Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science Iñupiaq he teaches his granddaughter to

he teaches his granddaughter to listen—to hear both the sounds and the silences

Grounded in historical

Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand

and a community where she can finally belong

This book is organized around five cross-cultural themes: Children

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science Iñupiaq he teaches his granddaughter toAn Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors. Despite the undeniable fact that Indigenous communities are among the most affected by climate devastation, Indigenous science is nowhere to be found in mainstream environmental policy or discourse.