Indigenous Australians were the world's first astronomers. But their knowledge is now at risk

I'm a proud Yorta Yorta and Barapa Barapa man, an Indigenous astronomer and a trainee ecologist. When I look at the night sky ...
CU Boulder News & Events

How Indigenous knowledge can help solve the climate crisis

As the world grapples with adapting to a warming planet, Indigenous Peoples are experiencing unique climate-related challenges exacerbated by centuries of having their land overtaken by settlers and ...
Modern GhanaOpinion

Demystifying Indigenous Knowledge and Myths in Advancing African Agriculture

For generations, African farmers have sustained their communities through systems grounded in observation, experimentation, ...
YES! Magazine

How Indigenous Knowledge Reconnects Us All to Fire

“Our human relationship with fire goes back thousands and thousands of years,” says Damon Panek, wildland fires operations specialist for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and enrolled ...
Government Technology

How Indigenous Knowledge Is Changing Natural Hazard Mitigation

All around the world natural disasters continue to wreak havoc as emergency managers strive for new ways to reduce the damage through sound mitigation practices. At the same time, several indigenous ...
Grist

For Indigenous communities, protecting traditional knowledge means reimagining how it is preserved

This story is part of Fix’s Mentorship Issue exploring the unique ways climate leaders found their calling, and how new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures. Check out the full ...
Mother Jones

DC Regulators Are Welcoming Indigenous Knowledge—and the Right Is Freaking Out

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Last September, when the Biden administration canceled several oil and gas leases in ...
UNESCO

Indigenous and local knowledge engagement in the Ocean Decade: A practical guide

The ocean is under growing pressure: Over 90% of marine fish stocks are fully or overexploited, the ocean absorbs around 30% of global CO₂ emissions, and marine pollution and biodiversity loss ...
The Conversation

Indigenous knowledge is the solution to Canada’s health inequities

It is no secret there are stark differences between the health of Indigenous peoples in Canada and their non-Indigenous counterparts. First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples fare more poorly than the ...