Traditional Knowledge

Putting the Culture Back in Agriculture: Reviving Native Food and Farming Traditions

Jun 10, 2013 • “At one point ‘agriculture’ was about the culture of food. Losing that culture, in favor of an American cultural... Read More

EU ponders biopiracy law to protect Indigenous Peoples

Apr 29, 2013 • The European Parliament is debating a draft biopiracy law requiring industry to compensate indigenous people if it makes commercial... Read More

Biocultural Community Protocols: Articulating and Asserting Stewardship

Jan 26, 2013 • Protocols developed by Indigenous peoples or mobile or local communities (“community protocols”) are gaining recognition as a useful means... Read More

Lower Elwha Klallam Celebrate Cultural and Ecological Renewal in the Wake of Dam Deconstruction

Aug 28, 2012 • The Lower Elwa Klallam, a federally recognized Indigenous Nation located on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, have had... Read More

IKP and the Barabaig: A Heart to Heart Partnership

Aug 21, 2012 • The goal of Indigenous Knowledge Project (IKP) is to empower indigenous communities in documenting and protecting their traditional knowledge,... Read More

Interview with Barabaig about Current Food Crisis

Aug 21, 2012 • In this two-part video, the Indigenous Knowledge Project speak with the Barabaig about the food crisis they now face.... Read More

Survival, Sovereignty and Sustainability at ‘Ground Zero’ for Climate Change and Globalization

Aug 21, 2012 • As a result of lack of land title, insensitive state intervention and climate change, members of the Barabaig tribe... Read More

Winnemem Wintu Tribe closes McCloud River during war dance

Jun 1, 2012 • “On the final day, the Angry People made their presence known with a thundering powerboat armada, smashing the tranquility... Read More

Tribal leaders challenge Forest Service to protect native women’s rights

Apr 17, 2012 • “Since 1941 most of our ceremonial sites have been buried beneath the still waters of Lake Shasta,” said Sisk.... Read More

IR6: The Connections

Apr 17, 2012 • Indigenous Resistance (IR), the revolutionary musical collective that brought us Dancing on John Wayne’s Head, has produced a follow... Read More

People of a Feather

Apr 3, 2012 • People of a Feather is an award winning documentary film about a unique Inuit culture that relies on birds... Read More

Can Traditional Knowledge Survive in the Modern World?

Mar 24, 2012 • In this 30-minute lecture, Anishinabek activist, scholar and writer Dr. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson answers the question: “Can Aboriginal Traditional... Read More

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