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Plants and People of Borneo: A Cultural and Ecological Connection

Anthropology.net

A new biocultural database, developed by researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), reveals the profound connections between Borneo’s rich plant life and the survival, traditions, and identity of its people. Marks on this trunk reveal traces of wooden plugs used in traditional honey harvesting.

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Food as Care: Stories of Forced Displacement and Connection

Anthropology News

Through these practices, they could not only evoke the flavors of home and pass down traditions but also begin mending wounds left by separation. This feeling drives her to continue sharing these memories, turning what could be mere nostalgia into an active practice of care that connects her children to their heritage.

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Caring for and through Language: Tibetan Refugees and Heritage Language Education in Canada

Anthropology News

Recent world migration reports note that, by the end of 2022, the total number of refugees was the highest ever recorded with modern statistical techniques. Changes to migration patterns are, however, reshaping the landscape of Tibetan heritage language education. Who should care about a refugee’s language?

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

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Unearthing the Origins of Plantation Slavery on São Tomé

Sapiens

During a survey in 2022, we found graffiti on the work area walls that expresses the religious and symbolic worldviews of those who toiled in the mill centuries ago. Other objects, including fragments of African ceramics and a cowrie shell, show the perseverance of cultural traditions among the enslaved workers.

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Replacing Plastic Prayers With Biodegradable Blessings in the Himalayas

Sapiens

In the summer of 2022, one of us, Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia, brought gifts to his relatives with babies in northeast India. Through annual ritual traditions, local people communicate with and care for Mount Everest, or Jomolangma as she is called in the local Sherpa language. However, white is actually the traditional color for flags.

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COLUMN: A creation story for Indigenous and nature-based learning

The Hechinger Report

What’s also becoming well-known is the essential role of traditional and Indigenous ecological knowledge in the effort to cope with the climate crisis. New Mexico’s high school graduation rate is consistently among the lowest in the nation; Albuquerque’s is even lower, at 69 percent in 2022.

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