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Unboxing Social and Emotional LearningInterconnected: Bringing an Ecological Perspective to SEL - With Drs. Shannon Wanless and Renee OwenIn this episode of Unboxing SEL, Dr. Shannon Wanless and Dr. Renee Owen share insights from their article Evolving Transformative SEL with an Ecological Perspective. They trace their unique paths into SEL and explain why moving beyond individualistic approaches is essential for tackling inequity and climate injustice. Emphasizing interconnectedness, collective action, and care for the natural world, they highlight ways educators can weave this perspective into everyday practice without adding to their workload. It’s a warm, thought-provoking conversation that invites listeners to reimagine SEL as a shared journey toward personal, community, and environmental well-being....
2025-11-2751 min
Drum Circle News Four Arrows Indigenous Worldview, Ceremony & TEK A Powerful | Drum Circle NewsIn this deep and wide-ranging interview, I sit down with world-renowned Indigenous scholar and author Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa) to explore the core principles of Indigenous worldview, the sacred role of ceremony, the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), and the dangers of colonial ideologies like blood quantum and utilitarianism. We open the conversation by discussing place-based wisdom—why it’s critical to protect Indigenous knowledge rooted in language, ceremony, and land stewardship—and the distinction between Indigenous worldview and tribal-specific place-based knowledge. Four Arrows shares profound insights from decades of work with Native and Indige...
2025-07-101h 17
Clown Spirit PodcastClowning and Indigenous Wisdom with Four ArrowsThis episode features Four Arrows (a.k.a.) Wahinkpe Topa, indigenous scholar, author, and educator dedicated to decolonization and transformative learning. The conversation delves into Four Arrows' unique understanding of the Lakota clown traditions, specifically the Heyoka, and explores how humor and contrary behavior can serve as tools for subversion and resilience. Four Arrows shares personal insights and jokes, illustrating the power of humor in indigenous practices for healing and community bonding. The episode also touches on Four Arrows' experiences in academia, his views on hypnosis and self-transformation, and his belief in the sacred role of clowns in bringing...
2025-04-191h 10
Wild Heart RevivalE31 | Wahinkpe Topa | From Rock to Wind: Kinship, Courage & Living with Heart...“What we’re looking at here is a way of being on this planet, in this universe, that recognizes our deep interconnectedness with everything in nature and gives respect to the sentience of everything, from a rock to an ant to the wind.”— Wahinkpe Topa..A YEAR TO LIVERISE & REVITALIZEHEARTHWOVEN SUBSTACK..Wahinkpe Topa invites...
2025-04-131h 06
Parenting Takes a Village: North Seattle College and You!S 3 Episode 10- Animando vs AlabandoEn este episodio de Parenting Takes a Village,exploramos la poderosa diferencia entre animar y alabar en la crianza. ¿Cómo influye cada enfoque en la autoestima, la autonomía y la resiliencia de los niños? Junto a nuestra invitada, Paulina, profundizamos en cómo el aliento fomenta la confianza interna y la motivación intrínseca, mientras que laalabanza puede generar dependencia de la aprobación externa.Paulina Cuevas es chilenay una ciudadana del mundo, con más de 20 años de experiencia apoyando a familias, estudiantes y educadores en Chile, China y Estados Unidos. Como entre...
2025-03-2839 min
Came Here To LoveSpiritual Connection and Reclaiming Indigenous Wisdom: A Journey with Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs)How can indigenous wisdom transform our understanding of fear, love, and courage, and guide us toward a more harmonious existence?Host Liz Logan speaks with Don Jacobs (Four Arrows), a former dean of education and indigenous wisdom teacher, about transforming fear into courage and ultimately fearlessness through indigenous perspectives. Jacobs shares his profound near-death experience in Mexico's Copper Canyon, which led him to deeper understanding of indigenous wisdom and the development of the CAT FAWN connection (Concentration Activated Transformation - Fear, Authority, Words, and Nature). The conversation explores how indigenous cultures view love as an action rather...
