Description Sakakibara describes her work with Iñupiat peoples in the arctic who are facing climate change issues related to their food harvesting and cultural practices. The communities have a strong connection to whaling, expressed linguistically, […]
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The Right to be Cold: One Woman’s Story of Protecting her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet
Description Watt-Cloutier gives a biographical account of her work on climate justice in the Arctic region. She discusses her perspective on climate change coming from an Indigenous community perspective. Her notion “the right to be […]
The Melting Ice Cellar: What Native Traditional Knowledge is Teaching Us about Global Warming and Environmental Change
Description The knowledge systems of Indigenous peoples have historically been rejected by many scientific fields. Climate science is just beginning to catch on to the value of Indigenous knowledge systems. Cochran and Geller discuss the […]
Re-Thinking Colonialism to Prepare for the Impacts of Rapid Environmental Change
Description Reo and Parker discuss how landscape change similar to what people are concerned about with climate change today has a long history in certain regions. In what is now called the Eastern U.S., colonialism […]