In some cases government agencies have worked with tribes to agree to a fire management program based in these indigenous practices.
Informal discussions were also held with colleagues working professionally in Indigenous policy, practice and community settings.
People described how using traditional healing was easier to access and not stigmatised because of being embedded in indigenous cultural practice.
It is important to note, however, that in some cases indigenous practices are ecologically damaging (Krech 1999; Hames 2007; Erlandson and Rick 2009) and would serve as poor guides to resource regulation.
As I've traveled to foreign countries, sat for weeks in silence, pored over ancient mystical texts, and dabbled in indigenous shamanic practices, I've sometimes had the impression that spirituality is something far away, esoteric, exotic and secret.
Despite five centuries of Catholicism, indigenous practices in which divorce was common and could be initiated by either women or men lurk not far beneath the surface.
All three films depict the order's willingness to incorporate, rather than simply condemn, indigenous practices some in Rome considered anathema.
Although these boundary zones are the focus of indigenous practices of prescribed burning, they fall in-between the state management categories of forest and ecotone.
Here, modernity and tradition are in equilibrium, with locals respectfully preserving their past, following many indigenous practices and observing centuries-old festivals and celebrations.
A review of intercultural health programs in Guatemala, Suriname, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador also found that collaboration, respect for indigenous practices, and integration of the indigenous community into the health centers are essential for success and acceptance of the program [ 19].
