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Indigenous Landscapes: An example from Hopi | Lecture by Michael Kotutwa Johnson

This lecture will lead to a greater understanding of how Indigenous people are now viewed as the gatekeepers of biodiversity. Indigenous people in their territories focus on something other than gross domestic product (GDP) but instead on quality and defined relationships within the context of where they live.

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