Orientation
Indigenous traditional knowledges (TKs) have emerged in national and international arenas as rich information for indigenous and non-indigenous assessments, policies, and adaptation strategies. With this growing recognition, however, comes potential risks to indigenous peoples in sharing TKs in federal and other non-indigenous resilience initiatives. These resources assist Tribes, Agencies, and other Partners build respectful, complimentary efforts together.
One way to best encapsulate an indigenous worldview can be based on Professor Dan Wildcat of Haskell Indian Nations University vision as expounded in his seminal Climate Change workbook Red Alert
- Adherence to Natural L.A.W. - protection of land, air and water
- Seeing all living things as relatives, rather than resources
- Accepting your inalienable responsibilities to your fellow man and all creatures
- Calculating the value of appropriate tech as T3C: weighted according to its enhancement of the 3C's - community, communication, and culture or 3C/Environment=T - well-suited to the place in which it is applied
Guidance
- Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in Resilience Initiatives (Includes Primer and Ethics Essay Links)
- TEK - Interdisciplinary Stewardship of Mother Earth
- SEAS: Indigenous CC and Justice
- NCAR: Rising Voices Annual Meeting
- 2012 First Stewards Declaration
- Tribal Nations Impacts Summary and References
Research Papers
Federal TEK Awareness