D?dwasnyeha` Dwano:ha` Ohw?jade “We Will Take Care of Mother Earth” Traditional Ecological Knowledge Summit will guide and inform ecological restoration. The goal is to promote dialogue between conservationists and Indigenous people. We are developing ways Indigenous ecological knowledge can lead, inform and shape conservation policy and practice. Six Nations of the Grand River has been engaged in efforts to achieve health and well-being that is directly tied to healthy ecosystems that they are apart of. The environmental degradation is manifesting in Indigenous communities through proxies such as deteriorating the natural world. It is our goal to learn from leading local and international experts in the field of Indigenous conservation. The Hadenosaunee has always understood that humans and their environment are inextricably linked. By co-creating contemporary management systems, technologies, and bi-lateral governance structures that engage in cultural practices and worldviews are proven to be the most resilient (UN IPCC 2022). The Summit will highlight innovative approaches, develop a strategy that incorporates Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing and advance knowledge mobilization and engagement. By engaging with local Indigenous students, administrators, educators, knowledge holders and conservationists, we will initiate a new era of reconciliation through land restoration and sustainability that will benefit all involved.
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