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The term “Indigenous” comes from Latin, in which it means “born of the land” or “springs from the land” (Cardinal, 2001, p. 180). Indigenous perspectives are generated from the land. As Cardinal explains: “Indigenous peoples with their traditions and customs are shaped by the environment, by the land. They have a spiritual, emotional, and physical relationship to that land.
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Ritchie, J. et al. (2015). Indigenous Perspectives on EFS in Australia and New Zealand. In: Taylor, N., Quinn, F., Eames, C. (eds) Educating for Sustainability in Primary Schools. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-046-8_14
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