Traditional ecological knowledge : learning from indigenous practices for environmental sustainability

Nelson, Melissa K. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 9781108428569
ISBN: 9781108450447
ISBN: 1108428568
Physical Description: print
xiv, 276 pages; illustrations 24 cm.
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2018.

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Machine generated contents note: pt. I INTRODUCTION TO KEY CONCEPTS AND QUESTIONS -- 1. Introduction: The Soul of Sustainability / Dan Shilling -- 2. Native Science and Sustaining Indigenous Communities / Gregory Cajete -- 3. Mishkos Kenomagwen, the Lessons of Grass: Restoring Reciprocity with the Good Green Earth / Robin Wall Kimmerer -- 4. What Do Indigenous Knowledges Do for Indigenous Peoples? / Kyle Whyte -- pt. II BEDROCK: TOWARD A KINCENTRIC ETHIC -- 5. Indigenous Sustainability: Language, Community Wholeness, and Solidarity / Simon Ortiz -- 6. Single Strand: The Nsyilxcin Speaking People's Tmixw Knowledge as a Model for Sustaining a Life-Force Place / Jeannette Armstrong -- 7. Toward a Philosophical Understanding of TEK and Ecofeminism / Joan McGregor -- 8. Wolves and Ravens, Science and Ethics: Traditional Ecological Knowledge Meets Long-Term Ecological Research / John A. Vucetich -- pt. III EXTENDED WEB: LAND-CARE PRACTICES AND PLANT AND ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS -- 9. Redefining Sustainability through Kincentric Ecology: Reclaiming Indigenous Lands, Knowledge, and Ethics / Dennis Martinez -- 10. Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Canada / Priscilla Settee -- 11. Radiant Life with Animals / Linda Hogan -- pt. IV GLOBAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF INDIGENOUS SUSTAINABILITY -- 12. Home: Resistance, Resilience, and Innovation in Maori Economies of Well-Being / Manuka Henare -- 13. Indigenous Peoples and "Cultural Sustainability": The Role of Law and Traditional Knowledge / Rebecca Tsosie -- 14. Conclusion: Back in Our Tracks -- Embodying Kinship as If the Future Mattered / Melissa K. Nelson.