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Indigenous science is related to the term "traditional ecological knowledge" or "TEK" which is specific category of Indigenous science that applies to the natural world, usually focused on agriculture, sustainability and wildlife. [27] The study of ecology focuses on the relationships and patterns between organisms in their environment. [28]
Peyote – indigenous people realized the antibiotic property of peyote and used the extract to treat fevers and enhance the energy in their bodies and treatment as an anesthetic. Pineapple – indigenous people residing in what is now Brazil and the Paraná River valley of Paraguay were the first to cultivate the pineapple. From there ...
Batwa participants in a Forest Peoples Programme-sponsored project contributing their knowledge to a relief map of a forested area.. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is a cumulative body of knowledge, practice, and belief, evolving by adaptive processes and handed down through generations by cultural transmission, about the relationship of living beings (including humans) with one ...
In Native Science, Cajete describes how Indigenous peoples of the Americas [2] have "a lived and creative relationship with the natural world" and a heightened "awareness of the subtle qualities of a place." [4] The book notes how the scientific community has benefited from the traditional ecological knowledge of Indigenous peoples. [2]
Ethnoscience has not always focused on ideas distinct from those of "cognitive anthropology", "component analysis", or "the New Ethnography"; it is a specialization of indigenous knowledge-systems, such as ethno-botany, ethno-zoology, ethno-medicine, etc. (Atran, 1991: 595).
Tribal elders have always known the importance of respecting that nature can provide, but a balance must be maintained in the ecosystem. Western scientists are finally learning from Indigenous ...
Indigenous astronomies are diverse in their specificities, but find commonality in some storytelling themes, practices, and functions. [1]In Aboriginal Astronomy, Kamilaroi and Euahlayi elders reveal that the Emu in the Sky, a dark constellation, informs on emu behaviour and seasonal changes, with consequences for food economics and ceremonial events.
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