Why Western scientists are turning to Indigenous knowledge

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Marco Hatch describes his own work with characteristic dry humor: “I’m a glorified clam counter.” What he’s actually doing is more complicated. As a marine ecologist at Western Washington University and an enrolled member of the Samish Indian Nation, Hatch is collaborating with seven Indigenous communities to rebuild clam […] The post Why Western scientists are turning to Indigenous knowledge first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.