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Vine Deloria Jr was a Lakota author and activist. His work focused on the impact of indigenous knowledge on spirituality and Native American rights.

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Taiaiake Alfred is a Indigenous Kahnawá:ke Mohawk scholar, who explores the impact of indigenous knowledge on decolonization and sovereignty.

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Mililani Trask is a Native Hawaiian activist. Her work focuses on the need to protect indigenous rights, and the importance of indigenous knowledge, in a globalizing world. You can watch her TEDx talk, called Indigenous Voices in a Globalized World

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Oren Lyons is an Onondaga Nation Faithkeeper. His work looks at indigenous perspectives on environmental conservation, and the importance of indigenous rights. His TED talk is entitled, The urgency of indigenous wisdom

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Winona LaDuke is an Anishinaabe activist and writer. She advocates for the importance of indigenous perspectives on land and resource management. Her TED Talk: is entitled, Seeds of Our Ancestors, Seeds of Life

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Vandana Shiva is an Indian environmentalist and philosopher. He is a specialist in the role of indigenous knowledge in sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation. Her TED Talk discussed the The Future of Food

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Robin Wall Kimmerer is a Potawatomi scientist and author. Her work explores the relationship between indigenous knowledge and ecological stewardship. Check out her TED talk on The Intelligence of Plants

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Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932 – 2003)

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Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932 – 2003)

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Tjapaltjarri was a one of the key figures in the indigenous Australian art movement. His art often featured representations of dreaming stories, thus making use of both imagination and indigenous knowledge systems.

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Black Elk was a Sioux medicine man and spiritual leader. He spoke of the unity of all men, and tried to emphasize the similarity of spiritual beliefs regardless of the different religious traditions from which they came.

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Davis is National Geographic’s Explorer-in-Residence, and has a vast knowledge of indigenous peoples all over the globe. His research and studies of other cultures is characterized by respect and wonder, enabling him to truly acquire different perspectives through which to view the world.

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Adamson is an American Cherokee businessperson and advocate. She is the founder of First Peoples Worldwide. She is one of our knowledge heroes, appearing in the BQ lessons to help us to explore indigenous societies.