Weaving Indigenous knowledge into the scientific method
Nature reports: Many scientists rely on Indigenous people to guide their work — by helping them to find wildlife, navigate rugged terrain or understand changing weather trends, for example. But these relationships have often felt colonial, extractive and unequal. Researchers drop into communities, gather data and leave — never contacting the locals again, and excluding them from the publication process. Today, many scientists acknowledge the troubling attitudes that have long plagued research projects in Indigenous communities. But finding a path…