Prior to the arrival of the first European settlers early in the 17th Century, an estimated 50 million Native Americans tilled the land in the area that became the United States, gathered food in the ...

Cal Poly Humboldt’s Native American Studies Department and Save California Salmon are inviting California educators to their “Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Water Protection Curriculum Training, ...

Mitákuye Oyásʼiŋ is a Lakota phrase that roughly translates to “all my relations” or “we are all related.” It is in this phrase, simultaneously brief and full of depth, that we can begin to comprehend ...

Native study of the natural world is exceptionally deep and nuanced at understanding and protecting ecosystems. Take a swim through Clear Lake, North America’s oldest (and California’s largest) ...

Many talks and posters at the Ecological Society of America’s upcoming Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, Aug. 6-11, will highlight collaborative and tribal-led research initiatives that bridge ...

Federal and state officials turned toward “’indigenous knowledge,” also known as “traditional ecological knowledge,” to help California better prepare for wildfires prior to the recent blazes in Los ...

Traditional Indigenous knowledge, also called traditional ecological knowledge or traditional knowledge, is compiled by tribes according to their distinct culture and generally is transmitted orally ...

A memorandum of understanding between the agency and leaders of 35 U.S. tribal colleges and universities attempts to solidify efforts to blend Western scientific methods with traditional Indigenous ...

A new, free curriculum for middle-schoolers is aiming to modernize the lessons students are taught about the state’s Indigenous communities and raise awareness about how their cultural practices can ...

MOLE LAKE, Wis. – In late August, Robert Van Zile Jr. looked out over Rice Lake with dismay. Brown spot disease had decimated this year's wild rice crop. The lake is home to the last remaining wild ...

Syracuse area professor Robin Wall Kimmerer is one of this year’s MacArthur “genius grant” recipients. The ecologist and author of “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and ...