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Recommended Websites
- Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)
Formed in 1984, GLIFWC is an agency of eleven Ojibwe nations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, who retain off-reservation treaty rights to hunt, fish, and gather in treaty-ceded lands. It exercises powers delegated by its member tribes. GLIFWC assists its member bands in implementing off-reservation treaty seasons and in the protection of treaty rights and natural resources. GLIFWC provides natural resource management expertise, conservation enforcement, legal and policy analysis, and public information services. - American Indian Science and Engineering SocietyThe American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is a national, nonprofit organization focused on substantially increasing the representation of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, First Nations and other indigenous peoples of North America in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) studies and careers.
- Indian Nations Conservation AllianceINCA helps numerous U.S. tribes, indidivuals, and groups learn the value of the tribal conservation districts. It also assists with capacity building and teaches its clients how to access USDA programs to enhance tribal conservation efforts.
Books
Animism: Respecting the Living World by Call Number: Click title to check availabilityPublication Date: 2005In this new study, Graham Harvey explores current and past animistic beliefs and practices of Native Americans, Maori, Aboriginal Australians, and eco-pagans.
Medicine Ways: Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans by Call Number: Click title to check availabilityPublication Date: 2001The authors in Medicine Ways examine the ways people from a multitude of indigenous communities think about and practice health care within historical and socio-cultural contexts.
The Pursuit of Ecotopia: Lessons from Indigenous and Traditional Societies for the Human Ecology of our Modern World by Call Number: Click title to check availabilityPublication Date: 2010The world environmental and social justice crises brought on by our high-throughput global economy can be ameliorated only if we adapt the pragmatic ethics of social cohesion in traditional societies to the modern world.
Science and Native American Communities: Legacies of Pain, Visions of Promise by Call Number: Online Access or Click title to check print availabilityPublication Date: 2001Representing an unprecedented gathering of Native American professionals working in the sciences and advanced technology, the book combines theory and practice, firsthand experience and strategic thinking, in a provocative exploration of the uneasy meeting ground between science and Native American communities.
Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin by Call Number: Online Access or Click title to check print availabilityPublication Date: 2014Wisconsin’s rich tradition of sustainability rightfully includes its First Americans, who along with Aldo Leopold, John Muir, and Gaylord Nelson shaped its landscape and informed its "earth ethics.” This collection of Native biographies, one from each of the twelve Indian nations of Wisconsin, introduces the reader to some of the most important figures in Native sustainability.
Talking Rocks: Geology and 10,000 Years of Native American Tradition in the Lake Superior Region by Call Number: Online AccessPublication Date: 2003An earth scientist and a Native American elder explore the natural history of the Lake Superior region, examining both the science and the spirit of the land.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management by Call Number: Click title to check availabilityPublication Date: 2006Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management examines how traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is taught and practiced today among Native communities. Of special interest is the complex relationship