2025-02-0650 min
Unshod with D. Firth GriffithRestoring our Pre-colonial Kinship Worldview, Embracing a Fearless Trust in the Universe and Diminishing our Dependence on Brain Hemisphere Theories with Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows)How can the indigenous or pre-colonial worldview reshape our understanding of our world? How can it reconnect us as humans, as mammals once again? Is her power accessible to everyone? Should it be....?Join Unshod Today!In today's episode, we are joined by my dear friend and mentor, Wahinkpe Topa, or Four Arrows, navigating the intersections of indigenous wisdom, its non-binary worldview, and the transformative power of becoming fully human: a relation, a kin with nature and not her dominator. We kick off this conversation with a critical discussion on the film "Indian Horse," co-produced...
2024-08-061h 33
Reflections on Living WellEpisode 21 | Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows)In this episode I speak with Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), aka Don Trent Jacobs. Four Arrows is an Oglala Lakota Pipe Carrier, made a relative through one of the Lakota’s seven sacred ceremonies, Huŋkápi after completing his Sun Dance vows on Pine Ridge with Rick Two Dogs. Formerly Director of Education at Oglala Lakota College, he is currently a professor with Fielding Graduate University in the School of Leadership Studies. He has authored numerous books, chapter, papers and articles on Indigenous worldview and counter-hegemonic education. Recipient of the Martin Springer Institutes Moral Courage Award for his acti...
2024-06-031h 07
Proven Sustainable™Remembering We are Nature: Awakening to the kinship worldview with Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows)Join us for a captivating conversation with Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), the former Director of Education at Oglala Lakota College and current Professor of Educational Leadership for Change at Antioch University. As the co-author of "Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth," written with Darcia Narvaez, Four Arrows brings a wealth of knowledge and profound insights to our discussion.
In this episode, he shares his transformative journey towards embracing an Indigenous nature-based worldview, sparked by a near-death experience and a miraculous recovery facilitated by the Raramuri Indians. We delve into...
2024-05-231h 24
Reimagine LawLessons in Law from Indigenous communitiesZaneta Sedilekova is a lawyer and director of climate and biodiversity risk consultancy firm Planet Law Lab. Ryan (Ra) James is a trailblazer at the intersection of cross-cultural wisdom & worldview and modern business. He draws upon the profound insights of his personal journey, travelling and working in over fifty-five countries on six continents with indigenous mentors and cultures, infusing the most innovative leaders and businesses with a remarkably rich tapestry of interconnected and eloquent thought to inspire insight, curiosity, innovation and resilience whilst shaping a new paradigm for sustainable, future-ready enterprises. Zaneta and Ryan have partnered to cr...
2024-03-2036 min
Self DirectedFour Arrows | Embracing Indigenous Wisdom, Sustainable Living, and the Journey to 'Enoughness'Join us for a riveting episode that journeys into the heart of Indigenous wisdom with Don Trent Jacobs, known affectionately as Four Arrows, a beacon of Lakota teachings and a profound advocate for American Indian rights. Four Arrows invites us into his world, sharing the story behind his evocative Lakota name, Wahinkpe Topa, and how it has guided his journey through life, education, and activism. His tales are a testament to the deep connection with Earth's rhythms and the transformative insights from Indigenous worldviews.Delve into a conversation that spans the vast landscapes of personal autonomy, counter-hegemonic...
2024-03-1442 min
Entangled WorldThe Indigenous Worldview | Four ArrowsMy guest today is Four Arrows also known as Wahinkpe Topa or Dr. Don Trent Jacobs. Four Arrows is internationally respected for his expertise in Indigeneity and applications for living life in balance. He is a prolific author of many books and writings about the vital necessity of restoring our pre-colonial worldview. I first came across his work when I read the most recent book he co-wrote with Dr. Darcia Narvaez, Restoring the Kinship Worldview: 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Mother Earth. It is absolutely worth the read, it is a thought-provoking exploration into how we’re living and wh...
2024-02-291h 05
In Conversation with Nathalie Nahai134. The Evolved Nest: How We Raise Healthy, Wellness-Informed Communities / Darcia NarvaezToday, I speak with Darcia Narváez, award-winning author and Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame.Darcia is the founder of the public and professional educational outreach project The Evolved Nest Initiative, whose nonprofit mission is to share her science research into developing appropriate baselines for lifelong human wellness by meeting the biological needs of infants. This wellbeing baseline is imperative at this time as the United States ranks 41st out of 41 developed countries in public policies that support families. The former executive editor of the Journal of Moral...
