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Indigenous Climate Action: Community-based Solutions Rooted in Decolonization

2019

Author(s): Climate Atlas of Cananda

Eriel, an Environmentalist, explains that these grassroots actions, will support the transition to renewable energy while also ensuring social and environmental justice by maintaining and strengthening Indigenous peoples’ connections to language, land and culture.

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The land means restoration of tribes and the things they have lost and have been taken.

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Indigenous Knowledge

2011

Author(s): Shiva V

International seminar on Innovation, Sustainability and Development, Delhi, 28-30 June 2011. Hosted by the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies in partnership with the Centre for Development Studies-Trivandrum and the STEPS Centre.

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Indigenous Knowledge Systems

2019

Author(s): NWU North-West University

This video talks about the indigenous knowledge systems in Africa. It includes the study of the nature of the African precolonial science,astronomy, the phases of the moon and the African starlore.

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Connecting Indigenous Knowledge with Science

2016

Author(s): Perrott J

Matauranga Maori highlights the importance of understanding the interrelated connectedness between people, the things we do, and our values.

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Indigenous Knowledge and Ocean Science

2017

Author(s): Brown J

Qátuw̓as explores the relationship between Indigenous knowledge and Western science through her relationship to place and work with Ocean Networks Canada. As society is attempting to drive forward with reconciliation and response to climate change, it is important to learn from evidence-based knowledge that has been built over generations.

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What is Indigenous knowledge?

2013

Author(s): Hill R

This video talks about indigenous knowledge

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Honoring Indigenous Knowledge

2023

Author(s): Connor R, Tiokasin G.

For thousands of years indigenous people have been passing their unique knowledge and connections with the land to younger generations through a variety of mediums, such as storytelling, music, art and language. The sharing of knowledge is not always linear (or prompt) and requires a level of active listening in even the most organic conversations. Join a conversation with Connor Ryan (Proud Hunkpapa Lakota & Passionate Skier) and Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Founder, Host & Executive Producer of “First Voices Radio”) as they navigate indigenous knowledge, discuss how we all can best honor it, and ensure the transfer continues for generations to come.

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What is Traditional Knowledge?

2023

Author(s): United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Traditional Knowledge refers to the knowledge,innovations and practices of indigenous and local peoples around the world.It is founded and maintained by communities and can be informed by experience gained over millennia transmitted orally in stories,songs and folklore and through building techniques,agricultural methods, and more. It help communities thrive and build critical capacity in challenging physical environments.

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3000-Year-Old Solutions to Modern Problems

2022

Author(s): June L

In this profoundly hopeful talk, Diné musician, scholar, and cultural historian Lyla June outlines a series of timeless human success stories focusing on Native American food and land management techniques and strategies.