Climate Change and Indigenous Ways of Knowing Indigenous Ways of Knowing and New Models of

Since about 2000, there have been a large number of studies to understand indigenous knowledge and views on climate change, most of them from Arctic North America. This fl urry of activity is perhaps surprising; an authoritative 1995 book on climate change in the North does not mention even one study on indigenous knowledge related to this topic. The explanation for such a spectacular burst of activity probably has to do with the increased appreciation of indigenous knowledge and the ability of indigenous peoples to bring their views to the attention of an international audience. But it also has to do with the urgency of recent observations.