Toastie on Nostr: The beloved and ecologically important American chestnut tree, or číhtkęr in ...

The beloved and ecologically important American chestnut tree, or číhtkęr in Tuscarora, was harvested by Indigenous peoples for millennia and once numbered in the billions before being wiped out by European colonization.

Now, a transgenic version of the tree is on the cusp of being deregulated by the U.S. government. But what good is bringing back a species without also restoring its traditional relationships with the #Indigenous peoples who helped it flourish?

https://grist.org/indigenous/transgenic-american-chestnut-indigenous-rights/