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Room 8 - Indigenous Values, Traditions, Fights for Rights.
Values and TraditionsIndigenous knowledge, practices and lifestyles can be relevant and beneficial for sustainable living and our environment in modern times.Action Network - Indigenous Peoples Movement, collective of various indigenous peoples from all over the world. Cherokee Riverkeepers - Respect for the consciousness, healing powers and wisdom of rivers. Google Books - Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Concepts and Cases. (Read free of charge.) Indigenous Vision - Works to revitalize Indigenous communities by providing educational resources that promote well-being. Mongabay - Conservation News: Indigenous peoples' stewardship of natural resources is increasingly being recognized as a critical priority. Wikipedia - Traditional ecological knowledge, (TEK) describes indigenous and other traditional knowledge of local resources. See also: What can be learned from Indigenous Peoples and their values? Indigenous Rights and Fights
Sadly, many indigenous peoples are struggling to maintain rights to their land and to the Earth resources they protect. Mining, logging, dams and deforestation for agricultural purposes are imposed by outside interests. Many indigenous activists have been violently attacked, criminalized and murdered and the threats are growing worldwide.
BBC News - Over 1,700 environment activists killed in decade (report), environmental activist killed every two days. Native Americans are at the heart of Yellowstone - After 150 years, they are finally being heard. 'Grandmothers are our weather app' - New maps and local knowledge power, Chad's climate fightback. Law Library - Introduction to Indigenous Peoples' Civil Rights, fights to obtain civil liberties from the nations that colonized them. Wikipedia - Indigenous rights that exist in recognition of the specific condition of the Indigenous peoples. YaleEnvironment360 - Amazon Defender Stands Up for Her Land and Her People: dam projects, illegal loggers and miners. Video message by UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on 2024 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
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