When we talk about indigenous cultural practices we are in fact talking about responsibilities that have evolved into
unwritten tribal laws over millennia. These responsibilities and laws are directly tied to nature and is a product of the slow
integration of cultures within their environment and the ecosystems. Thus, the...
Structured systems of indigenous governments include systems of commerce and exchange, different concepts of
wealth and very different nutritional habits which have been developed on the strength and in accord with generations of
observing the natural systems which we live in and ultimately sustain us. Indigenous social structures occur within...
The Conference Program for IIFET, held July 10-14 in Corvallis, Oregon. Program lists the sessions by date and time and includes the session titles, speakers and paper titles.
The use of Native American fire regimes evolved in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion over millennia. A mixture of Native American and Euro-American socio-cultural management has developed from adaptations to climate, topography, ecological processes, and land use practices. This research incorporates Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to partially examine the role of tribal...
Kelps are large brown algae in the order Laminariales and are foundation species that form the basis of kelp forests. Present across a quarter of the world’s coastlines, kelp forests provide diverse services to coastal communities, as habitat for commercially and culturally important species, as a food source for humans...