2024-02-041h 00
Moments with MarianneRestoring the Kinship Worldview with Don Trent Jacobs PhD Four ArrowsCan Indigenous wisdom help heal humanity? Tune in for a discussion with Don Trent Jacobs, Ph.D., Ed.D., Four Arrows, on his new book Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth. Moments with Marianne airs in the Southern California area on KMET 1490AM & 98.1 FM, ABC Talk Radio!Don Trent Jacobs, PhD, aka Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa) is the author of more than 22 books on Indigenous worldview, education and wellness. Recipient of Martin Springer Institute Moral Courage Award. Selected by AERO as one of 27 "visionaries in education." Former Director...
2024-01-0150 min
The Critical Social Worker: A Revolutionary Storytelling PodcastEpisode # 26: Kinship Reimagined | Unveiling Indigenous Precepts with Four Arrows🎙️ Title: Kinship Reimagined: Reflecting on Indigenous Precepts with Four Arrows
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Episode #25: A Reflective Dialogue on Indigenous Wisdom and Revolutionary Social Work Hosted by: Christian Ace Stettler, professor of social work at the University of Alaska Fairbanks With Co-host: Shaanan, an engaged student from the Rural BSW Cohort at UAF, joining from Bethel.
Special Guest: Four Arrows aka Wahinkpe Topa, a distinguished scholar from the School of Leadership Studies at Fielding Graduate University, celebrated for his Indigenous worldview and scholarly expertise. As a treat, Four Arrows also blessed us with a mesmerizing flute pe...
2023-10-091h 40
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2023-09-1600 min
Just Another Mindset PodcastRa James: Travelling the world unlearning dominant worldview | #069In this episode, we go deep and far. We open up with discussing dreams and the power of understanding such. Ra has travelled the world, lived places and he experienced a lot of wisdom. Today, he is sharing some of it with you. You will learn about indigenous wisdom on many levels and you will hear us elaborating union and reuniting. We discuss the concepts of time, the importance of unlearning and we share thoughts on psychedelics and plant medicine. You will learn about the importance of nature and hear about a habit that has the potential to change your...
2023-05-231h 22
The Rainbow House - Casa AcozamalotlAnimism - what is it?Send us a textReferenced during this episode:"Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth" by Wahinkpe Topa and Darcia Narvaez, PhDAll Beats provided by https://freebeats.ioProduced by White Hot
2023-03-1629 min
The ReMembering and ReEnchanting PodcastEpisode 26 - Edgewalking, churches, and the wild: A conversation with Rev. Victoria loorzAuthor and founding pastor of the first Church of the Wild Rev. Victoria Loorz join Sara Jolena Wolcott to talk about being an edgewalker, the possibility of Christianity, what it's like to be a parent of a climate activist, and her latest book: Church of the Wild.3:42 - Delving into some beautiful writing: the prologue to Victoria's book, the church of the wild9:33 - Experiencing a call11:13 - Victoria on the book, ‘Restoring a Kinship worldview’ by Darcia Narvaez and Wahinkpe Topa14:59- Being an edgewalker31:11- Learning the p...
2023-02-171h 12
UNVEILED: exploring psychedelics and spiritualityFour Arrows on the Indigenous WorldView, trance-based learning and psychedelics.Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa) aka Dr. Don Trent Jacobs is faculty in the School of Leadership Studies at Fielding Graduate University. We talk about the kinship or indigenous worldview in contrast to the dominant worldview and how trance-based learning or altered-state knowing (psychedelic) is essential to restore in our modern world if we are to heal as a species and restore our connections to ourselves, others and the biosphere.
2022-11-1457 min
Woman Who Rubs the MountainFerociously Present: A Conversation About Caressing the Fractures for New Knowings [Episode 14]It was with utter delight that I recently shared a conversation with fellow intranaut and Ayurvedic medicine practitioner, Alana Layne Greenberg. I knew she would be game for turning off the lights so to speak, fumbling around with heightened senses, palpating the fissures, pressing up against some initiatory questions like: What does it mean to re-embody indigeneity? What’s up with our obsession about the end of the world? How does our human body reflect the land body and vice versa (and are there any ways that we might take this sense of “mirroring” too far?)
And more...
