By recognizing and valuing indigenous knowledge, modern science and knowledge systems can benefit from the diverse perspectives, innovative practices, and holistic approaches that indigenous communities offer. Collaboration and respectful engagement between indigenous knowledge holders and scientific communities can lead to more comprehensive and sustainable solutions for pressing global challenges. Hence, what is the contribution of indigenous knowledge top modern science or knowledge?
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Indigenous knowledge infuses modern science with centuries-old sustainable practices, insights from traditional remedies, and a holistic grasp of nature, resulting in comprehensive and sustainable solutions.
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This is fine example! Nicole McGaa combined Indigenous knowledge with engineering to build a rocket for the First Nations Launch competition.
Oglala Lakota undergraduate student Nicole McGaa gathered a team of Native American students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to compete in a NASA rocket competition. They won second place, but McGaa says that even more important was how she and her team incorporated values from their tribes and nations into their work. “For us, having an Indigenous team is not just about building rockets for the sake of it,” she says. “It will have a lasting impact on Indigenous students at MIT.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02635-0
Fire farming began 11,000 years ago
"Indigenous Australians have been using fire to shape the country’s northern ecosystems for thousands of years. Researchers analysed charcoal that was preserved in the sediment of a flooded sinkhole over the last 150,000 years. They discovered that, around 11,000 years ago, there was a shift to more frequent but less intense fires as a result of Indigenous fire-stick farming. European colonization mostly brought an end to the practice, which might have contributed to the return of more high-intensity wildfires..."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00693-6
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