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Nature 421, 313 (23 January 2003) | doi:10.1038/421313c

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Spiritual link is part of traditional knowledge

Lynda Kitchikeesic Juden1

  1. The Centre for Traditional Knowledge, Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada

In presenting traditional knowledge as a commodity, your News story "Tribes query motives of knowledge databases" (Nature 419, 866; 200210.1038/419866a) fails to emphasize the spiritual connection between indigenous peoples and Mother Earth.