Sand Talk

{{Short description|2019 book by Tyson Yunkaporta}}

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Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World is a 2019 book by Tyson Yunkaporta that sets out to look at the world, especially sustainability, through Aboriginal perspectives.{{Cite web |last=Dreise |first=Mayrah Yarraga |date=2019-10-04 |title=The important role for Indigenous thinking |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/the-important-role-for-indigenous-thinking-20190925-p52usg.html |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} Yunkaporta calls for fewer token gestures such as land acknowledgements and more meaningful inclusion.{{Cite journal |last=Brant |first=Jennifer |date=2021-07-04 |title=Sand talk: how Indigenous thinking can save the world |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/02601370.2021.1954393 |journal=International Journal of Lifelong Education |volume=40 |issue=4 |pages=427–430 |doi=10.1080/02601370.2021.1954393 |issn=0260-1370|url-access=subscription }} The book engages with other Indigenous people to draw from their lived knowledge, which creates paradoxes for the reader.{{Cite journal |last=Bat |first=Melodie |date=2020-09-01 |title=Sand talk: how indigenous thinking can save the world |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/10371656.2020.1809139 |journal=Rural Society |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=219–220 |doi=10.1080/10371656.2020.1809139 |issn=1037-1656|url-access=subscription }}