We are excited to share that as part of the Indigenous Collaborations Program, we are running a second year of our course: Indigenous Land Stewardship: Creating Meaningful Collaborations across Alaska. This course hwas co-created with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Pacific University, Alaska Conservation Foundation, and Northern Latitudes Partnerships. Northwest Boreal Partnership Director Leanna Heffner will co-teach the class along with five Indigenous scholars and leaders.
Course Description
This is an 11-week course intended to create welcoming, respectful spaces, dialogues, and productive collaborations with Tribes, Indigenous peoples, land managing and conservation agencies and organizations. The course will include topics on the History of Land Management in Alaska, Equity and Inclusion, Indigenous Land Stewardship, and Collaborating Meaningfully with Indigenous Communities & Partners. The course aims to serve land and wildlife managing agencies, Tribal councils and staff, non-profit organizations, and graduate and undergraduate environmental science students. The course is developed by the Indigenous Collaborations Program – a partnership of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Alaska Pacific University (APU), Northern Latitudes Partnerships (NLP), and Alaska Conservation Foundation (ACF).
Course Instructors
The course will be team taught by Dr. Polly Hyslop, Upper Tanana Dineh (APU), James Temte, Northern Cheyenne Tribe (APU/Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium), Crystal Leonetti, Yup’ik (FWS), Danielle Stickman, Dena’ina and Koyukon Athabascan (ACF), Dr. Leanna Heffner, Jewish, Norwegian, Germanic/French (NLP/ACF), and Casey Ferguson, Cup’ik (APU/NLP). Guest speakers will include Indigenous experts (Elders and emerging youth leaders) who are leading dialogues on decolonization and racial equity, and professionals who work for or closely with Tribes and Indigenous Organizations on science and conservation challenges.
Dates:
September 23, 2022 – December 9, 2022
For More Information, Contact:
James Temte at Alaska Pacific University at 907-564-8243 or jtemte@alaskapacific.edu