2022-11-0852 min
Coaches Rising146 - Four Arrows: The Indigenous Worldview, Trance-Based Learning & CoachingThe West is in a big time of transition, which necessarily includes our worldview as a collective. In this conversation with Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa) aka Dr. Don Trent Jacobs, we talk about the kinship or indigenous worldview in contrast to the dominant worldview, the impact of a binary vs a non-binary worldview, trance learning, and weaving indigenous wisdom into coaching. Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa) aka Dr. Don Trent Jacobs is faculty in the School of Leadership Studies at Fielding Graduate University. Formerly Dean of Education at Oglala Lakota College and tenured Associate Professor at Northern Arizona University. With...
2022-10-121h 15
Adventures Through The MindRestoring The Kinship/Indigenous Worldview | Four Arrows & Darcia Narvaez, PhDDarcia Narvaez, PhD and Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) join us to explore various precepts of the indigenous worldview—aka the kinship worldview—how we might restore that worldview in both our personal lives and the world at large. We also explore the basis of what a worldview is and why our guests propose there are only two, the indigenous/kinship worldview and the dominant/Western worldview. We go in-depth on the historical rise and impact of the dominant worldview and the intergenerational cycle of trauma it propagates; the left brain / right brain dynamic and how it aligns with...
2022-10-071h 56
CIIS Public ProgramsFour Arrows and Darcia Narvaez: On Indigenous Voices and Restoring the Kinship WorldviewAuthor and Professor of Education, Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), and author and Professor Emerita of Psychology Darcia Narvaez have both written and lectured extensively on the need to integrate Indigenous worldviews into every aspect of society—from education to sustainability, wellness, and justice.
In this episode, Four Arrows and Darcia offer a conversational exploration of their most recent collaboration as editors of the anthology, Restoring the Kinship Worldview, which presents the wisdom of Indigenous worldviews and how embracing these precepts can nourish our individual and collective lives in these challenging times through 28 powerful excerpted passages from Indigenous leaders including Mourning Do...
2022-10-0654 min
The Grimerica Show#563 - Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez, Restoring Kinship Worldview - Indigenous VoicesInterview starts at 32:00 Four Arrows and Darcia join us to chat about "Restoring the Kinship Worldview - Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth". We chat about Four Arrows NDE, the destruction of indigenous spirituality by materialism, worldviews, unschooling, intimations for boys and how parents can let their kids live and grow in a proactive way. The Indian Act, singing to the monster, hunting initiations, the shamans message, and the hierarchy of needs we also chat about. We are also joined at the end spontaneously at the end by one of Four Arrows students from Columbia. Restoring...
2022-08-301h 43
The Grimerica Show 2.0#563 – Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez
Interview starts at 32:00
Four Arrows and Darcia join us to chat about “Restoring the Kinship Worldview – Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth”. We chat about Four Arrows NDE, the destruction of indigenous spirituality by materialism, worldviews, unschooling, intimations for boys and how parents can let their kids live and grow in a proactive way.
The Indian Act, singing to the monster, hunting initiations, the shamans message, and the hierarchy of needs we also chat about.
We are also joined at the end spontaneously at the end by one of Four Arrows students from Columbia.
Restoring the Kinship Worl...
2022-08-301h 43The Grimerica Show 2.0#563 – Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez
Interview starts at 32:00
Four Arrows and Darcia join us to chat about “Restoring the Kinship Worldview – Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth”. We chat about Four Arrows NDE, the destruction of indigenous spirituality by materialism, worldviews, unschooling, intimations for boys and how parents can let their kids live and grow in a proactive way.
The Indian Act, singing to the monster, hunting initiations, the shamans message, and the hierarchy of needs we also chat about.
We are also joined at the end spontaneously at the end by one of Four Arrows students from Columbia.
Restoring the Kinship Worl...
2022-08-301h 43
Listen to Full Audiobook Titles for Your LibraryRestoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth (Written by Wahinkpe Topa (four Arrows), Darcia Narvaez)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584141 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth
Author: Wahinkpe Topa (four Arrows), Darcia Narvaez
Narrator: Sage Ryan, Wahinkpe Topa (four Arrows), Darcia Narvaez
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
Release date: July 26, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary: Selected speeches from Indigenous leaders around the world--necessary wisdom for our times, nourishment for our collective, and a path away from extinction toward a sustainable...
