ABSTRACT
Over generations, indigenous peoples across the world have built up layers and layers of complex history and knowledge that connects them with their environment, their spiritual world, and their ancestors and allows them to live sustainably and wisely for the well-being of their collectives. These knowledge systems came from observation and experience and were often tested against natural and human phenomena (Thaman, 2009). Despite the onslaught of systemic colonization, indigenous knowledge systems still exist. Some are vibrant and dynamic, adjusting to a rapidly changing technological world and others, depending on the context, struggle to stay intact. Even so, in many parts of the world an indigenous knowledge system quite different than a Western knowledge system has been regenerating and informing indigenous communities as they go about their daily lives and informing other social systems such as education.
