The connectivity of the indigenous mind within a cultural landscape

Indigenous ways of knowing are interdependent, contextual, and relational within historic and contemporary self. Often labeled Traditional Ecological Knowledge or Indigenous Scientific Knowledge, it is a generational, inclusive, community orientation surrounded by complex theories, ethics, and cosmologies that participate within the laws of the natural world. Developing scientific relationships between ecologists and indigenous communities helps in creating inclusivity of diverse worldviews and ways of knowing into collaborative working relationships. Reconnecting human interdependence into natural laws can help promote ecological resilience across cultural boundaries, assisting both disciplines to introduce innovative and resilient practices of sustainable land stewardship into contemporary times.