, through Aboriginal perspectives. Yunkaporta calls for fewer token gestures such as land acknowledgements and more meaningful inclusion. The book engages with other Indigenous people to draw from their lived knowledge, which creates paradoxes for the reader.

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Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World is a 2019 book by Tyson Yunkaporta that sets out to look at the world, especially sustainability, through Aboriginal perspectives.1 Yunkaporta calls for fewer token gestures such as land acknowledgements and more meaningful inclusion.2 The book engages with other Indigenous people to draw from their lived knowledge, which creates paradoxes for the reader.3

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  1. Dreise, Mayrah Yarraga (4 October 2019). "The important role for Indigenous thinking". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  2. Brant, Jennifer (4 July 2021). "Sand talk: how Indigenous thinking can save the world". International Journal of Lifelong Education. 40 (4): 427–430. doi:10.1080/02601370.2021.1954393. ISSN 0260-1370.
  3. Bat, Melodie (1 September 2020). "Sand talk: how indigenous thinking can save the world". Rural Society. 29 (3): 219–220. doi:10.1080/10371656.2020.1809139. ISSN 1037-1656.