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  • Underground seed banks hold promise for ecological restoration

    Josephine Woolington

    March 01, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Indigenous peoples across the western United States are bringing back native plants that disappeared many years ago by practicing natural regeneration. By slowly bringing ecosystems that were disrupted by human activity back to their natural state over time, the seeds and roots preserved underground are given the chance to flourish.

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  • Emprendimientos migrantes claves para el desarrollo local

    Florencia Luján

    February 26, 2024 |

    +Comunidad |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Gualeguaychú

    En Gualeguaychú existen varios emprendimientos gastronómicos que están ayudando a solucionar el desempleo y aportando al desarrollo sostenible local.

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  • Indigenous women reclaim traditional birthing practices

    Amelia Schafer

    February 17, 2024 |

    ICT News |

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    Response Location: United States, South Dakota

    In rural areas where obstetric care is hard to access, Indigenous women are opting for traditional birthing practices and building a community around pregnancy and childbirth education. Groups like the He Sapa Birth Circle and the Great Plains Tribal Leaders’ Health Board provide spaces for Indigenous parents to seek advice, receive support and education and get connected with traditional care options.

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  • Traditional healers in Philippines keep their 'forest pharmacy' standing

    Keith Anthony S. Fabro

    February 09, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Siquijor

    A community of mananambal, or healers, in the Philippines are helping to conserve the forests around their community by practicing their sustainable, healing traditions and spiritual beliefs. They protect the nature around them because it is considered a source of healing and home to spirits, and they only prune trees and gather herbs in ways that promote growth.

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  • St. Paul school district halts enrollment slide. The secret: listening to immigrant communities.

    Becky Z. Dernbach

    January 23, 2024 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    To address enrollment decline in St. Paul Public Schools, the district invested in language and cultural programs that cater to local immigrant communities. After four years of implementing Hmong, Spanish, Mandarin, and East African language and cultural programs, student enrollment is now rising.

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  • Native nations with scarce internet are building their own broadband networks

    Madyson Fitzgerald

    January 17, 2024 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: Hopi Reservation, United States, Arizona

    In an effort to address a lack of broadband access, Indigenous communities are working together, and with local organizations, to acquire funding to bring internet access to their communities and close the digital divide.

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  • Harvesting Amaranth, a Superfood of Indigenous Agriculture

    Sue Williams

    January 09, 2024 |

    The Story Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    The Qachuu Aloom Mother Earth Association is a farming collective bringing together the Mayan Achi people in Rabinal, Guatemala, and farmers in Ithaca, New York, to share and preserve ancestral knowledge of growing amaranth. The ancient grain is nutritious and resilient to climate change.

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  • Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up

    Breanna Draxler

    December 07, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Mexico

    After they were socially, economically, and politically forced from their agricultural land, the people who have used regenerative farming principles for millennia are reimplementing the practice in their communities. This allows them to improve soil health and reconnect with the land.

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  • The Simple, Ancient Idea That Can Replace Concrete Walls

    Hannah Kirshner

    December 06, 2023 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Japan, Yamanaka Onsen

    The Dry Stone Walling School of Japan is keeping the tradition of building walls out of stones collected from the neighboring environment alive by connecting students with local craftsmen. Building walls this way is a viable alternative to concrete that supports biodiversity and produces less carbon emissions.

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  • Native teachers build nations: More Indigenous people are training to be teachers in Arizona

    Noor Haghighi

    November 18, 2023 |

    Arizona Luminaria |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    The Indigenous Teacher Education Program at the University of Arizona trains budding educators to better support students in Tribal communities, with the goal of increasing the number of Indigenous teachers in the school system. Since launching in 2018, the program has produced more than 50 graduates.

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