Local partner: Slow Food Sápmi Country: Sweden (Sampi) Background and objective Global awareness in indigenous food, medicine, and well-being is both a threat and opportunity when the attitudes of indigenous peoples and commercial interests differ. Industrialized food production and the increasingly unhealthy way we now eat needs to be supplemented with the Sámi model. Work …
Grant name: Hoʻoulu ʻĀina Community Project Local partner: Keaukaha Panaʻewa Farmers Association (KPFA) Country: Hawaiʻi (Panaʻewa) Background and objective Hawaii’s remote location in the pacific highlights its need for more individuals to farm and the importance of food security. The preservation and cultivation of traditional Hawaiian food and medicinal plants are a way to address …
Grant name: Identification of global climate change indicators using cosmogeoprediction technology to compare data on sacred sites in Greater Altai and North America Local partner: Ethnoculturological and ecological research laboratory of AruSvati Center Country: Russian (Altai Republic) Background and objective Climate change is a global problem. Any, even the smallest changes, influence the occurrence, existence, …
Grant name: Revitalization of Traditional Indigenous Medicine in the indigenous peoples of Monimbó, Nancimí of the Department of Masaya and the indigenous Miskitus of the North Caribbean Local partner: APRODIN (Association of Promoters and Defender of Indigenous Rights of Nicaragua) Country: Nicaragua (Masaya Department) Background and objective Traditional medicine represents an important response option to …
Grant name: Contributing to the improvement of indigenous child and maternal health through the recovery of knowledge and ancestral practices Local partner: FEPROMUQ, Provincial Federation of Quechua Women from Vilcas Huamán Country: Peru (Vilcashuamán Province, Ayacucho Department) Background and objective Traditional knowledge and practices have fallen into disuse due to the threat of commercialized processed …
Grant name: Promotion and Transformation of Traditional Healing Practices of Indigenous Peoples for Good Health and Wellbeing in Nepal Local partner: Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Research and Development (CIPRED) Country: Nepal (Mountain region) Background and objective Indigenous peoples traditional healing practices “Amchi” used to serve as best practices for the prevention of illness, good health, …
Local partner: California Consortium for Unban Indian Health Country: United States (California) Background and objective The California Consortium for Urban Indian Health’s work and progress toward bringing attention to the value of American Indian/Alaskan Natives (AIAN) traditional healing practices in behavioral health is significant. CCUIH has worked to bring together behavioral health and primary care …
Grant name: Revitalization of Traditional Indigenous Medicine in the indigenous peoples of Monimbó, Nancimí of the Department of Masaya and the indigenous Miskitus of the North Caribbean Local partner: Association of Promoters and Defender of Indigenous Rights of Nicaragua (APRODIN) Country: Nicaragua (Masaya Department) Background and objective Traditional medicine represents an important response option to …
Grant name: Conservation and promotion of local plants species to enhance food security, health and wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand (CPPS) Local partner: Network of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand (NIPT) Country: Thailand Background and objective Local plants species which are rich in nutrients and commonly used for food and healing purposes by various indigenous …
Altaifilm Creative Group Background and objective In indigenous cultures, all information including worldviews are conveyed orally through stories, legends, etc. In Altaian culture, knowledge was conveyed through epic poetry accompanied by vibrations [throat-singing] known as Kai. All these epics have been written down and published and are no longer performed in their entirety using traditional …