Vol. 9 No. 1 (2010)

A significant transformation is in process throughout the world. Many billions of people are ready and eager to make changes to preserve life even as hundreds of millions are still unconvinced that the transformation is necessary. All of the contributors to this issue of the Fourth World Journal demonstrate, with their thinking and writing that the evolving transformation has numerous facets, twists and turns that call out for our attention. We benefit from a series of essays that speak to indigenous peoples’ identity, property interest, influence in the international arena, philosophical treatise on right and wrong, and
linking conventional rationalism with traditional knowledge. The common theme throughout this collection is perception and modes of thought among indigenous thinkers and change agents.