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Indigenous Knowledge
& Arctic Assessments
Prepared by: Carolina Behe
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
April 24, 2017
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“Recognizing the traditional knowledge of the
indigenous people of the Arctic and their
communities and taking note of its importance and
that of Arctic science and research to the collective
understanding of the circumpolar Arctic” (pg 2).
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-a systematic way of thinking and knowing
-developing in a living process, including
knowledge acquired today and in the future
-holds methodologies, evaluation and validation
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