Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability

doi:10.1017/9781108552998

This book examines the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and how it can provide models for a time-tested form of sustainability needed in the world today. The essays, written by a team of scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, explore TEK through compelling cases of environmental sustainability from multiple tribal and geographic locations in North America and beyond. Addressing the philosophical issues concerning indigenous and ecological knowledge production and maintenance, they focus on how environmental values and ethics are applied to the uses of land.Grounded in an understanding of the profound relationship between biological and cultural diversity, this book defines, interrogates, and problematizes, the many definitions of traditional ecological knowledge and sustainability. It includes a holistic and broad disciplinary approach to sustainability, including language, art, and ceremony, as critical ways to maintain healthy human-environment relations.

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge
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New Directions in Sustainability and Society - Series page
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge - Title page
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Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability
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Contents
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Editors and Contributors
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Preface
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Part I - Introduction to Key Concepts and Questions
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1 - Introduction: The Soul of Sustainability
pp 3-14
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2 - Native Science and Sustaining Indigenous Communities
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- By Gregory Cajete
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3 - Mishkos Kenomagwen, the Lessons of Grass: Restoring Reciprocity with the Good Green Earth
pp 27-56
- By Robin Wall Kimmerer
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4 - What Do Indigenous Knowledges Do for Indigenous Peoples?
pp 57-82
- By Kyle Whyte
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Part II - Bedrock
pp 83-136
Toward a Kincentric Ethic
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5 - Indigenous Sustainability: Language, Community Wholeness, and Solidarity
pp 85-94
- By Simon Ortiz
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6 - A Single Strand: The Nsyilxcin Speaking People’s Tmixw Knowledge as a Model for Sustaining a Life-Force Place
pp 95-108
- By Jeannette Armstrong
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7 - Toward a Philosophical Understanding of TEK and Ecofeminism
pp 109-128
- By Joan McGregor
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8 - Wolves and Ravens, Science and Ethics: Traditional Ecological Knowledge Meets Long-Term Ecological Research
pp 129-136
- By Michael Paul Nelson, John A. Vucetich
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Part III - Extended Web
pp 137-210
Land-Care Practices and Plant and Animal Relationships
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9 - Redefining Sustainability through Kincentric Ecology: Reclaiming Indigenous Lands, Knowledge, and Ethics
pp 139-174
- By Dennis Martinez
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10 - Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Canada
pp 175-187
- By Priscilla Settee
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11 - The Radiant Life with Animals
pp 188-210
- By Linda Hogan
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Part IV - Global and Legal Implications of Indigenous Sustainability
pp 211-266
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12 - Home: Resistance, Resilience, and Innovation in Māori Economies of Well-Being
pp 213-228
- By Rachel Wolfgramm, Chellie Spiller, Carla Houkamau, Manuka Henare
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13 - Indigenous Peoples and “Cultural Sustainability”: The Role of Law and Traditional Knowledge
pp 229-249
- By Rebecca Tsosie
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14 - Conclusion
pp 250-266
Back in Our Tracks – Embodying Kinship as If the Future Mattered
- By Melissa K. Nelson
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Index
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Contents

Traditional Ecological Knowledge
pp i-i

New Directions in Sustainability and Society - Series page
pp ii-iv

Traditional Ecological Knowledge - Title page
pp v-v

Copyright page
pp vi-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Editors and Contributors
pp ix-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xiv

Part I - Introduction to Key Concepts and Questions
pp 1-82

1 - Introduction: The Soul of Sustainability
pp 3-14

2 - Native Science and Sustaining Indigenous Communities
pp 15-26

3 - Mishkos Kenomagwen, the Lessons of Grass: Restoring Reciprocity with the Good Green Earth
pp 27-56

4 - What Do Indigenous Knowledges Do for Indigenous Peoples?
pp 57-82

Part II - Bedrock
pp 83-136

5 - Indigenous Sustainability: Language, Community Wholeness, and Solidarity
pp 85-94

6 - A Single Strand: The Nsyilxcin Speaking People’s Tmixw Knowledge as a Model for Sustaining a Life-Force Place
pp 95-108

7 - Toward a Philosophical Understanding of TEK and Ecofeminism
pp 109-128

8 - Wolves and Ravens, Science and Ethics: Traditional Ecological Knowledge Meets Long-Term Ecological Research
pp 129-136

Part III - Extended Web
pp 137-210

9 - Redefining Sustainability through Kincentric Ecology: Reclaiming Indigenous Lands, Knowledge, and Ethics
pp 139-174

10 - Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Canada
pp 175-187

11 - The Radiant Life with Animals
pp 188-210

Part IV - Global and Legal Implications of Indigenous Sustainability
pp 211-266

12 - Home: Resistance, Resilience, and Innovation in Māori Economies of Well-Being
pp 213-228

13 - Indigenous Peoples and “Cultural Sustainability”: The Role of Law and Traditional Knowledge
pp 229-249

14 - Conclusion
pp 250-266

Index
pp 267-276

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