MassLive

New $30M UMass center to braid Indigenous knowledge and Western science

A new center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will weave Western science and Indigenous knowledge together to work on complex issues including climate change, changing food systems and ...
Times Union

Shifting focus from Western science to Indigenous knowledge

Soil from Keeley Jock’s surveying site in Akwesasne. In Jock's study, a wetland site in the St. Lawrence River community of Akwesasne ranked higher in priority for its cultural uses than in an EPA ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Partnerships, not parachutes: How Indigenous knowledge and citizen science can enhance climate research

Climate data has a completeness problem. If you’re looking for ancient carbon dioxide measurements, ice core data can give you that. If you have an interest in prehistoric ecology, the fossil record ...
WLRN

A new approach to science rooted in Indigenous tradition

The National Science Foundation has funded its first ever research hub focused on Indigenous knowledge. This $30 million investment will fund projects from ancient clam-farming to mapping climate ...
WUWM

Emerging leader says Indigenous knowledge is needed, Western science alone won't solve climate change

Massive storms and eradicate temperature shifts are just two sometimes devastating symptoms of climate issues we face. What’s also clear is that it’s going to take an all-hands-on-deck approach to ...
Science Daily

New report 'braids' Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest adaptation strategies against climate change

Forests could also be potential bulwarks against climate change. But, increasingly severe droughts and wildfires, invasive species, and large insect outbreaks -- all intensified by climate change -- ...
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

First research hub at UMass will blend Western and Indigenous knowledge to address environmental issues

This semester, the University of Massachusetts received the largest National Science Foundation (NSF) grant in its history to provide funding for the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and ...
PBS

Nature trail weaves Indigenous knowledge with Western science

A Menominee "phenology" trail labels plants in three languages. At the College of the Menominee Nation in Keshena, a "phenology" trail identifies plants by common, scientific and Menominee names.
Nature

NSF invests millions to unite Indigenous knowledge with Western science

Research centre launched by the US National Science Foundation will partner with native peoples to study farming, climate and more. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded its first ...
LAist

A new approach to science rooted in Indigenous tradition

If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. Listen 47:22 The National Science Foundation has funded its first ever research hub focused ...
EurekAlert!

New report ‘braids’ Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest adaptation strategies against climate change

The top and bottom images both show the same vista of the Stafford Creek drainage in Washington’s Wenatchee National Forest. The top image, taken in 1934, shows a mixed-conifer forest consisting of ...