Indigenous-led Conservation: Hope for the Future of the Planet

Indigenous-Led Conservation: Hope For the Future of the Planet

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Indigenous-Led Conservation: Hope For the Future of the Planet
Cultural Survival Quarterly 47-4 (December 2023)

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Features

Models of Indigenous- Led Conservation— A Love Story

Cristina Mormorunni (Métis, Sardo)
In June, the Blackfeet Nation made history when it returned buffalo to their homelands that colonizing forces had removed over a century ago.

Living in Sacred Relationship with Our Ancestral Territory in the Sierra Nevada

A conversation with Seyaru’kwingumum, Co-director of Ofrenda A’bunna, who is leading his Arhuaco community to be a model of Indigenous-led conservation.

The Radical Optimism of Youth: Working Towards Protecting Herring—and Renewal

Hartman Deetz (Mashpee Wampanoag)
In Mashpee, MA, Native Environmental Ambassadors are leading the way for solutions by protecting their homeland with the Rights of Nature.

Promoting Coexistence through Indigenous Knowledge in Maasai Mara

An interview with Nelson Ole Reiyia (Maasai), Co-founder of the Nashulai Maasai Conservancy.

Conservation Is at the Heart of Traditional Knowledge in Fiji

Ratu Emori Ganilau, Isikeli Kainaigani, and Aliti Verevou
The protection of Traditional Knowledge and stewardship of the environment is evident and strong in the village of Nasau.

Saving Our Great Wild Transboundary Rivers in Alaska

Lee Wagner (Tsimshian, Haida, and Łingít)
The Tsimshian, Haida, and Łingít Peoples have been the Unuk River’s customary caretakers for over 10,000 years.

A Call to Champion Sustainable Use of Wildlife as an Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Issue

Lesle Jansen (Khoikhoi) and Joe Goergen
In South Africa, Indigenous Peoples have formed community-based organizations to manage the use of natural resources
and wildlife.

Departments

Indigenous Arts
From Oak Flat to Spiro: Enduring Indigenous Connections to Copper

Rights in Action

South Africa Exchange Explores Free, Prior and Informed Consent as the First Line of Defense for Indigenous Communities

Youth Voices

Youth Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change in Arid Kola, Kenya

Women the World Must Hear

Land Stewardship and Environmental Activism by Shuar Peoples of Yamanunka: Raquel Tsahuanda

Keepers of the Earth Fund Grant Partner Spotlight

In Defense of Our Land and Sacred Rivers: Joint Actions by Mura Peoples in Brazil

Staff Spotlight

Bazaar Artists

The Sole Fashion of Tigris Handmade

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