Propolis or bee glue is an important natural bee product that has been used by humans to meet the needs of health since ancient times. Despite its many valuable uses, scientific research on propolis is still limited.

This paper argues that understanding more about epistemologies of power will help illuminate a pathway by which Indigenous Peoples and Canadians of settler ancestry can better understand one another, creating the shift in these relationships that is required in order to gather large-scale support for reconciliation and for ethical distribution of power resources in Canada.

The book, the third in a five-volume series, deals with the two key concepts of indigeneity and nation of indigenous people from all the continents of the world.

Indigenous communities want to provide more positive learning experiences and positive identity through reconceptualizing educational curricula. They are exploring ways to indigenize the educational experience by igniting cultural resurgence through the integration of Indigenous languages, knowledge, culture, and history by reconnecting students to their Elders, land, and communities.

This book combines the knowledge of a specific geopolitical area with literature from Latin America's Global South to contribute to discussions in Global Northern academia. It presents a unique and timely transdisciplinary approach that questions existing understandings of power and development, while also valuing and acknowledging locally produced knowledge.

This volume brings together the insights of a number of scholars who each write from their own expertise about climate change and its consequences for society at large. Some of them are descriptive, explaining the most recent insights in human behaviour and perception of climate risks.

Specifically, the paper draw on three examples – an urban hospital, a university food and medicine garden, and a men’s prison – to illustrate how Indigenous Knowledge, ceremony and land-based learning can be incorporated into these institutions and spac-es to foster healing and improved wellness for Indigenous People. With increasingly urbanizing Indigenous populations in Canada, and around the world, these findings are important for the development of healing places for Indigenous Peoples, regardless of where they live.

On 13 September 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The adoption of the Declaration marked the culmination of decades of struggle among indigenous peoples for a universal framework establishing minimum standards to ensure the survival, dignity and well-being of the indigenous peoples of the world. Since the adoption of the Declaration, there has been progress at the international, regional and national levels towards achieving the rights of indigenous peoples. The Declaration has informed and influenced the adoption of laws, policies, judicial decisions and operational guidelines that respect and uphold the rights of indigenous peoples. However, progress has been uneven and variable within and between countries and regions.

The paper captures seasonal preference of edible plants, both wild and domesticated in a primitive tribal group, ‘Paudi Bhuyan’ in the district of Angul in Northern Odisha. This exploratory study in eleven villages assessed level of similarity and difference regarding dependence of this tribe on plant based food options against factors such as demography (including gender), literacy, accessibility, and distance from motorable roads.

The present paper discusses the pottery making process and related activities in rural areas of Bhadrak district of Odisha, India. The field survey was conducted during the year 2015-2017 to access the present status of this unique clay-based craft as well as the condition of the artisans involved in this craft making.