Jun. 27, 2023 at 9:25 PM EDT
HONOLULU -
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Hawaii leaders gathered in Heeia on Tuesday to underscore the importance of indigenous knowledge preservation in conservation efforts.
“ I think that indigenous knowledge is one of the absolute most important things that we can practice in this era of the climate crisis,” Haaland said.
On the grounds of Kakoo Oiwi — a nonprofit organization that maintains Native Hawaiian cultural practices … In 2022, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant climate bill in U.S. history, which included $369,000,000,000 for clean energy and climate provisions. With funding from this act and additional funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Department of Interior is investing $2 billion in department-led integrative restoration initiatives.
ABC News September 18
Haaland embraces 'indigenous knowledge' in confronting historic climate change impacts
A relentless drought and wildfire season in America's West and a tense standoff over federal leases for oil and gas drilling have been early tests for the Biden administration's climate policy and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to hold the job …
She leads the agency which manages more than 480 million acres of public lands and a government leasing program that has allowed private energy businesses to tap into valuable natural resources situated on federal property.
"Certainly, in this time of climate change bearing down upon us, that indigenous knowledge about our natural world will be extremely valuable."
"They know how to take care of the land … And for indigenous peoples on these lands -- it goes back to land theft," said Krystal Two Bulls, director of the Landback movement,
"Whoever's currently in charge is not protecting these lands, indigenous peoples…" Two Bulls told ABC News. " knew how to manage and work with the fire, as a natural element, we knew how to do that."
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