Editing Indigenous Knowledge Systems (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
Indigenous knowledge is understood through '''Place''' and '''Relation'''.

'''1. The "Tested" Knowledge (Longevity)''':
Western science is often only 100 years old.
* Indigenous knowledge is often **10,000 years old**.
* It has been "Tested" by "Millions of people" in the "Same Forest" for "HUNDREDS of generations."
* If a tribe says a certain "Bark" cures "Fever," it is because it **worked** for 5,000 years, not because of one "Double-blind study."
* It is "Living Science."

'''2. The "Holistic" Web (Relationality)''':
Western science "Splits" things up: "The Biologist studies the fish, the Hydrologist studies the water."
* Indigenous knowledge sees the **Relation**.
* "The Fish is the Water." "The Forest is the Ancestor."
* By looking at the "Whole System," indigenous cultures often find "Connections" that "Specialized Scientists" miss.

'''3. Language as a "Museum"''':
Indigenous "Language" is a "Library."
* If a language "Dies," the "Knowledge" of the "Plants and Animals" of that land "Dies" with it.
* A word for a "Leaf" might also tell you "When it is ripe," "How to cook it," and "Where it grows."
* "Saving Languages" is "Saving Knowledge."

'''The 'Wayfinding' of the Polynesians'''': An example of "High-Level" IKS. Without "Compasses" or "Maps," Polynesians navigated "Thousands of miles" of open ocean using the "Stars," the "Color of the water," and the "Feel of the waves" on the boat's hull. This "Mental Map" was more "Accurate" than anything Europe had at the time.
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