Welcome to the Work of Four Arrows ( Wahinkpe Topa)
Donald Trent Jacobs, Ph.D, Ed.D
Scholar, author, activist, and traditional Indigenous worldview advocate — Four Arrows is internationally recognized for his work on decolonizing/Indigenizing minds and systems; restoring our original “kinship worldview,” supporting First Nation sovereignty, languages and diversity; teaching self and emergency hypnosis; creating an alternative dissertation; learning how to become fearless; and old-time piano playing.
Endorsement from Thom Hartman "Four Arrows is one of those rare voices whose writing doesn't merely inform, but fundamentally shifts how you see yourself and your place in the world. He weaves together practical applications of a Nature-Based worldview, rooted in wisdom originally transmitted to us by other-than-human life forms.......total endorsement
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Latest Testimonials
All Our Relations Gratitude Card Deck
This beautifully illustrated card deck guides readers through a nature-based gratitude practice rooted in the Indigenous worldview..Wonderful for kids!
Amazon Penguin Books
New articles every week on Substack
Contact via email fourarrows73@gmail.com
LATEST UPDATE
CAT - FAWN Connection Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT20UbiBLBI
Endorsements for Four Arrows
Thom Hartman: Four Arrows is one of those rare voices whose writing doesn't merely inform, but fundamentally shifts how you see yourself and your place in the world. He weaves together practical applications of a Nature-Based worldview, rooted in wisdom originally transmitted to us by other-than-human life forms. His stories, critiques, and recommendations are thought-provoking, inspiring, and immediately actionable, and the visionary CAT-FAWN approach, integrating metacognitive worldview reflection with trance-based learning, offers the ultimate de-hypnotizing technology that can transform lives through realized truths and concrete application. Through masterful metaphor, critical analysis, artfulness, and humor, he illuminates how we can become disconnected from one another and from the living Earth without ever realizing it, then provides deeply grounded, immediately applicable pathways toward restoring life-affirming relationships with all beings.
Four Arrows' work delivers what is urgently relevant. He defines "hope,” not as confidence in positive outcomes, but as the unwavering commitment to do what is right regardless of outcomes. Explore his concise, dynamic and diverse Substack pieces at wahinkpe.substack.com. His life experiences alone, such as described in “Time of the Wooden Horse,” have made him my official role model!
—Thom Hartmann, NY Times bestselling author 34 books i#1 progressive radio host 28 million youtube viewers. Psychotherapist, activist, international relief worker his topics include Politics, history, spirituality, psychology, science, anthropology, pre-history, culture, and the natural world.
"Four Arrows provides a path to the future—a path of peace—with signposts from the Indigenous worldview that recognizes our interconnectedness as members of one Earth family."
— Vandana Shiva, scholar, physicist, activist, and recipient of the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize
"Four Arrows provides a quintessential critique of how modern society’s collective departure from Indigenous consciousness has led to the wholesale exploitation of nature. He offers a compelling call to return to the Indigenous mind as a vital path for our survival."
— Greg Cajete, author of Native Science and Look to the Mountain
"With his characteristic insight, Four Arrows reminds us that our interconnectedness with all of creation is the source of the courage we need to act on behalf of Mother Earth—Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike."
— Waziyatawin, Dakota author and activist
"Four Arrows continues to open our eyes to the possibility of a new society, one rooted in the empirical wisdom of thousands of years."
— Rebecca Adamson, Founder and President of First Peoples Worldwide
"With grace and honesty, Four Arrows teaches us about our human capacities, reconnects us with ancestral wisdom, and shares traditional ways to heal ourselves. He inspires us to be fearless and rejoin the Earth community."
— Darcia Narvaez, author of Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality and co-author of Restoring the Kinship Worldview
"Four Arrows brings us life-sustaining ways of knowing—essential for nourishment and survival."
— Bruce H. Lipton, author of The Biology of Belief
"Four Arrows reminds us that today’s grim prognosis for life on Earth stems from forgetting what traditional societies knew—and what surviving ones still recognize."
— Noam Chomsky, author of more than 120 books
"Four Arrows is a visionary, a dreamer, and a truth-teller. He addresses real-world problems while radiating a peaceful truth. For those willing to listen and think in new ways, he is a gentle-hearted and wise guide."
— Heidi Maston, Editor of International Journal of Science and global education consultant
"Four Arrows offers a fundamental and welcome shift in how education builds character."
— Vine Deloria Jr., author of Spirit and Reason and other seminal works