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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage

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Jared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
As @ecohugger.bsky.social writes in her foreword, "Each voice in these pages speaks from a relationship that has strong roots to land, fire, and community," and it's good to see these pages heading into production this week! Preorder now with discount code S26; books will ship in late April.
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Landkeeping
With rising temperatures, longer summers, drought, and more wildfires occurring in the United States and Canada, there is growing interest in the impact and efficacy of Indigenous fire and cultural bu...
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Mvto for adding Indigenous Critical Reflections on TEK to this list!
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Frances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie* @francesdanger.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Words matter. Language is foundational to our cultures, traditions, and lifeways. To see this going before Council is phenomenal. NCA 25-087 A LAW OF THE MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION 1/2
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Have you read this amazing book yet? Would love to know your thoughts ✨
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
It’s a good day to be Indigenous. …. Well, every day is!
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
So grateful for the incredible review of our book, “Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge”. Such kind and amazing words!! www.adn.com/arts/books/2...
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Book review: Indigenous voices reflect on knowledge and value systems
“Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge” will be particularly valued by academics, students, tribal and government leaders, Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous allie...
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Tara Chestnut, PhD @tcastanea.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
So proud of this work and honored to have been invited to join this incredible group of Indigenous scholars. Thank you, Lara! We provide a framework to evaluate how agencies are doing co-management & improve co-equity efforts doi.org/10.1002/eas2...
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U.S. parks and protected area power structures: From historic policies to Indigenous futurities
This study examines the historical and contemporary power structures in U.S. Parks and Protected Areas (PPAs) and proposes a framework for transitioning toward more equitable management practices tha...
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Finally taking some time to read the other chapters in this book, edited by @ecohugger.bsky.social. The poem "My dress has wings" by Michelle M. Jacob resonates so hard. Also randomly reminded me that somewhere out there is(are) photo(s) of me growing up in Kotzebue, taken by random tourists.
Cover for the book Indigenous: Critical reflections on traditional ecological knowledge, edited by Lara A. Jacobs. Art: black background with white stars, two circles, one is yellow and the other white, that may represent the sun and moon. Yellow center flowers with red petals rise above green leaves.
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Just published in Earth Stewardship: U.S. Parks and Protected Area Power Structures: From Historic Policies to Indigenous Futurities doi.org/10.1002/eas2... @ashrececo.bsky.social @scholarmelinda.bsky.social @tasmitchell.bsky.social @ndn2s.bsky.social @kalanicarlson.bsky.social
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U.S. parks and protected area power structures: From historic policies to Indigenous futurities
This study examines the historical and contemporary power structures in U.S. Parks and Protected Areas (PPAs) and proposes a framework for transitioning toward more equitable management practices tha...
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
New publication: “Cultivating reciprocity and supporting Indigenous lifeways through the cultural transformation of natural resource management in North America.” Great to work with amazing people on this, including @scholarmelinda.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Cultivating reciprocity and supporting Indigenous lifeways through the cultural transformation of natural resource management in North America
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
🧪 Our Terminated NSF Grant Tracker is live 🧪 🔴 114 NSF grants listed so far 🔴 Cancelled grants focused on → Training scientists → Misinformation → AI → Climate change Credit to @noamross.net for all the work to build this & to all PIs who submitted their info. Link: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
If you have been waiting for a digital copy of the book, you are in luck! The ebook is $14.99. osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/indigen...
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Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge
With more than fifty contributors, Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge offers important perspectives by Indigenous Peoples on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indig...
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Grateful to @nwtreatytribes.org for highlighting Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge on their website! Check out the other tribal books too when you visit the link: nwtreatytribes.org/books-showca... Thanks @tasmitchell.bsky.social for sharing this with me!
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Books showcase cultural teachings for youth, scholars - Northwest Treaty Tribes
Three generations of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community recently published a collection of children’s books and are featured in a…
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The book has been out in bookstores for a few weeks now. If you have it, or have started to read it, let me know your thoughts 🥹
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The George Wright Society archived over 3Tb of data from NPS, BLM, FWS, USFS, USGS and NOAA about climate change, env protection, conservation & monitoring, marginalized groups, & DEI initiatives in anticipation of their deletion. Happy to be a board member at GWS! www.georgewrightsociety.org/tsa
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The Stewardship Archive | georgewrightsociety
An archive of information supporting America's public lands, waters, and cultural sites.
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The Status of Tribes and Climate Change (STACC) V2 report was just published! I’m so grateful to have led two of its chapters with many incredible co-authors! Learn about the Indigenous Lead Author Team here: sites.google.com/view/staccre...
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STACC - Lead Author Team
One of the unique things about the second volume of the report is that all the lead authors are Indigenous and all are known for their work at academic, federal and community institutions. We are so g...
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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Ngā mihi @ecohugger.bsky.social can’t wait to read this cover to cover. What a privilege to be able to contribute amongst si many wonderful Imdigenous scholars 🌱🙏🏼
A book called Indigenous Critical Reflections on TEK by Lara Jacobs
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
If you still need a copy of the new book and also want to support a Native owned bookstore, please visit to get a copy! birchbarkbooks.com/collections/...
Screenshot of birchbarkbooks.com with indigenous critical reflections on traditional ecological knowledge as a featured book
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Little Shell Kwe @aanjiniigikwe.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I just got my copy of Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Looking forward to reading it! @ecohugger.bsky.social #BookSky #NativeSky
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This amazing book is finally available as of yesterday. You can find it at most places that sell books! Let me know if you get a copy 🥰
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Anna Bagels @anna-bagels.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
In good news, I was able to start reading "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge" while waiting at the car-fix-and-maintenance-place. Ch 4 reminded me of Queen Liliuokalani, the first story of US colonization & Native resistance I learned as a child
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Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge
With more than fifty contributors, Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge offers important perspectives by Indigenous Peoples on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indig...
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
A few weeks ago, I celebrated a milestone birthday and received this incredible pipe that has a bear face, fur, and an antler bowl as a gift (made by a Mvskoke artist). 🎂🎉🎊🎈
The image shows a long pipe with a wooden bear face, antler bowl, beaded handle, and fur. The image shows a long pipe with a wooden bear face, antler bowl, beaded handle, and fur. Besides the pipe is a Hawaiian lei, eagle feather, sweetgrass, and beadwork. The image shows a long pipe with a wooden bear face, antler bowl, beaded handle, and fur.
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Just signed a bunch of books at my local bookstore! How exciting to see this book out in the world after so many years putting it together! 🥹
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Really great news piece by The Sun Star at University of Alaska at Fairbanks, spotlighting two authors of the book, Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge. www.uafsunstar.com/community/bo...
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Book Spotlight: Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge — The Sun Star - UAF's Student Voice
Indigenous value systems — relationships, reciprocity, and responsibility — are fundamental to Indigenous knowledge systems and cultures. A new book explores these value systems through science, poetr...
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Oregon State University Press @osupress.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Wow! "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge" is included in @msmagazine.com 's "March 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us!" Great new books for the #ToBeRead list!!! Check it out: beav.es/NJj
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March 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us - Ms. Magazine
The best feminist books written by women, Black, brown, AAPI, LGBTQ, Native, disabled, trans, nonbinary writers in March 2025.
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Excited to see our book Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge on this month’s reading list at @MsMagazine.com msmagazine.com/2025/03/04/b...
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March 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.And so we begin a busy season for books! There are always so many new books rele...
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I’ve had some folks ask what the chapters are in the book. Here’s some images of pages with chapter and author names. Order here: osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/indigen...
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
There are so many collaborators in this book, and today I’m mailing out their copies! Phew! It’s a lot of books! 😅 have you preordered your copy yet??
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 02/03/2025
Book Spotlight: Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge - The Sun Star ->The Sun Star | #Ecological #Indigenous | More info from EcoSearch
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Book Spotlight: Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge - The Sun Star
Indigenous value systems — relationships, reciprocity, and responsibility — are fundamental to Indigenous knowledge systems and cultures. A new book explores these value systems through science, poetry, and stories. The book, Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge, contains works...
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JT Spartz @jtspartz.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Looks like a fascinating collection -- Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge, edited by Lara Jacobs @ecohugger.bsky.social.
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Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Just ordered my copy of "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge" Congrats to all the co-authors, and our editor @ecohugger.bsky.social amzn.to/4heoekV
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Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge [Jacobs, Lara A.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge
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Todd Mitchell @tasmitchell.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The paper on our indigenous science work at Swinomish has just arrived in the published book "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge"! Thanks @ecohugger.bsky.social for getting this published! & thanks @kjrm.bsky.social for helping with all the work! #IndigenousSTEM 🧪⚒️🍎
a hand holding up the paperback book, "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge". on the cover is an eagle silhouette in white in front of a starry background and above green stylized flower leaves and yellow flowers with red petals.first page of table of contents of "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge" book. Chapter 6 is titled: Swinomish Place-based Science, Culture, and Environmental Education:  
An Indigenous Approach to Environmental and Resource Issues, By Todd A. Mitchell swəlítub, Page 86.
Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Edited by Lara A. Jacobs. 
"Indigenous Peoples have shared values, but we live them out in ways that reflect the places where our Tribes emerged as People and the communities in which we live. Jacobs has created a touchstone in these collected essays and reflections from Indigenous Peoples throughout the so-called Americas and beyond, giving voice to the various ways we live out relationships, reciprocity, and responsibility. I will return to these words again and again, and so will you."
-PATTY KRAWEC, author of Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

With more than 50 contributors, this book offers important perspectives by Indigenous Peoples on TEK and Indigenous value systems. The book aims to educate and inspire readers about the importance of decolonizing how Indigenous Knowledges are considered and used
outside of Native communities. By including the work of Indigenous storytellers, poets, and scholars from around the globe, Jacobs and chapter authors effectively explore the Indigenous value systems—relationships, reciprocity, and responsibility—that are fundamental to Indigenous Knowledge systems and cultures. Indigenous languages and positionality statements are featured for each of the contributors to frame their cultural and geographical background and to allow each Indigenous voice to lead discussions and contribute critical discourse to the literature on Indigenous Knowledges and value systems. By creating space for each of these individual voices, this volume challenges colonial extraction norms and highlights the importance of decolonial methods in understanding and protecting Indigenous Knowledges. This is an essential resource for students, academics, members of Tribal, state, and federal governments, Indigenous communities, and non-Indigenous allies as well as a valuable addition to environmental and Indigenous studies collections.
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Chhaya Werner, PhD @restoration.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Just got my copy, so excited! Showed it off to co-workers who are now also ordering copies
Book cover Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge
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Resilience Beast @resiliencebeast.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I received this book in the mail today and I can't wait to dig into it! I can't think of a more important topic than traditional indigenous ecological knowledge right now. Tagging @ecohugger.bsky.social as the editor (very worth a follow)!
Image ID: Personal photograph of a text titled INDIGENOUS CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE, edited by Lara A Jacobs. 

Description from the editor, Lara Jacobs'
@ecohugger.bsky.social: "It was written by over 50 Indigenous Peoples from around the world and contains stories, poetry, and  critical thought pieces on how TEK is used and extracted from our communities and what folks are doing to protect it."
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I have heard that some folks who pre-ordered the books have already received them! If you did receive yours early, please feel free to make a post about it and tag me in it!
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Super excited that this amazing book is finally available for preorder. It was written by over 50 Indigenous Peoples from around the world and contains stories, poetry, and critical thought pieces on how TEK is used and extracted from our communities and what folks are doing to protect it.
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
So happy to finally have a copy of this book in my hands today! The weight of the knowledge in this book is amazing to hold!! Preorder from @osupress.bsky.social and use code S25 for 20% off and free shipping with March delivery!
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
If you want to follow a widely published Mvskoke artist who does a lot of great collabs with me in scientific publications please follow @ndn2s.bsky.social 💕🪶🪶🪶
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I’m so excited about this book!! Have you preordered it yet?
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Oregon State University Press @osupress.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
With more than fifty contributors, Lara Jacob's (@ecohugger.bsky.social) INDIGENOUS CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE offers important perspectives by Indigenous Peoples on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous value systems. Pre-Order Now. Available March 18, 2025.
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daanis @daanis.ca · 21/12/2024
There is no singular Indigenous voice. There are many voices and many perspectives, all towards the same end, yes .. but in ways that speak to our particular relationships with the land and waters and all the worlds they contain. Pre-order this book. You won't regret it.
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Such an honor to have one of my favorite Indigenous authors @daanis.ca write such a fantastic blurb for the upcoming book. 📖 Use promo code S25 for 20% off and free domestic shipping 🆓📫 Preorder here: osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/indigen...
"Indigenous Peoples have shared values, but we live them out in ways that reflect the places where our Tribes emerged as People and the communities in which we live. Lara Jacobs has created a touchstone in these collected essays and reflections from Indigenous Peoples throughout the so-called Americas and beyond, giving voice to the various ways we live out relationships, reciprocity, and responsibility. I will return to these words again and again, and so will you."
-PATTY KRAWEC, author of Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to
Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Also for new followers, hiiii 👋 here is a post about me and what I do. Let me know a little about you below 👇👇👇
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Dr. Merciless NDN Savage @ecohugger.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I have had so many new followers here lately! So glad to see you all. If you want to learn more about what I do and the work of other Indigenous thinkers around the world, then preorder this amazing book!
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