Centering Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Environmental Education

Session Submission Type: Hands-on Presentation

Summary

We invite people to experience parts of a curriculum that consists of three-week lesson plans on indigenous food sources centered on indigenous history, wisdom, knowledge, and cultural practices to teach about environmental justice and its significance in community building.

Sub Unit

• Advancing Civic Engagement and Sustainable Communities

Presenters

• Nigora Erkaeva, Postdoctoral fellow

• James Barnes, Elementary teacher

Non-Attending Contributor

• Jared Ten Brink, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor