About Heiðr's Mission

Discovering the Treasures of Indigenous Knowledge

Interviews from the Field: Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

Health Assessment and Code Development project developed by the Swinomish Community Environmental Health Program, led by Swinomish Elder Larry Campbell and Dr. Jamie Donatuto. The Swinomish Health, Education and Social Services Committee and Swinomish Senate.

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Heiðr is on a mission to raise awareness of the intrinsic value of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS), and the positive impact it is making on our quality of life.

All around the world, hearts and minds are waking up and working together in a good way. Both private and government research is confirming the practical benefits of incorporating IKS in into environmental and species conservation, health, and social sciences and practices.

The positive work happening right now, all over the globe, is amazing. Explore Heiðr's IKS content to find out where it's implemented, and the Indigenous Heroes that are leading the way.

...WE BELONG to the LAND...

...It's in our BLOOD...

DECADE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the period between 2022 and 2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, to draw global attention on the critical situation of many indigenous languages and to mobilize stakeholders and resources for their preservation, revitalization and promotion.

Vision of the Ancestors
Unity and Sustainability

Heiðr is excited to share the studies, stories, and The Science that is uniting communities worldwide with enthusiasm for The Knowledge Indigenous Peoples have passed to their descendants for millennia...

Indigenous Knowledge (IKS)

Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK),

Respect Discipline Responsibility (RDR),

Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB),

Nature-based Solutions (NbS)

...and many more valuable WAYS OF BEING that teach us sustainable ways to manage our relationships with eachother and the environment.

Heiðr supports the revival of Indigenous Culture, and Ecologies through all positive avenues.

Heiðr's Elder Council

Elders are invited to serve their people by sanctifying efforts, ensuring integrity of action, and communication on behalf of their people.

Each Series of The Adventure will feature different Indigenous cultures' ancient history, culture and oral traditions.

Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS)

Indigenous Knowledge is a body of observations, oral and written knowledge, innovations, practices, and beliefs developed by Tribes and Indigenous Peoples through interaction and experience with the environment.11 It is applied to phenomena across biological, physical, social, cultural, and spiritual systems.12 Indigenous Knowledge can be developed over millennia, continues to develop, and includes understanding based on evidence acquired through direct contact with the environment and long-term experiences, as well as extensive observations, lessons, and skills passed from generation to generation.

Developing a Framework for Integrating IKS in Technology Education with Sustainable Development Prin Education is critical in fostering sustainable development (SD) in a world that faces many environmental problems. The integration of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in technology education (TE) can enhance the realisation of SD goals. However, teachers’ views on the integration of IKS in teaching technology towards education on sustainable development (ESD) seem to show some gaps.	A Critical Approach to the Study of Oral Narratives Oral narratives are synonymous to folktales, which are stories told by the common people. These stories are passed down from one generation to the other through words of mouth and they are often called folk narratives or folk stories. Folktales come in different varieties and they are also culture specific.	Lapps and Labyrinths Saami Prehistory, Colonization and Cultural Resilience	Community-Based Research as a Mechanism to Reduce Environmental Health Disparities in American India Community-Based Research as a Mechanism to Reduce Environmental Health Disparities	Add a Title	Add a Title
Add a Title	Unpacking the application of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in data collection and data analysis techn Primary oral data collection is a distinctive, powerful took in African culture. Oral data collection is a primary form of socialisation of hearing and capturing oral primary data that illustrates behavioral trends through storytelling, provers, folktales, poetry, riddles, praises and song.	Add a Title

Traditional Knowledge Systems (TKS)

Traditional knowledge is a collection of skills, practices, and knowledge that is passed down through generations within a community. It is often a key part of a community's cultural or spiritual identity.

Traditional knowledge can include:

Folklore: Expressions of folklore in the form of music, dance, song, handicraft, and designs

Technology: Tools and techniques for hunting, agriculture, and other subsistence activities
Medicine: Traditional medicine practices
Ecology: Ecological knowledge and ethnobotany
Astronomy: Ethnoastronomy and celestial navigation
Climate: Knowledge about climate

Traditional knowledge is often passed down orally by elders, making it mainly subjective and qualitative. This differs from Western science, which is based on academic and literate transmission and is objective and quantitative.

Traditional knowledge is important in making a country more developed. It can be used to forward think, while still keeping one's feet firmly planted in the past.

Oral history has been increasingly recognized in academia as a valuable contribution to the historical record.

Toward Indigenous Conceptions of Health
Social and Emotional Well-being

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) is a multifaceted concept that acknowledges that a person's wellbeing is determined by a range of inter-related domains: body, mind and emotions, family and kinship, community, culture, Country, and spirituality.

Australian Academy of the Humanities

The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia's First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culure.

Mental Health Awareness
Welsh Music Artist Ren Gill

"Music is like a big, colourful quilt made up of all sorts of genres, but it takes someone special to stitch those different styles together seamlessly. That’s exactly what Welsh Singer-songwriter Ren is doing! Ren’s story is a mix of health issues and musical therapy. After being misdiagnosed with everything from depression to chronic fatigue syndrome, he finally found out he had autoimmune issues, including Lyme disease and brain damage. This was a game-changer for him. Instead of backing down, he turned his struggles into powerful music that speaks to his journey.

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HE MAKES HIS OWN WAY

Ren summed up his intentions for the song on Facebook, “When you put in monumental levels of effort doing self work, stress reduction techniques, CBT, self affirmations, following strict medication regimes with pills with a long list of side effects, and end up worse it’s a really defeating and confusing place to be because it contradicts everything we’ve been taught. It shakes your trust in the medical system.”