“Awakening the sleeping giant”: re-Indigenization principles for transforming biodiversity conservation in Canada and beyond
Precipitous declines in biodiversity threaten planetary boundaries, requiring transformative changes to conservation. Colonial systems have decimated species and ecosystems and dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of their rights, territories, and livelihoods. Despite these challenges, Indigenous-governe...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c001e5818efa4f439e72bbe989aa16fd 2023-05-15T17:12:59+02:00 “Awakening the sleeping giant”: re-Indigenization principles for transforming biodiversity conservation in Canada and beyond M’sɨt No’kmaq Albert Marshall Karen F. Beazley Jessica Hum shalan joudry Anastasia Papadopoulos Sherry Pictou Janet Rabesca Lisa Young Melanie Zurba 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0083 https://doaj.org/article/c001e5818efa4f439e72bbe989aa16fd EN eng Canadian Science Publishing https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0083 https://doaj.org/toc/2371-1671 doi:10.1139/facets-2020-0083 2371-1671 https://doaj.org/article/c001e5818efa4f439e72bbe989aa16fd FACETS, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 839-869 (2021) indigenous resurgence conservation biodiversity protected areas indigenous rights and title indigenous governance indigenous-led conservation indigenous protected and conserved areas Education L Science Q article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0083 2022-12-31T05:55:52Z Precipitous declines in biodiversity threaten planetary boundaries, requiring transformative changes to conservation. Colonial systems have decimated species and ecosystems and dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of their rights, territories, and livelihoods. Despite these challenges, Indigenous-governed lands retain a large proportion of biodiversity-rich landscapes. Indigenous Peoples have stewarded the land in ways that support people and nature in respectful relationship. Biodiversity conservation and resurgence of Indigenous autonomies are mutually compatible aims. To work towards these aims requires significant transformation in conservation and re-Indigenization. Key to both are systems that value people and nature in all their diversity and relationships. This paper introduces Indigenous principles for re-Indigenizing conservation: (i) embracing Indigenous worldviews of ecologies and M’sɨt No’kmaq, (ii) learning from Indigenous languages of the land, (iii) Natural laws and Netukulimk, (iv) correct relationships, (v) total reflection and truth, (vi) Etuaptmumk—“two-eyed seeing,” and “strong like two people”, and (vii) “story-telling/story-listening”. Although the principles derive primarily from a Mi’kmaw worldview, many are common to diverse Indigenous ways of knowing. Achieving the massive effort required for biodiversity conservation in Canada will entail transformations in worldviews and ways of thinking and bold, proactive actions, not solely as means but as ongoing imperatives. Article in Journal/Newspaper Mi’kmaw Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada FACETS 6 839 869 |
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Precipitous declines in biodiversity threaten planetary boundaries, requiring transformative changes to conservation. Colonial systems have decimated species and ecosystems and dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of their rights, territories, and livelihoods. Despite these challenges, Indigenous-governed lands retain a large proportion of biodiversity-rich landscapes. Indigenous Peoples have stewarded the land in ways that support people and nature in respectful relationship. Biodiversity conservation and resurgence of Indigenous autonomies are mutually compatible aims. To work towards these aims requires significant transformation in conservation and re-Indigenization. Key to both are systems that value people and nature in all their diversity and relationships. This paper introduces Indigenous principles for re-Indigenizing conservation: (i) embracing Indigenous worldviews of ecologies and M’sɨt No’kmaq, (ii) learning from Indigenous languages of the land, (iii) Natural laws and Netukulimk, (iv) correct relationships, (v) total reflection and truth, (vi) Etuaptmumk—“two-eyed seeing,” and “strong like two people”, and (vii) “story-telling/story-listening”. Although the principles derive primarily from a Mi’kmaw worldview, many are common to diverse Indigenous ways of knowing. Achieving the massive effort required for biodiversity conservation in Canada will entail transformations in worldviews and ways of thinking and bold, proactive actions, not solely as means but as ongoing imperatives. |
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