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Environment
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Space has always been a symbol of possibility, mystery, transcendence, and hope.
The members of Ionkwahronkha’onhátie’ are very involved in growing, harvesting, processing, and cooking corn, which they call ó:nenhste in Kanien’kéha.
Sustainable practices have long been important at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, but this year’s theme particularly highlights their urgency.
The first Bombyx mori, or silkworm eggs, were brought to New Spain in 1523.
Cerda carries his Indigenous Amazon background with him through every step of his work in global climate negotiations.
For the Amondawa Indigenous “river people” of Brazil, their songs “take shape by writing, like poetry.”
“It’s in our DNA to share this relationship with them.”
Wild Bearies is dedicated to empowering Indigenous communities through ancestral foods and knowledge.
In the Ozarks, white oak basketry is part of a long, proud history of family tradition and respect for nature.
First, I needed to learn to make the paints. Then, learn how to paint.
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