Which term describes knowledge that is unique to a specific culture and often not written down?

• A. Indigenous Communication
• B. Language
• C. Indigenous Media and Information
• D. Indigenous Knowledge

Answer: (D)

Indigenous Knowledge describes knowledge that is unique to a specific culture and often passed down orally rather than written down. This kind of knowledge includes ecological practices, traditional medicines, ceremonial laws, and everyday skills that have been developed by a community over generations and are deeply tied to a particular place. Because it travels through storytelling, apprenticeship, and shared practice rather than formal writing, much of it remains oral and embedded in lived experience while still adapting with the community. Other options point to how information is communicated, the language used, or the media channels for sharing knowledge, but they aren’t the term for the knowledge itself.