Future Indigenous Scientists: Tribal-University Partnerships for Building Amah Mutsun Science Curriculum (Poster 8)

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Abstract

This dissertation examines the design of an Indigenous culturally sustaining/revitalizing science curricula within a Tribal-university partnership between the Amah Mutsun Land Trust (AMLT) and the Center for Developing Leadership in Science (CDLS) at UCLA. To support the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band’s (AMTB) efforts to revitalize Indigenous teaching methods at AMLT Youth Summer Camp, the AMLT and CDLS collaborated with AMTB teachers (professional K-12 educators in their own right) to implement a community-based curriculum project. Analyzing the expression of Amah Mutsun educational sovereignty illuminates how Tribal-university relationships and community-based curriculum design strengthen the cultural and scientific identities of Tribal youth. Results reveal an Amah Mutsun pedagogy that centers on relational Indigenous epistemologies and storytelling for teaching about land/water stewardship.

Author

• Carolyn T. Rodriguez, University of California - Los Angeles