2022-07-269h 22Listen to Full Audiobook Titles in High QualityRestoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth (Authored by Wahinkpe Topa (four Arrows), Darcia Narvaez)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584141 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth
Author: Wahinkpe Topa (four Arrows), Darcia Narvaez
Narrator: Sage Ryan, Wahinkpe Topa (four Arrows), Darcia Narvaez
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
Release date: July 26, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary: Selected speeches from Indigenous leaders around the world--necessary wisdom for our times, nourishment for our collective, and a path away from extinction toward a sustainable...
2022-07-269h 22Enjoy Anthology of Full Audiobooks in Kids, Animals & NatureRestoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth - Darcia NarvaezListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet EarthAuthor: Darcia NarvaezNarrator: Darcia Narvaez, Sage Ryan, Wahinkpe Topa (four Arrows)Format: UnabridgedLength: 9:22:32Language: EnglishRelease date: 07-26-2022Publisher: North Atlantic BooksGenres: History, Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, North America, Social ScienceSummary:Selected speeches from Indigenous leaders around the world--necessary wisdom for our times, nourishment for our collective, and a path away from extinction...
2022-07-269h 22
The Ripple Effect PodcastThe Ripple Effect Podcast (Dr. Don "Four Arrows" Jacobs & Darcia Narvaez, PhD | Restoring the Kinship Worldview)Professor Darcia Narvaez returns to the show, with author Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa), aka Dr. Don Trent Jacobs, to discuss their new book, RESTORING THE KINSHIP WORLDVIEW: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth.DARCIA NARVAEZ, PhDRestoring The Kinship Worldview (Book): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690771/restoring-the-kinship-worldview-by-wahinkpe-topa-four-arrows/Website: https://darcianarvaez.com/Website: https://evolvednest.org/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoralLandscapesUniversity of Notre Dame page: https://sites.nd.edu/darcianarvaez/DR. DON "FOUR ARROWS" JACOBS Restoring The Kinship Worldview (Book): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690771/re...
2022-05-121h 11
Kindred WorldRestoring the Kinship Worldview: A Discussion with Authors Four Arrows and Darcia NarvaezFour Arrows and Darcia Narvaez discuss their new book, Restoring the Kinship Worldview. Learn more about worldview and discover Four Arrows' Indigenous Worldview Chart on Kindred here: https://www.kindredmedia.org/glossary/indigenous-worldview/
The book features selected speeches from Indigenous leaders around the world--necessary wisdom for our times, nourishment for our collective, and a path away from extinction toward a sustainable, interconnected future.
Indigenous worldviews, and the knowledge they confer, are critical for human survival and the wellbeing of future generations. Editors Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) and Darcia Narvaez present 28 powerful excerpted passages from Indigenous leaders, including Mourning Dove, Robin...
2022-03-1847 min
Resistance RadioResistance Radio - Guest: Four ArrowsFour Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa), whose Anglo name is Donald Trent Jacobs, is a professor at Fielding Graduate University and formerly the Dean of Education at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was selected by the Alternative Education Resource Organization as one of 27 visionaries in education, he received the Martin-Springer Institute Moral Courage Award for his Indigenous-based activism, and was involved in creating first the Marine No Take Zone on Pacific Coast of Mexico. He is an American Indian activist and author of 21 books and numerous articles and chapters about Indigenous worldview applications to...
2021-06-2552 min
The Rob Kall Bottom Up Radio ShowLearning from the Indigenous Wisdom of Sitting Bull, with Four ArrowsThis interview will explore the Native American wisdom of Sitting Bull, based on the book, Sitting Bull' s Words, for a world in Crisis, by Wahinkpe Topa, AKA Four Arrows, AKA Don Trent Jacobs Ph.D., Ed.D.,
2021-05-0258 min
Reclaiming PedagogiesE09 - Remembering our Roots (with Four Arrows & Sara Jolena Wolcott)REIMAGINING EDUCATION #1 "Remembering Our Roots, Acknowledging Our History" (featuring Four Arrows and Sara Jolena Wolcott) is the first in a series of podcasts produced by Firefly Frequencies reworking talks and conversations from the Re-imagining Education global gathering (March 2021).Donald Trent Jacobs, also known as Wahinkpe Topa or Four Arrows, is an American college professor, writer and activist for American Indian rights whose work has focused on indigenous worldviews, wellness and counter-hegemonic education.Sara Jolena Wolcott is a healer, a minister, an eco-theologian, a Legacy Advisor and founding director of the international learning community gathering...
2021-04-0451 min