| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to The Education of Little Tree and Its Author | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Introduction to the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review and the Approach to the Research | 第14-22页 |
| 2.1 An Overview of Researches on The Education of Little Tree | 第14-17页 |
| 2.2 Theoretical Basis of the Thesis | 第17-22页 |
| Chapter Three The Way of Nature: "Touch the Soul of All the Cherokees" | 第22-32页 |
| 3.1 The Meaning of Nature: Affirmation of Life | 第23-26页 |
| 3.2 The Beauty of Nature: Positive Aesthetics | 第26-28页 |
| 3.3 Ties of Cherokee and Nature: Wholeness, Balance, and Reciprocity | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Four The Society in Nature: "We Kin the Other's Worth" | 第32-41页 |
| 4.1 "I Kin Ye": A Communed Community of the Cherokee | 第33-36页 |
| 4.2 "Goddam You": A Dominating Discourse of the White | 第36-39页 |
| 4.3 A Reflection on Social Ecology: Freedom for Nature's Sake | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Five The Spirituality of Nature: "Giving Life to Her Children" | 第41-47页 |
| 5.1 Source of the Sacred: Mon o lah, the Earth | 第42-45页 |
| 5.2 Path to the Sacred: Spirit Mind and Body Living Mind | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第47-50页 |
| References | 第50-52页 |
