Blackfoot Physics romance and even Indian people's use

and even Indian people's use of the automobile—an ironic counterpoint to today's highways teeming with Dakota pick-ups and Cherokee sport utility vehicles

The catch: They must leave their parents behind and travel to Indiana

that these scattered people

Over the course of ten crucial years

His collection tells the larger story of a tribe that has adopted Christian beliefs and practices in such a way that simple

Blackfoot Physics romance and even Indian people's useOne summer in the 1980s, theoretical physicist F. David Peat went to a Blackfoot Sun Dance ceremony. Having spent all of his life steeped in and influenced by linear Western science, he was entranced by the Native American worldview and, through dialogue circles between scientists and native elders, he began to explore it in greater depth. Blackfoot Physics is the account of his discoveries. In an edifying synthesis of anthropology, history,