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Indigenous Navigation

Indigenous Navigation is a knowledge system and praxis of wayfinding, rooted in the epistemologies and cosmologies of Pacific Islander peoples, that enables the long-distance voyaging and spatial orientation across Oceania through holistic observation of celestial, oceanic, and atmospheric phenomena.

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84

Authors

35

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2017–2026

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Indigenous Wayfinding

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Publications

37

Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Choice Reviews Online · 2007 · 247 citations

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We, The Navigators: The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific.

Ernest S. Dodge, David Lewis · Man · 1973 · 229 citations

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OBSERVATIONS ON ROUTE FINDING AND SPATIAL ORIENTATION AMONG THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLES OF THE WESTERN DESERT REGION OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA

David Lewis · Oceania · 1976 · 173 citations

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Eyes Across the Water: Navigating the Indian Ocean

Lindy Stiebel · Journal of the Indian Ocean Region · 2011 · 92 citations

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Wave Navigation in the Marshall Islands: Comparing Indigenous and Western Scientific Knowledge of the Ocean

Joseph H. Genz, Jérôme Aucan, M. A. Merrifield et al. · Oceanography · 2009 · 67 citations · Full text

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Authors

84

  1. JH
    Joseph H. Genz

    University of Hawaii at Hilo, United States

    2 publications · 89 citations

    2

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  2. RP
    R. P. Norris

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

    2 publications · 48 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. BA
    B. A. L. Cranstone

    British Museum, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 11 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. DN
    David Naʻai

    VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

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    h-index

  5. JH
    Jonathon Howard

    1 publications · 65 citations

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Institutions

35

  1. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    174 citations

  2. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    71 citations

  3. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    415 citations

  4. University of Hawaii System

    Honolulu, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  5. VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System

    Salt Lake City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  6. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    66 citations

  7. Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  8. University of New Caledonia

    Noumea, New Caledonia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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Venues

  1. American Anthropologist

    3 publications · 83 citations

    3

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 283 citations

    3

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  3. Man

    2 publications · 240 citations

    2

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  4. Journal of Pacific History

    2 publications · 89 citations

    2

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  5. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

    PASA · 1 publications · 26 citations

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