Smong: The Tsunami Story

https://medium.com/@jacopopasotti/the-smong-story-feaeb6a45e10#.bh0ogtwhm

Jacopo Pasotti

Medium

10 December 2014

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Ten years after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, researchers are looking at how one community used traditional cultural knowledge to avoid major casualties.

Kenyans Reacquire an Old Taste: Eating Healthier

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/kenyans-reacquire-an-old-taste-eating-healthier

Rachel Cernansky

The New York Times

23 February 2016

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In colonial times, diets and agricultural work in Kenya focused on corn and rice, alongside produce grown elsewhere. Health-consciousness is now restoring nutritious local fruits and vegetables to Kenyan tables, in part by teaching horticulture students in university.

Researchers around the world are learning from indigenous communities. Here's why that's a good thing.

http://ensia.com/features/researchers-around-the-world-are-learning-from-indigenous-communities-heres-why-thats-a-good-thing

Benjamin Goldfarb

Ensia

31 May 2016

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In the Northwestern Territories of Canada, wildlife biologists received unfavorable critiques from indigenous communities for how they were going about with their caribou studies. By forming relationships with the indigenous peoples, they were able to change their approach and learn from the local communities about what was already working.

Education in Indian Country: Obstacles and Opportunity

http://www.edweek.org/ew/projects/2013/native-american-education/running-in-place.html

Lesli A. Maxwell

Megan Garner

Swikar Patel

Education Week

4 December 2013

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Native American student graduation rates are much lower than that of any other demographic. The Red Cloud school teaches students on a reservation in South Dakota about the Lakota history to empower the kids and encourage resilience.

Can grains of the past help us weather storms of the future?

https://ensia.com/articles/traditional-rice-resilience

Shreya Dasgupta

Ensia

9 February 2015

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After a devastating cyclone changed the nature of local soil, NGOs preserved Indian rice crops by reintroducing traditional rice varieties that can be cultivated even in salt-ridden earth. Although some first met this idea with skepticism, many farmers have now adopted the practice after witnessing the success of the crops.

For U.S. Tribes, a Movement to Revive Native Foods and Lands

http://e360.yale.edu/feature/for_us_tribes_a_movement_to_revive_native_foods_and_lands/2915

Cheryl Katz

Yale Environment 360

28 September 2015

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Property rights, circumscribed jurisdictions, and conflicts with neighbors exacerbate Native American efforts to restore tribal land and resources. Some tribes have found success by tapping into a trend of support from the government and conservationists.

Four Ways Mexico's Indigenous Farmers Are Practicing the Agriculture of the Future

http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/four-ways-mexico-indigenous-farmers-agriculture-of-the-future-20150810

Leah Penniman

Yes! Magazine

10 August 2015

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With a global food crisis, farmers look for how to get long-term high yields out of difficult farmland. In Oaxaca, Mexico, farmers farm like a forest, eat low on the food chain, restore damaged land, and have reverence for the planet.

The Changing Face of California Agriculture

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/opinion/mark-bittman-the-changing-face-of-california-agriculture.html

Mark Bittman

The New York Times

30 September 2015

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Immigrants from Laos farming in California are using traditional knowledge and small-scale farming to make farming economically viable. While Hmong farmers face cultural challenges, they are looking to sustain and expand their businesses to new markets.

#WhyLoiter reclaims public — and inner — space for Indian women

http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-09-17/whyloiter-reclaims-public-and-inner-space-indian-women

Rhitu Chatterjee

Public Radio International (PRI)

17 September 2015

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WhyLoiter is a growing movement that encourages women in India to spend time out in the street to challenge societal restrictions on women in public.

How the Fight Against Ebola Tested a Culture's Traditions

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/150130-ebola-virus-outbreak-epidemic-sierra-leone-funerals

Amy Maxmen

National Geographic

30 January 2015

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In the face of the deadliest Ebola outbreak in modern history, health officials found themselves struggling to prevent the virus from spreading due to clashes with local traditions, cultural mistrust of outsiders, conflict, and misconceptions about healthcare in West Africa. To effectively treat patients and stop the spread of the disease, organizations had to work closely with locals and adapt procedures to incorporate their culture.