Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Part I. Introduction to Key Concepts and Questions: 1. Introduction: the soul of sustainability Daniel Shilling; 2. Native science and sustaining indigenous communities Gregory Cajete; 3. Wingaashk Kenomagwen, 'the lessons of grass': restoring reciprocity with the good green earth Robin Wall Kimmerer; 4. What do 'indigenous knowledges concepts' do for Indigenous peoples? Kyle Powys Whyte; Part II. Bedrock: Toward A Kincentric Ethic: 5. Indigenous sustainability: language, community wholeness, and solidarity Simon Ortiz; 6. A single strand: the Nsyilxcin speaking people's Tmixw knowledge as a model for sustaining a life-force-place Jeannette Armstrong; 7. Towards a philosophical understanding of TEK and ecofeminism Joan McGregor; 8. Wolves and ravens, science and ethics: traditional ecological knowledge meets long-term ecological research Michael Paul Nelson and John A. Vucetich; Part III. Extended Web: Land Care Practices and Plant and Animal Relationships: 9. Redefining sustainability through kincentric ecology: reclaiming Indigenous lands, knowledge, and ethics Dennis Martinez; 10. Indigenous food sovereignty in Canada Priscilla Settee; 11. The radiant life with animals Linda Hogan; Part IV. Global and Legal Implications of Indigenous Sustainability: 12. Home: resistance, resilience and innovation in Māori economies of well-being Rachel Wolfgramm, Chellie Spiller, Carla Houkamau and Manuke Henare; 13. Indigenous peoples and 'cultural sustainability': the role of law and traditional knowledge Rebecca Tsosie; 14. Conclusion: back in our tracks – embodying kinship as if the future mattered Melissa K. Nelson.