“Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a chance to celebrate the diversity and resilience of our country’s original inhabitants, whose long-overlooked ecological knowledge can help guide conservation today.”
This past week, National Audubon featured a local Indigenous Chicagoan, Bradford Kasberg, who is working to restore bird habitat in the Chicago area. It’s a fascinating story that delves into the significant role of birds in the knowledge of Indigenous people, the role of colonialism in birding, and how restoration of bird habitat helps carry on the traditional land stewardship that was nearly erased by colonialism.
Read Working to Restore Bird Habitat, I Carry On Traditions That Were Meant to Be Erased
Top banner: Bradford Kasberg in Eggers Grove, Chicago. Photo: Frankie Pedersen