Traditional knowledge (TK) is the knowledge that an indigenous community accumulates over generations of living. A part of this knowledge is recorded in local languages and a major portion is still ...

This isn’t just about turmeric, though, nor is this type of cultural property theft limited to international appropriation. Thirteen years after becoming a state, New Mexico adopted a new state flag; ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. Released in late 2022, the 46-page guidance document ...

Efforts to decolonise the curriculum have increased in recent years but a challenge remains beyond strategic plans and policy statements: how do we meaningfully engage knowledge systems that ...

In British Columbia, traditional Indigenous conservation practices show how humans and bears can share territory. That’s good news for both grizzlies and tourists. In British Columbia, the Great Bear ...

Grand Entry at the Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City, S.D. As I sit at my grandmother’s oval-shaped wooden table, I feel a warm summer breeze through the open window. I ask her again how to pronounce ...

Almost 30 years ago, in 1995, two researchers from the University of Mississippi were granted a patent for “the use of turmeric for wound healing.” At that time, turmeric was not known in the U.S. for ...