This guide visits resources related to Indigenous knowledge in Hawaii, especially the coral reef, reclamation narratives by Indigenous artists, the notion of Indigenous reciprocity, cultural relevance, multiracial identity, and scholarly literature for North American regions.
In 2005, an initiative to remove algae off the reef and deploy sea urchins to prevent algae from growing back resulted in substantial coral recovery (The Nature Conservancy).
In 2023, the film series Reciprocity Project launched on American Public Television to highlight Indigenous storytelling on various issues, including the climate, reciprocity, land, language, among others.
In October 2023, a YouTube video was released examining the ahupuaʻa of Waikīkī, a land division [in Hawaii] created to properly manage resources across the land, such as water and plants (Indigenous Peoples Day 'Iolani School).
In 1990, South Dakota celebrated Native American Day for the first time, following growing initiatives to replace Columbus Day with a holiday that celebrated Indigenous people (NPR).
In 2023, Rosalyn R. LaPier, an Indigenous scholar specializing in the environment and religion of Indigenous peoples, referred to the effects of the Lahaina wildfires on Native Hawaiian sacred sites—image taken from Wikimedia Commons.
In 2024, Yuchi activist and attorney of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Tracie Revis, referred to the Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve Initiative and the efforts to bring "the tribal voice back to these lands" (Revis).
In 2021, the documentary Rock Bottom Roser was released to highlight ancestral interpretations of the bond between humankind, nature, and the cosmos. This film is set in Hawaii and explores the different kinds of matter found in geology, ethnography, and astronomy (Words from the database Kanopy).
Journals in the Open Journal System (OA) are open to the public, such as the Journal of Indigenous Social Development, the International Indigenous Policy Journal, the Fourth World Journal, and the International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, among others.