Native Sciences & Technology

Last changed on Tue, 09/12/2023 - 17:07

This category includes content that describes, demonstrates, or educates users on native inventions, practices, and understandings of the environment, living beings, foods, and medicines. This may also include technological advancements, tools, equipment, and other methodology for stewarding and understanding the natural world. Some examples of tools and technology can include: weaving materials, boats, reef nets, etc.

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Public User
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Native Sciences & Technology
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Continuing from our last episode, Morgan Brown, a Tsimshian mother, auntie, sister, daughter, and woman discusses plant sovereignty.
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Public User, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians
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Native Sciences & Technology, Ways of Life
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This video emphasizes the importance of traditional foods, ceremonies, and learning from our natural environment in order to maintain spiritual connections.
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Public User, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians
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Native Sciences & Technology, Ways of Life
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Shawn discusses the deep connection between Indigenous creation stories and current environmental changes, highlighting how human activities, invasive species, and pollution have disrupted traditional ecosystems, foods, and health, impacting the community
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Public User, Lummi Nation
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Native Sciences & Technology, Sovereignty/Governance, Ways of Life
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The Scha;nexw Elhtal'nexw Salmon People teaching guide is an instructional resource that provides middle and high school teachers with the necessary information to understand and teach the film.
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Activism & Advocacy, Native Sciences & Technology
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In this episode we talk with Alexander Harris of RE Sources. Alexander is a conservationist who has worked on various policy issues ranging from public forest management and wildfire mitigation to ecological forest management and climate mitigation.
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Public User, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
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Native Sciences & Technology, Ways of Life
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Anna Cook shares about her experience being raised off the land in her multi-generational household, and where her interest and appreciation for her "plant relatives" stems from.
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Public User, Lummi Nation
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Native Sciences & Technology, Ways of Life
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Sadie Olsen shares about how Whiteswan Environmental utilizes plants for programs and tools, and gives the audience insight on her own personal experience with plants and how they've helped her over time.
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Public User
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Native Sciences & Technology
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In this episode we sit with Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass to talk about how plants unite us through their teachings.
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Public User, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians
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Native Sciences & Technology
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Kadi Bizyayeva discusses the types of hatcheries that different tribes use. She further goes into detail about which kind the Stillaguamish tribe uses, and the hatcheries desired outcomes.