Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is a subset of Indigenous Science (IS)
According to Winona LaDuke* in Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Futures.
"Traditional ecological knowledge is the culturally and spiritually based way in which indigenous peoples relate to their ecosystems. This knowledge is founded on spiritual-cultural instructions from "time immemorial" and on generations of careful observation within an ecosystem of continuous residence. I believe that this knowledge represents the clearest empirically based system for resource management and ecosystem protection in North America, and I will argue that native societies' knowledge surpasses the scientific and social knowledge of the dominant society in its ability to provide information and a management style for environmental planning. Frankly, these native societies have existed as the only example of sustainable living in North America for more than 300 years. (pg. 127)"
*Member of the Mississippi Band Anishinabe and Campaign Director of the White Earth Land Recovery Program, a reservation-based land and environmental advocacy and acquisition organization on the White Earth Reservation of Anishinabeg in northern Minnesota.
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Using what Winona LaDuke descibes as TEK how do you think that knowledge may be beneficial? Who holds that knowledge that we may learn from? What is the difference between Indigenous Science and TEK?
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