TsawalkWestern philosophy has long held scientific rationalism in a place of honour. Reason, that particularly exalted human quality, has become steadily distanced from the metaphysical aspects of existence, such as spirit, faith, and intuition. In Tsawalk, hereditary chief Umeek introduces us to an alternative indigenous worldview an ontology drawn from the Nuu chah nulth origin stories. Umeek develops a theory of "Tsawalk," meaning "one," that views the