Indigenous Knowledge

Book 2 of the Last Dispatch series. Eighteen months after FOB Sentry, the Mekong goes dark. Ivan Gomez told the world what he saw in the jungle. The story exploded, and then it was buried: classified, recast as one rogue general's mistake, shelved as fiction. His career went with it. Now fishing villages along the Mekong are emptying, boats are vanishing, and the creatures in the water match the things Ivan saw at Sentry, except the scale is wrong. Twelve years ago, a secret prototype program released forty-eight specimens into the rivers of Laos. Twelve years of breeding have produced ...

A guide to integrating indigenous thinking into modern life for a more interconnected and spiritual relationship with our fellow beings, Mother Earth, and the natural ways of the universe. There is a natural law—a spiritual intelligence that we are all born with that lies within our hearts...

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers.

Learning from ancestral wisdom to save our challenging global environment. In this follow-up to his bestselling Fire Country, Victor Steffensen offers a positive pathway for healing the planet based on traditional Indigenous knowledge systems. Catastrophic wildfires have overwhelmed countries...

Extinction was never supposed to be temporary. War correspondent Ivan Gomez has reported from the world's most dangerous battlefields. Bullets, bombs and dictators do not scare him anymore. The jungle will. Sent to a secret U.S. base in Southeast Asia for what should be a routine interview, Ivan watches a classified program fail. A project to weaponize prehistoric DNA has gone catastrophically wrong, and something that ruled the Earth sixty-six million years ago is hunting again. Cut off and abandoned, Ivan, a young soldier and a Khai tracker who reads the ground through her bare feet must ...

Did You Know... That you hold the forgotten keys to unbreakable health your ancestors guarded for centuries? Tired of synthetic pills that mask symptoms while your vitality fades? This book reveals raw, time tested secrets of ancestral wisdom for real, side effect free wellness. You finally tap into nature's pharmacy to crush inflammation, supercharge immunity, banish fatigue and reclaim unstoppable energy modern life stole from you. This guide is made for you if: You seek natural alternatives to drugs and healing the way nature intended You crave ancestral herbal remedies from indigenous ...

The mind-virus behind human self-destruction has a name: wetiko. See it clearly, and it starts to lose power. You see it everywhere: smart people making destructive choices. Companies poisoning their own customers. Nations pouring trillions into war while their people suffer. Social media built...

Discover the fascinating world of ethnobotany in the enthralling eBook, "Rooted in Culture". Dive into an immersive journey that will take you from the basic roots of plant biology to the towering trees of tribal knowledge and society's modern use of flora. Each chapter of "Rooted in Culture" unfolds the intimate relationship between humans and plants. Starting with an introduction to ethnobotany, readers are led through early inspirations and discoveries, and onto expansive career prospects in this intriguing field. Explore the Tribal Influence and the richness of knowledge they offer, ...

Discover the transformative power of aligning education with the natural world in Seasonal Learning. This captivating eBook presents an innovative approach that seamlessly integrates the rhythms of nature into the educational experience, offering a comprehensive guide for educators, parents, and anyone passionate about holistic learning. Step into the world of agrarian wisdom with an exploration of the agricultural year, where each season reveals its unique potential for learning. From the science of harvest in fall to the nurturing quiet of winter’s reflection, each chapter unveils ...

In Plant Teachers, Narby and Pizuri hold a cross-cultural dialogue that explores the similarities between ayahuasca and tobacco, the role of these plants in indigenous cultures, and the hidden truths they reveal about nature. Juxtaposing two distinct worldviews, Plant Teachers invites listeners on a wide-ranging journey through anthropology, botany, and biochemistry, while raising tantalizing questions about the relationship between science and other ways of knowing. 

Many First Nations tribes communicate with the cultural and linguistic thought patterns found in their original tongues. The First Nations Version (FNV) recounts the Creator's Story—the Christian Scriptures—following the tradition of Native storytellers' oral cultures. This way of speaking, with its simple yet profound beauty and rich cultural idioms, still resonates in the hearts of First Nations people. Whether you are Native or not, you will experience the Scriptures in a fresh and new way.

The application of artificial intelligence to the challenge of Indigenous language revitalization represents one of the most promising intersections of cutting-edge technology and urgent cultural need. Language learning applications powered by AI can provide personalized instruction adapted to the learner's current knowledge level and learning patterns, offer immediate feedback on pronunciation and usage, make learning available at any time and place regardless of the availability of human instructors, and engage learners through interactive activities that make the learning process more ...

For over 40 years, Carlos Castaneda’s The Teachings of Don Juan has inspired audiences to expand their world view beyond traditional Western forms. Originally published as Castaneda’s master’s thesis in anthropology, Teachings documents Castaneda’s supposed apprenticeship with a Yaqui Indian sorcerer, don Juan Matus. Dividing the work into two sections, Castaneda begins by describing don Juan’s philosophies, then continues with his own reflections.

From the award-winning author of The Entrepreneurial State and Mission Economy, an inspiring call to solve our deepest challenges—from inequality to climate change—by embracing a radical new approach to economics and the economy. Whether it’s the water crisis, widespread poverty, or the...

Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth's oldest teachers: the plants around us.

The work of building a just relationship between artificial intelligence and Indigenous peoples is not a problem that can be solved and set aside. It is an ongoing practice — a commitment to maintaining accountability, honoring relationships, data, attending to consequences across generations, and adjusting course when circumstances and communities require it. It is, in this sense, the same work that Indigenous peoples have always done: the patient, determined work of ensuring that their communities survive and flourish in changing conditions, maintaining the connections to knowledge, ...

Como botánico, Robin Wall Kimmerer ha sido entrenado para hacer preguntas de la naturaleza con las herramientas de la ciencia. Como miembro de la Nación Ciudadana Potawatomi, abraza la idea de que las plantas y los animales son nuestros maestros más antiguos. En Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer reúne estas dos lentes de conocimiento para llevarnos a "un viaje tan mítico como científico, tan sagrado como histórico, tan inteligente como sabio" (Elizabeth Gilbert).

Celebrate Indigenous thinkers and inventions with this beautifully designed, award-winning interactive nonfiction book—perfect for fans of Braiding Sweetgrass. Corn. Chocolate. Fishing hooks. Boats that float. Insulated double-walled construction. Recorded history and folklore. Life-saving...

In this revolutionary self-help guide, including audiobook exclusive exercises, two beloved Native American wellness activists offer wisdom for achieving spiritual, physical, and emotional wellbeing rooted in Indigenous ancestral knowledge. When wellness teachers and husband-wife duo Chelsey...

Details the author’s scientific experiments with psychics on telepathic powers and psychic phenomena Explores how shamanism, yoga, and Indigenous spiritual traditions provide the means to consciously cultivate psychic abilities Analyzes the biological, physiological, and...