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RUUKKU - Studies in Artistic Research Issue 22. Through sustainability transformation, we have become aware of the need to find new kinds of relations between groups of people, species, environments, and forces of nature. In artistic research, and in art more widely, the art of Indigenous peoples is currently topical, as Western artists and researchers are challenged to think in a more holistic and responsible way by Indigenous peoples' practices in perceiving themselves as part of the environment. The focus in Indigenous art is not that often on the creative individual – instead, art reminds us about the interaction between human communities and forces of nature. Eight expositions were selected for this issue. Three of them (Marija Griniuk; Mirja Liisa Hiltunen & Maria Huhmarniemi; and Korinna Korsström-Magga) discuss the community art made in Sápmi, three of them discuss the ritual-based art of the Mexican Wixaritari people (Lola Cervantes; Hanna Ellen Guttorm, Lea Kantonen, Pekka Kantonen & Juan Carrillo Rios; and Lea Kantonen), one discusses the songs of the Taiwanese Tao people (Johannes Kretz & Wei-Ya Lin), and one (Anna Nygren) discusses the connections between art made by autistic artists and Indigenous peoples. The focus in seven expositions is on visual arts, and one exposition focuses on music. Several contributors live in or near Indigenous communities, and at least two of them are Indigenous themselves. The Issue has been edited by Lea Kantonen, Hanna Guttorm, Pekka Kantonen and Priska Falin.