"In Potawatomi ways of thinking, we uphold humility. Edbesendowen is the word that we give for it...Like, dang, aren’t we lucky to be surrounded by these genius bats and incredible fireflies?...often had this fantasy that we should have Fox News, by which I mean news about foxes. What if we had storytelling mechanisms that said it is important that you know about the well-being of wildlife in your neighborhood?" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/30/magazine/robin-wall-kimmerer-interview.html re: #IndigenousLandscapes #AllMyRelations et al.

"In recent years, new policies have been introduced, including an executive order by President Joe Biden to reaffirm tribal consultation, an interagency agreement to protect tribal rights into federal agency decision making, and a new wildland fire mitigation and management commission. Those measures may ease the way for tribes across the U.S. to better manage their ancestral lands." https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona-environment/2023/01/30/indigenous-women-learn-to-protect-ancestral-lands-prescribed-burns/10398772002/ re: #IndigenousLandscapes #Karuk + idea of a #PrescribedBurn vs "cultural burns"

#ICYMI "mines evidence...to make the case that people have been in the Western Hemisphere not only just prior to Clovis sites...but for more than 60,000 years, and likely more than 100,000 years." https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496202178/ re: #IndigenousLandscapes et al. h/t @aljavieera + @inquiline