Autor/-in: Colorado Apela

Apela Colorado PhD. is a member of the Oneida tribe and is a traditional cultural practitioner. She received a BA, an MSc and then a Doctorate in Social Policy from Brandeis. In 1989, she founded the Worldwide Indigenous Science Network (WISN), a forum that promotes consensus, collaboration and cooperation between experts of Western and indigenous knowledge in conservation and education programmes and alternative resource development. www. wisn. org.