ABSTRACT

This chapter discusses Indigenous sustainability perspectives by focusing on policy and practice. This chapter’s discussion is centered on four main topics in relation to the Laitu Khyeng Indigenous community’s natural resource management and sustainability: the meaning of land and water, the understanding and practices of management, the impact of colonialism, and the community’s imagined goals in pursuit of sustainability. This chapter includes a commentary on the implications of the research for policy and practice and suggestions for future research. This chapter ends with the researcher’s personal reflections on the process of conducting this collective study.