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5 ancient Native American inventions that are still used in our modern world

What do snow goggles, suspension bridges, and lacrosse have in common? They are all innovations that were created by Native Americans thousands of years ago that we still use today. Many Native ...

Across the country, Indigenous-owned dance companies are melding tradition and innovation

Choreographers such as Hamilton, Ont.’s Santee Smith, who runs Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, champion creative expression, ...
JD Supra

A New International Treaty on Intellectual Property and Indigenous Knowledge and its Potential Impact on Canadian Agricultural Innovation

On May 24, 2024, after nearly 25 years of negotiations, the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) announced that member states, including Canada, had agreed to a new Treaty on Intellectual ...
Newsday

UN countries adopt treaty to better trace origins of genetic resources under global patent system

GENEVA — U.N. member countries on Friday concluded a new treaty to ensure that genetic resources used in inventions, like new medicines derived from exotic plants in the Andes mountains, are properly ...
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The invention of god in indigenous societies / James L. Cox

Introduction : definitions, terminology and the "invention of tradition" -- The "God controversy" in pre-Christian indigenous religions -- The debate over Io as the pre-Christian Māori supreme being - ...

Indigenous science show in Far North blends old and new ways

Indigenous cast will bring to life a groundbreaking theatre show merging traditional First Nations knowledge with modern ...
JSTOR Daily

The Invention of the Crofting Community: Scottish History’s Elision of Indigenous Identity, Ideology and Agency in Accounts of Land Struggle in the Modern Gàidhealtachd

This article examines and contests Scottish historiography’s current assessment of the identity and concomitant ideology that formed a basis and motivation for collective political action taken by the ...
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The indigenous paradox rights, sovereignty, and culture in the Americas Jonas Bens

Chapter 1. Indigeneity and the Law -- Chapter 2. The Invention of the Sovereignty Approach to Indigenous Rights -- Chapter 3. "Domestic Dependent Nations" and Indigenous Identity -- Chapter 4. How to ...