Dr. Daniel Wildcat discusses indigenous knowledge of people, place, and environment1 with Spencer Graves and Karl Brooks. 

Wildcat is a professor at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. He is also director of the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center, which he founded with colleagues from the Center for Hazardous Substance Research at Kansas State University. He was a founder of the American Indian Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group, which was renamed as the "Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Working Group” to include Hawaiian natives.2 

Dr. Wildcat shares some of his indigenous knowledge in his books, "On Indigenuity: Learning the lessons of mother earth", which appeared last year, and "Red Alert! Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge", which was published in 2009. 

Wildcat is a Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma. 

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Tom Flanigan (2024-04-23) "Can ancient indigenous wisdom provide solutions to modern problems?", WFSU (https://news.wfsu.org/wfsu-local-news/2024-04-23/can-ancient-indigenous-wisdom-provide-solutions-to-modern-problems), accessed 2024-04-29. See also Paul Rachette (2007-07-21) "Geoscience and Traditional Knowledge: An Interview with Dr. Daniel Wildcat", EEE Oceanic Engineering Society (https://earthzine.org/geoscience-and-traditional-knowledge-an-interview-with-dr-daniel-wildcat/). 

Rhonda LeValdo (2021-02-21) "Daniel Wildcat: Champion for Climate Change Education", Tribal College.



 

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https://tribalcollegejournal.org/daniel-wildcat-champion-for-climate-change-education/