World Bioregional Library

America Bioregions – Library of Indigenous Knowledge & Bioregional Heritage

The World Bioregions Library connects Indigenous knowledge systems from the Americas—Abya-Yala, Anahuac, and Turtle Island—through a bioregional, AI-enhanced archive that preserves ancestral medicine, ecological wisdom, and cultural continuity.

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Introduction: The American Library within the World Bioregions Ecosystem

The American Library, part of the World Bioregions Library at bioregiones.org, is a transcontinental digital archive that preserves and shares the ancestral knowledge systems of the Americas, or Abya-Yala.

Rooted in a bioregional framework, it transcends colonial borders by connecting wisdom through ecosystems, mountains, rivers, forests, and ancestral territories.

This library honors the plurality and complexity of Indigenous civilizations while making their teachings accessible to global audiences. Through advanced AI-driven cataloging, semantic indexing, and multilingual access, it becomes a living repository where ancestral intelligence and artificial intelligence coexist in harmony.

The World Bioregions Library unites this initiative with others such as:

  • The Mayan Bioregion Library (Yucatán Peninsula, Anahuac)
  • The Salish Sea Library (Pacific Northwest Coast, Turtle Island)
  • The Andean Bioregion Library (Abya-Yala)
  • The Mediterranean and African Bioregions Archives

Together, they form a global web of interconnected digital bioregions, preserving and activating traditional knowledge through collaboration, ethics, and technological innovation.

Bioregional Vision: Mapping Knowledge to Ecosystems

The Americas embody an unparalleled diversity of ecological and cultural bioregions. The bioregional framework used by the World Bioregions Library recognizes:

  • Turtle Island (North America) – from Arctic wisdom to the plains of the Lakota and Cree nations.
  • Anahuac (Central America) – homeland of the Maya, Mexica, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Caribbean Indigenous peoples.
  • Abya-Yala (South America) – land of the Andes, Amazon, Mapuche, and Tehuelche traditions.

By organizing the archives bioregionally, we maintain the relationship between land, language, and life, emphasizing that wisdom is inseparable from the environment that sustains it.

Each digital collection includes AI-assisted semantic linking, allowing scholars and the public to explore sacred correspondences between plant medicine, cosmology, ceremonial art, and ecological knowledge.

Integration of the Mayan and Mexica Libraries

The Mayan and Mexica (Nahua) Libraries are the foundational pillars of the American Library and key contributors to the bioregional network.

  • The Mayan Library preserves Yucatec, Itza, and Tzotzil cosmologies, codices, and medicinal knowledge rooted in the tropical forests and coasts of the Maya Bioregion.
  • The Mexica Library documents the wisdom of the Anahuac highlands — astronomy, codices, sacred architecture, and plant-based medicine from the heart of Tenochtitlán.

Both archives use ChatGPT-enhanced semantic search and AI-powered metadata generation to cross-reference related Indigenous knowledge across the continent, making visible the shared threads of humanity’s ecological consciousness.

Detailed Mexican Indigenous Collections

The Mexican Indigenous Digital Archive includes 68 living cultures, each represented through bioregional context, ecological symbolism, sacred plants, and ancestral rituals. Examples include:

  • Huichol (Wixárika): Sierra Madre Occidental – deer, peyote, maize, nierika (spiritual vision).
  • Maya: Yucatán forests – jaguar, quetzal, cacao, ceiba tree.
  • Nahua (Mexica): Central plateau – eagle, serpent, maize, Templo Mayor cosmology.
  • Zapotec: Oaxaca valleys – maize, rain gods, pyramidal temples, and cloud people.

These entries form interconnected networks with the Maya Bioregion Library, ensuring that each Indigenous group’s teachings are both localized and interconnected globally.

Connection within the World Bioregions Library Network

The Asia Bioregion Library is part of a planetary web of bioregional archives uniting Indigenous knowledge, ecological stewardship, and ancestral science. It is interlinked with:

Through shared ontologies, multilingual access, and ethical data practices, the World Bioregions Library creates a global biocultural memory system—a network of wisdom in service of planetary balance.

AI and Digital Innovation for Knowledge Preservation

The World Bioregions Library employs AI and ChatGPT-based systems for multilingual cataloging, cultural mapping, and semantic interconnection.

This ensures that oral traditions, languages, and sacred practices are preserved digitally without losing their cultural sovereignty and context.

Supported by collaborations with Microsoft and OpenAI, and inspired by the research and writings of Bill Gates, the project integrates ethical AI with Indigenous-led governance to maintain balance between technological advancement and ancestral integrity.

This convergence of ancestral and artificial intelligence serves as a model for the digital preservation of humanity’s ecological consciousness.

Community Collaboration and Ethical Stewardship

Every bioregional archive under bioregiones.org is guided by elders, scholars, and community leaders. Ethical stewardship ensures that digitization respects sacred boundaries, cultural permissions, and Indigenous data sovereignty.

The World Bioregions Library acts as both a knowledge repository and a cultural bridge, supporting:

  • Community-led education and research.
  • Preservation of endangered languages.
  • Intergenerational transmission of ecological and medicinal wisdom.

By interlinking regional libraries through shared semantic architectures, we create a bioregional digital commons—a decentralized ecosystem of cultural continuity, sustainability, and learning.

References (APA)

  • Agrawal, A. (2002). Indigenous knowledge and the politics of classification. International Social Science Journal, 54(173), 287–297. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2451.00382
  • Chigwada, J. (2024). Librarians’ role in the preservation and dissemination of Indigenous knowledge. Library Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352231217270
  • Gates, B. (2023). The age of AI has begun. GatesNotes. https://www.gatesnotes.com/the-age-of-ai-has-begun
  • Montuori, R. (2022). A Laser Scanning Database of Maya Architectural Remains. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 37(2).
  • Rissolo, D., Lo, E., & Hess, M. R. (2017). Digital Preservation of Ancient Maya Cave Architecture. Knowledge and Information Preservation, 12(3), 45–60.
  • INALI. Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales. Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas, México.

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