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4 - What Do Indigenous Knowledges Do for Indigenous Peoples?

from Part I - Introduction to Key Concepts and Questions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2018

Melissa K. Nelson
Affiliation:
San Francisco State University
Daniel Shilling
Affiliation:
Arizona State University
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability
, pp. 57 - 82
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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