Indigenous Religions & Ecology

Yale examines Indigenous religions and ecology through communities across the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific. Decolonization and restoration provide recurring themes. It suits learners who want to study connections between place, practice and environmental responsibility while taking care not to flatten different peoples and traditions into a single general account.

What you will learn

• Explore regional Indigenous ecological perspectives.
• Examine decolonization and restoration themes.
• Connect place, community and environmental practice.

Who this suits

Learners who have completed Introduction to Religions and Ecology, the preparation explicitly recommended by the provider.

Before you enroll

Approach the material as a situated interpretation of religious history, texts and practice. Distinguish a tradition’s internal account from an academic argument about it, compare evidence and recognize diversity within communities. Courses do not confer religious authority or represent every member of a faith tradition.

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Put it into practice

Focus on one named community discussed in the course and summarize a place-based environmental relationship. Record the source and avoid generalizing that account to all Indigenous peoples.

Source and review

This overview is based on the provider's published information, checked on 12 October 2026. It is an editorial assessment, not a claim that we completed the resource. Time filters are approximate study ranges; projects and exercises can take longer.

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