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The study shows that the indigenous ecological knowledge and behaviour of the tribal people towards nature is generally based on sustainability, productivity and optimum balanced utilization of available land and other natural resource.

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This study is a field research report on an investigation into the subject of the indigenous knowledge of time -keeping, as it was of practical importance to the communal organization of agricultural activities in traditional Toba Batak society.

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Indigenous Utmost Care

2021

Author(s): Hains SL

This study is about Indigenous Psychology which can include land-based indicators of validity and reliability.

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Addiction Treatment Models: Sources of Resilience and Empowerment Among Indigenous Peoples

2021

Author(s): Jardine M, Bourassa C, Legare M.

In this study, Community approval was sought from the Community Research Advisory Committee and network sampling was used for co-researcher recruitment. Co-researchers included individuals in sustained recovery of 12 months or more (n=5), Elders and Knowledge Keepers (n=2), and physicians (n=1).

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Urban Indigenous Second-Language Learning: Impacts on Well-Being

2021

Author(s): Rafael J

The results presented in this paper, while exploratory, are a meaningful addition to the existing scholarship in this field. They may be used as a departure point for future research on the topic of Indigenous language learning and how it impacts Indigenous well-being.

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The CRISP-M Tool

2021

Author(s): Bharadwaj R

To assist MGNREGS to amplify the climate resilience impacts of its work, IIED in partnership with Madhya Pradesh Council of Science & Technology (MPCST) co-developed the Climate Resilience Information System and Planning Tool for MGNREGS (CRISP-M). A top-down and bottom-up approach to help communities make climate-smart decisions and enable them to absorb the effects of climate risks, adapt to climate impacts, and transform their capacities to deal with growing climate impacts.

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Reflecting on the use of Concept Mapping as a Method for Community-Led Analysis of Talking Circles

2021

Author(s): McBeath B, Franks O, Delormier T, Périllat-Amédée S, McComber A, Abigosis T, Leafe D, Macaulay A, Lévesque L

Shared decision-making and collaboration through-out the entire research process are central to ensuring that research fits harmoniously with Indigenous com-munities’ values and worldviews. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an approach that engages researchers and community members as active partners throughout the research process (Is-rael et al., 2005; Macaulay et al., 1998).

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Post-Pandemic, Translational Research, and Indigenous Communities

2021

Author(s): Haring RC, McNaughton L, Seneca DS, Henry WAE , Warne D

This paper discusses perspectives on the post-pandemic frameworks and policies toward translational science as an approach to advance health promotion for community-based interventions, dissemination, and sustainability.

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The study concluded that the dialogue to find connections between open science and Indigenous science are likely to benefit all who use research to create useful understanding that empowers people—and the communities it is intended to help.

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This paper highlights there has been a gradual shifting from subsistence cultivation to commercial agriculture driven by market forces and modernization, leading to transition from traditional to intensive agriculture and monoculture of cash crops.