‘Indigenous’ is an ecodeterminant tying belonging to place and time.

Evidence

Masolo (2003, p.22) reminds us: “the term indigenous is an ecodeterminant used to define the origin of items or persons in relation to how their belonging to a place is to be temporarily characterized.” This articulation is a reminder to us of the connection between thought and location. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 376

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies how ‘indigenous’ does conceptual work — situating thought in relation to place, i.e., located philosophy.
• XREF: connects to: Relational and intergenerational time is central to Indigenous worldviews. — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 44; Indigenous identity is essentially connected to land, unlike the instrumental western model — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 546; Indigenous communities frame environmental harms as threats to cultural survival, not ecology — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 233