Indigenous peoples worldwide are asserting cultural and political governance systems for land use and environmental stewardship. Drawing on exchanges between Maasai representatives (Tanzania) and First Nations in BC and the Yukon, this initiative shares insights into how Indigenous groups assert their role as environmental stewards. Using a community-based approach with participatory video, the work highlights diverse cultural connections to land and water and explores knowledge-bridging as a means of advancing ecological governance and sustaining cultural teachings.

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A recently published article in People and Nature, emerges from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada) supported Indigenous–Indigenous exchanges (2019–2023). It draws on the films Indigenous Connection, (2021) and Indigenous Knowledge Bridging of Land and Water Governance (2023), which showcase mutual concerns and strategies for land and water governance across contexts.