Practices for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Western Sciences for Research and Monitoring of Biodiversity in Canada

作者：Ella Bowles, Dominique A. Henri, Jennifer F. Provencher, Steven M. Alexander, Nicola Love, Jade Steel, Carmen Chelick, Junaid S. Khan, Jessica J. Taylor, Britney Zacharuk, Alana Wilcox, Oscar Hartman Davies, Deborah McGregor, Susan Chiblow, Steven J. Cooke, Adam T. Ford, Jesse N. Popp · 发表于：Ecology and Evolution · 年份：2026 · DOI：10.1002/ece3.72358 · 被引用次数：2 · 研究领域：Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights、Indigenous Studies and Ecology、Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond

There has been a widespread effort to braid multiple knowledge systems in biodiversity research and monitoring, yet there is further need to consider how to do so. We interviewed Indigenous Peoples and representatives of 12 Indigenous communities, completed a systematic review of biodiversity studies that utilized Indigenous knowledges (IK) and Western sciences (WS) in Canada, and then braided the outcomes of the conversations and literature review to address if, when, and how IK and WS can be brought together for biodiversity research and monitoring in Canada. Overall, there was a great deal of support for, and desire to, braid IK and WS among interview participants. A suite of nine pillars and priorities was identified for doing so from participants' responses. These priorities included: (1) build and foster relationships; (2) IK should guide projects; (3) Indigenous communities should lead projects; (4) IK must be respected equally with WS; (5) embrace reciprocity (focus on people) and (6) embrace responsibility (focus on land) to the land and one another; (7) ensure equal gender and age representation; (8) intergenerational knowledge transfer is important; and (9) language revitalization is critical. The extent to which the pillars and priorities for braiding were reflected in the current literature varied, and we identified indicators that may help project leads choose what to prioritize in design to fulfill the pillars. These indicators included engagement, relevance, g...