What does it mean to be indigenous to place? Indigenous peoples around the world by definition have a strong connection to the land on which they live. The Maori of Aotearoa (New Zealand) for example, use the words “Tangata Whenua" to refer to the people of a particular piece of land; “of” being an important word here. One way of defining what it means to be indigenous is knowing the land you live on from birth intimately. Knowing how to feed, clothe and house yourself from

Part of the vision of The Old Way yearlong course is enmeshed in a bigger picture to support the preservation of traditional skills, in part