Indigenous critical reflections on traditional ecological knowledge / edited by Lara A. Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jacobs, Lara A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traditional ecological knowledge.

Decolonization.

Ethnoecology.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xii, 428 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"With more than fifty contributors, Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge offers important perspectives by Indigenous Peoples on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous value systems. The book aims to educate and inspire readers about the importance of decolonizing how Indigenous Knowledges are considered and used outside of Native communities. By including the work of Indigenous storytellers, poets, and scholars from around the globe, editor Lara Jacobs and chapter authors effectively explore the Indigenous value systems--relationships, reciprocity, and responsibility--that are fundamental to Indigenous Knowledge systems and cultures. Indigenous languages and positionality statements are featured for each of the contributors to frame their cultural and geographical background and to allow each Indigenous voice to lead discussions and contribute critical discourse to the literature on Indigenous Knowledges and value systems. By creating space for each of these individual voices, this volume challenges colonial extraction norms and highlights the importance of decolonial methods in understanding and protecting Indigenous Knowledges. Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge is an essential resource for students, academics, members of Tribal, state, and federal governments, Indigenous communities, and non-Indigenous allies as well as a valuable addition to environmental and Indigenous studies collections"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Traditional ecological Knowledge and Indigenous value systems / Lara A. Jacobs, Joe Anderson, Kathryn Champagne, Britt Postoak, and Rhode Grayson

Part I Relationships. 1 Ho'n A:wan Hi:doshna / Kobe Natachu

2 Sacred relationships in traditional ecological Knowledge / Monique Wynecoop, Tomás A. Madrigal, Joni Tobacco, and Don Motanic

3 My dress has wings / Michelle M. Jacob

4 Building Pilina: reconnecting to 'Ike Kūpuna / Ululani Kekahiliokalani Brigitte Russo Oana

5 Decolonizing Kalapuyan Anti'p (Camas): histories and studies / David G. Lewis

6 Swinomish place-based science, culture, and environmental education: an Indigenous approach to environmental and resource issues / Todd A. Mitchell sw[schwa]lítub

7 Co-production of Knowledge in Arctic research: a paradigm shift or another cycle of oppression? / Anamaq Margaret H.C. Rudolf

8 Geoscience obligations to decolonization: an Ōiwi methodology of "Makahanalimukaikeea" in Ainu Mosir / Andrew Kalani Carlson

Part II Reciprocity 9 Praise the rain / Joy Harjo

10 Reciprocal restoration with Tribal Nations: natural resources management and STEM education / Joseph Gazing Wolf, Celina Gray, Oral Saulters, and Stephanie Kelley

- 11 What was taught to me / Sam Schimmel (transcribed by Lily Painter)

12 Related to 'Āina: The reciprocity of living with place / 'Alohi Nakachi and Kaikea Nakachi

13 Reciprocal sovereignty: traditional ecological Knowledge and a commonwealth of ecological dignity / Joseph Gazing Wolf

14 Pyroepistomology: reclaiming and reciprocity / Paulette Steeves

15 A caring upheaval: transnational abolitionism as a pathway to more reciprocal futures / Jonathan James Fisk

16 A critical declaration of decolonization and indigenization for scientific research and the academy / Lara R. Jacobs, Cherry YEW Yamane, Jessica Hernandez, Tara McAllister, Andrew Kalani Carlson, Jonathan Fisk, Kat Milligan-McClellan, Joseph Gazing Wolf, Lydia L. Jennings, Jennifer Grenz, and Coral Avery

17 The native and university paradox / Lara A. Jacobs and Cherry YEW Yamane

Part III Responsibility 18 The trees and the sky are my teachers / Luhui Whitebear

19 Intergenerational responsibility: what we owe the past, present, and future / Joanna M. DeMeyer, Mandi Harris, David Iniguez, and Angeles Mendoza

20 The doctrine of discovery still lives with us and it ain't good / Pat Gonzales-Rogers

21 Food-grower-grizzly helps beaver community / Jennifer Grenz-Nlaka'pamux

22 Honoring our responsibilities while "doing science": Indigenous scientists' perspectives / Jessica Hernandez, Melinda M. Adams, Vivi Vold, Lydia Jennings, Margaret Palaghicon Von Rotz, Angelo Villagomez, Tara McAllister, Lauren Wendelle Yowelunh McLester-Davis, Victor Hernandez, Eileen Jimenez, Brandie Makeba Cross, and Joseph Gazing Wolf

23 Responsibility with heart: protecting Indigenous data sovereignty and traditional ecological Knowledge / Jennifer R. O'Neal

24 Talofae, your ancestors are gossiping about your data management plan / Leasi Vanessa Lee Raymond

25 The responsibility of relational consideration: invasive and nonnative species in the context of Indigenous food security and food sovereignty / Jennifer Grenz

26 Public lands, traditional ecological Knowledge, and the need for VNOKECKV (Love) Lara A. Jacobs

References / compiled by Zena Greenawald.

Notes:

Collection of essays by David G. Lewis and others.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781962645324

1962645320

OCLC:

1492715619