traditional knowledge
Americannoun
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Drawing on traditional knowledge and support from leading experts, the women prepare the biofertiliser using locally available raw materials.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
Hansen has said the patch is his way of recognising the Indigenous peoples in Canada and their traditional knowledge.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
“China and the international community should respect traditional knowledge and local communities to make them ideal stewards to protect the Tibetan plateau.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
“Land back means giving the land back to its original people with no strings attached. Let them provide their traditional knowledge to heal the land, the environment.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025
The writer visited Zuñi in October of the same season, and on describing this find to Mr. Frank H. Cushing, learned that the Zuñi Indians still preserved traditional knowledge of this device.
From A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 by Nichols, Henry Hobart
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