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Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change
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Native Environmental SovereigntyIndigenous PeoplesIndigenous PeopleIndigenous MovementSocial SciencesIndigenous StudyIndigenous HistoryIndigenous GovernanceLanguage StudiesClimate Change ”Climate ChangeIndigenous LiteratureIndigenous CulturesTraditional Ecological KnowledgeIndigenous HeritageGeographyClimate CommunicationIndigenous RightsProcess Climate ChangeCultureIndigenous IdentityIndigenous Knowledge SystemsIndigenous StudiesAnthropologyCultural Anthropology
In this essay, we will discuss the lessons that we have learned in a course titled “Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change” regarding Indigenous efforts and epistemologies to cope with stresses and plights induced by global climate change. Primarily informed by humanistic perspectives, we examine how Indigenous peoples, especially those of North America, process climate change through their cultural values and social priorities, with a particular focus on human emotions or feelings associated with their homeland, which often called sense of place or belonging, in contrast to the abstract concepts that originate from the natural sciences.