HHS poised to employ American Indian superstitions in its research per White House guidance

The Biden White House is under the impression that knowledge is not only relative but racially specific. Furthermore, the White House has concluded that American Indians have their own capitalized version of knowledge called "Indigenous Knowledge" — a "holistic" understanding of "biological, physical, social, cultural, and spiritual systems," which apparently must be incorporated into federal research, policy, and decision-making.

The White House issued government-wide guidance in December 2022 requiring federal agencies to apply "Indigenous Knowledge," despite admitting it is unfalsifiable, prone to contradiction and inaccuracy, and entirely relative.

The Washington Free Beacon recently drew attention to one of the apparent consequences of this initiative, namely that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration might soon come to factor in "Indigenous Knowledge" when tackling the health of the nation.

The guidance

The 2022 guidance circulated federally by the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy defined "Indigenous Knowledge" thusly: "Indigenous Knowledge is a body of observations, oral and written knowledge, innovations, practices, and beliefs developed by Tribes and Indigenous Peoples through interaction and experience with the environment."

The guidance acknowledged that this race-specific knowledge base is wholly subjective, "often unique and specific to a Tribe or Indigenous People, and may exist in a variety of forms."

While formless, decentralized, and subjective, the guidance stressed that "Indigenous Knowlege [is] one of the many important bodies of knowledge that contributes to the scientific, technical, social, and economic advancements of the United States, and to our collective understanding of the world."

The guidance stressed that "Indigenous Knowledge is a valid form of evidence for inclusion in Federal policy, research and decision making," even if it is contradictory or completely inaccurate.

"In some instances, discrepancies or contradictory data and information may arise," said the guidance. "These conflicts do not necessarily indicate that the Indigenous Knowledge or other form of knowledge is in error. Rather, such instances should prompt Agencies to consider opening avenues of inquiry and understanding that would otherwise remain unexplored."

The Biden White House underscored that at no point should federal agencies "judge, validate, or evaluate Indigenous Knowledge using other forms of knowledge." It should just be taken on faith that it's valuable and relevant.

'Indigenous Knowledge' at HHS

This unfalsifiable, unscientific, race-based, and relativistic "body of observations" may soon make its way to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Washington Free Beacon recently highlighted a draft HHS document that debuted late last year concerning proposed revisions of scientific integrity guidelines for the agency.

There is an admission in the second paragraph of the document that the "success of HHS's mission to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans depends on the development and use of accurate, complete, and timely scientific and technical information."

Nevertheless, the document later indicates that HHS is keen to "apply scientific integrity practices in ways that are inclusive of non-traditional modes of science."

According to HHS' proposed "Scientific Integrity Policy," this push for inclusivity would have the agency include "multiple forms of evidence, such as Indigenous Knowledge."

Extra to "Indigenous Knowledge," HHS would also seek to incorporate "citizen science, community-engaged research, participatory science, and crowdsourcing."

The HHS document also makes clear that DEI now resides at the heart of American science: "Issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are an integral component of the entire scientific process."

According to the Beacon, the proposed policy is set to be finalized this year and HHS declined to comment.

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