MassLive

New $30M UMass center to braid Indigenous knowledge and Western science

A new center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will weave Western science and Indigenous knowledge together to work on complex issues including climate change, changing food systems and ...
Times Union

Shifting focus from Western science to Indigenous knowledge

Soil from Keeley Jock’s surveying site in Akwesasne. In Jock's study, a wetland site in the St. Lawrence River community of Akwesasne ranked higher in priority for its cultural uses than in an EPA ...

Doig River First Nation to develop land use plan with B.C., using Indigenous knowledge and Western science

Doig River First Nation is developing a joint land use plan with the province to help guide resource development, support ...
KTVZ

OSU authors braid indigenous knowledge, western science into report’s recommendations for land managers

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two Oregon State University faculty are among the lead authors of a report that combines Indigenous Knowledge and western science for the purpose of informing future ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Partnerships, not parachutes: How Indigenous knowledge and citizen science can enhance climate research

Climate data has a completeness problem. If you’re looking for ancient carbon dioxide measurements, ice core data can give you that. If you have an interest in prehistoric ecology, the fossil record ...
WLRN

A new approach to science rooted in Indigenous tradition

The National Science Foundation has funded its first ever research hub focused on Indigenous knowledge. This $30 million investment will fund projects from ancient clam-farming to mapping climate ...
PBS

Nature trail weaves Indigenous knowledge with Western science

A Menominee "phenology" trail labels plants in three languages. At the College of the Menominee Nation in Keshena, a "phenology" trail identifies plants by common, scientific and Menominee names.
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

First research hub at UMass will blend Western and Indigenous knowledge to address environmental issues

This semester, the University of Massachusetts received the largest National Science Foundation (NSF) grant in its history to provide funding for the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and ...
EurekAlert!

New report ‘braids’ Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest adaptation strategies against climate change

The top and bottom images both show the same vista of the Stafford Creek drainage in Washington’s Wenatchee National Forest. The top image, taken in 1934, shows a mixed-conifer forest consisting of ...
WUWM

Emerging leader says Indigenous knowledge is needed, Western science alone won't solve climate change

Massive storms and eradicate temperature shifts are just two sometimes devastating symptoms of climate issues we face. What’s also clear is that it’s going to take an all-hands-on-deck approach to ...

Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their knowledge

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense ...