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Narissa Ribera plants seeds in the ground and in the minds of many, from the climate-conscious to Indigenous individuals like herself. She is Diné, a member of the Navajo Nation who was raised in ...

A few miles south of Salem, the Elderberry Wisdom Farm uses generations of traditional knowledge to grow native plants, restore habitats and train Indigenous adults and other underrepresented students ...

When the Gorman Museum of Native American Art relocated to a space adjacent to the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden in 2023, a seed was planted. Why not include Indigenous California plants ...

The Kendal at Oberlin Indigenous Peoples interest group recently hosted an intergenerational tree planting ceremony to celebrate indigenous survival and ingenuity. The tree, Nyssa sylvatica, also ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers found this by overlaying maps of Indigenous people’s lands (IPLs) with recently published of millions of alien species from around the ...

Alicia Retes is a storyteller, a crafter, a gardener and lifelong proponent of learning. To properly tell the story of The Three Sisters to adults and kids, she uses all of that knowledge and ...

・UC Santa Barbara is offering courses that incorporate Native American 'Traditional Ecological Knowledge' into environmental science. ・One class has students create a 'land acknowledgement' and ...

In Borneo’s dense rainforest, some communities of Punan people still find their medicine among the trees. For generations the forest has been their living pharmacy, with each medicinal plant tied to ...

An intimate visit to Owamni, the award-winning Indigenous restaurant by Chef Sean Sherman, reveals a living blueprint for ...