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Apr 11 2017

Giving Nature a Critical Voice: A New Approach to Nature Conservation?

By Akshara Sangiorgio

Katherine Dominique Lind Rocky Mountain Flatirons, Colorado. Photo: Katherine D. Lind, 2016 . In 2014, Nature found her voice. Struggling against deforestation, gasping for air, and fed up with the…

Apr 04 2017

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Yamani: Voices of an Ancient Land

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by Faith Baisden, Thomas Dick, Carolyn Barker, and Kristina Kelman . Leonora Adidi, Faith Baisden, and Joy Bonner on Yugambeh Country in 2014, after the song gathering at which the project…

Mar 28 2017

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Cherokee Voices for the Land: Photovoice Film by the Cherokee Nation Medicine Keepers

By Robert Wiltzen

by Clint Carroll . Crosslin Smith: “We need to honor the earth. The ancestors said the Creator put a spirit in the earth.” Photo: Crosslin Smith, 2015 . Amid the…

Mar 21 2017

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Like Growing Flowers: The Work of Saving Endangered Languages

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by Ajuawak Kapashesit Language endangerment is a growing issue around the globe. Of the less than 7,000 languages spoken today, many are not expected to survive into the next century.…

Mar 14 2017

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Doña Dora and Her Tehuelche Animals: Stories of Language Revitalization in Southern Patagonia

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Javier Domingo in conversation with Dora Manchado Getting to Doña Dora’s home on foot is no picnic. It’s a long way, and stray dogs can be a serious threat.…

Mar 07 2017

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Māori Oral Tradition: Ancestral Sayings and Indigenous Knowledge

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by Hēmi Whaanga and Priscilla Wehi . An adult tūī vocalizing with feathers fluffed out, Te Puke, North Island of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Photo: Raewyn Adams, 2012 (from “New Zealand Birds…

Feb 28 2017

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Linking Language and the Land: How Words, Stories, and Ceremonies Can Inform Discussion around Decision Making for the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw Peoples and Ceremonies

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by Andrea Lyall Tsa̱g̱a̱ł (thimbleberry). Photo: Andrea Lyall, 2016. Kwak̓wala is the Indigenous language of the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw on the mid-coast of present-day British Columbia. It expresses a connection to the…

Feb 21 2017

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Protecting Biodiversity in Dakshinkali, A Sacred Grove in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

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Photos and text by Sheetal Vaidya and Asha Paudel Dakshinkali is a sacred grove located at 1550 m of altitude about 22 km south of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. It is…

Feb 14 2017

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Voices from the Field: African Rural Women, Custodians of Seed and Traditional Knowledge

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Kagole Margret Byarufu My name, Kagole, was given to me upon my birth. It initially belonged to my father’s aunt who had died a few months before I was…

Feb 07 2017

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To the Golden Mountains of Altai, Southern Siberia | A Journey of Language and Soul

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by Joanna Dobson Knowledge Keeper Danil Ivanovich Mamyev, Director of Uch Enmek EthnoCultural Nature Park, on pilgrimage in the Karakol Valley. Photo: Irina Jhernosenko, 2014 . I traveled to Altai…

Giving Nature a Critical Voice: A New Approach to Nature Conservation?

Yamani: Voices of an Ancient Land

Cherokee Voices for the Land: Photovoice Film by the Cherokee Nation Medicine Keepers

Like Growing Flowers: The Work of Saving Endangered Languages

Doña Dora and Her Tehuelche Animals: Stories of Language Revitalization in Southern Patagonia

Māori Oral Tradition: Ancestral Sayings and Indigenous Knowledge

Linking Language and the Land: How Words, Stories, and Ceremonies Can Inform Discussion around Decision Making for the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw Peoples and Ceremonies

Protecting Biodiversity in Dakshinkali, A Sacred Grove in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Voices from the Field: African Rural Women, Custodians of Seed and Traditional Knowledge

To the Golden Mountains of Altai, Southern Siberia | A Journey of Language and Soul

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