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Sacred Tobacco Part 1
September 17, 2026
Part one of a three-part series exploring sacred tobacco in Indigenous communities: uncover how colonial extractivism and Big Tobacco’s commercialization distorted its sacred role, setting the stage for cultural and spiritual reclamation through ancestral teachings in the following posts.
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Food as Medicine
August 20, 2026
As traditional food systems have faded, our health has suffered. The foods we eat now cause chronic health problems and differ greatly from the diets that once matched our local environments. In losing these traditions, we have also lost food’s roles as medicine and as a way to bring people together.
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Nuclear Contamination and Indigenous Health
May 22, 2026
This first installment of the Hanford Series explores the lasting impacts of nuclear contamination on Indigenous health, land-based lifeways, and cultural continuity among the Sahaptin peoples. Through personal reflection, historical context, and Indigenous environmental perspectives, the article examines how contamination moves through water, food, ceremony, and community across the Columbia Plateau.
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Reclaiming Cultural Diversity as a Pathway to Nutritional Justice
May 14, 2026
An exploration of how cultural diversity, Indigenous food sovereignty, and ancestral knowledge offer pathways to nutritional justice. This post examines nutrition trauma caused by colonization and globalization, and highlights how reclaiming traditional food systems strengthens community resilience, health equity, and cultural identity.
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Indigenous Ways of Knowing
May 7, 2026
Explore how Indigenous health systems, grounded in relational and ecological practices, can expand evidence frameworks, advance health equity, and bridge global health research.
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Mapping Epistemological Scales
April 24, 2026
This post examines the distinctions between traditional, tribal, and Indigenous epistemologies, highlighting how each system is shaped by context, governance, and responsibility. Clarifying these differences supports more ethical, precise, and respectful engagement with Indigenous knowledge systems.
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Naming Knowledge with Care
April 21, 2026
This post clarifies how terms like Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledges, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), and Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) are used across research and practice. By distinguishing between them, it highlights how language shapes recognition, responsibility, and the ethical engagement of knowledge systems.
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Indigenous Knowledge and the Politics of Naming
April 17, 2026
Indigenous knowledge systems are increasingly recognized across research and policy, yet the language used to describe them remains fragmented and imprecise. This post explores how conceptual ambiguity shapes the way Indigenous knowledge is understood, engaged, and often misrepresented, and why clarity is essential for ethical, accountable research.
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Feathers of Wisdom
April 14, 2026
This post introduces the review of the book “Feathers of Wisdom: Words and Art Illuminating the Legends and Myths of Indigenous Women Throughout the Ages”. The review explores a collaborative work by Leigh Podgorski and Kait Matthews that brings together storytelling, historical context, and original artwork to present legends of Indigenous women from across the Americas and Oceania.
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