Red Alert! Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge

"Red Alert! offers insight, hope, and a path forward." — Billy Frank Jr,, Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission "What the world needs today is a good dose of indigenous realism," says Native American scholar Daniel Wildcat in the thoughtful, forward-looking treatise. The Native response to the environmental crisis facing our planet, Red Alert! seeks to debunk our civilization's long-misguided perception that humankind is at odds with nature or that it exerts control over the natural world. Taking a hard look at the biggest problem we face today-the damaging way we live on this planet, our Mother Earth- Wildcat draws upon ancient Native American wisdom and nature-centered beliefs to advocate a modern strategy to combat the catastrophic affects of a warming globe. Inspiring and insightful, Red Alert! is a stirring call to action.

Daniel R. Wildcat is a Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma. Dr. Wildcat received an interdisciplinary PhD from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and his service as teacher and administrator at Haskell Indian Nations University spans thirty-seven years. Dr. Wildcat is currently the principal investigator of a 20-million-dollar, five-year, NSF-funded project to develop the Rising Voices, Changing Coasts Research Hub at Haskell.