6.1.5. Learning from Nature

The interconnectedness of Indigenous knowledges, land, and language is more effectively communicated by teachers and internalized by learners through the sensory experiences of being in nature than by learning passively in classrooms.

### 6.1.6. Respect and Responsibility

Shifting thought processes from personal gain to collective responsibility is a crucial part of Indigenous knowledge acquisition and leads to transformation in thinking and action.

## 6.1.7. Willing Participation

The introduction of Indigenous knowledges within formal education brings about a conundrum of how to move beyond education as "the handmaiden of assimilation" [24] (p. 139) and expose learners to Indigenous knowledges and history, including spiritual belief systems, while not forcing it on them [6] (pp. 107–113).
