Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Chairman Timothy Rhodd (right) and two other members of the executive committee, Cheyenne Colborn (middle) and Tony Fee (left), show off a pear tree in the tribe's ...

Officials at the Department of the Interior are pushing to finalize a new "implementation handbook" to guide agency decision makers on how to "apply indigenous knowledge" in their day-to-day work. The ...

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Native groups in Belize, Australia and Hawaii are at the center of conservation. Scientists are increasingly turning to Indigenous communities for marine conservation, leaning toward generational ...

Indigenous Indonesian communities—like the Papuan Abui people of Alor—are the custodians of very ancient knowledge. Their ...

Indigenous populations globally possess ancient, intergenerational celestial knowledge, including "dark constellations," deeply integrated with their land, culture, and practical life, which is ...

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A groundbreaking study by ethnobotanist Hemerson Dantas dos Santos Pataxó Hãhãhãi has revived the ancestral healing knowledge of his indigenous people. Currently a doctoral student at the Institute of ...

Ciguatera fish poisoning is the world's most frequently reported seafood-borne illness. It poses a serious health risk to tropical coastal communities, with some of the highest rates reported in ...

Federally funded Indigenous-led conservation programs are delivering highly effective climate and biodiversity outcomes, ...