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Welcome Song & Introductions

Bring your own breakfast and join us for a welcome song. Following that, Ed Galindo will set the stage for the Gathering with introductions.

Ed Galindo, PhD

Indigenous Research Methods: Why they matter

Indigenous Research Methods: Why They Matter [Video]
Indigenous Research Methods: Why They Matter [PowerPoint]
Indigenous research is not a new phenomenon. People indigenous to their place have known since time immemorial how their world works. By careful observation, they have always been researchers. In countless Indigenous communities, these story keepers have preserved the knowledge of the community’s past. They tell stories of how western-trained researchers have marched into their communities without permission, and with disregard for the culture. Western-trained researchers have taken away the stories of the community to write their books, papers, and theses, and have never given back to those communities. Today, Indigenous scholars in mainstream academies are developing a body of knowledge formally called “Indigenous Research Methodologies.” From stories told by elders, the methods embedded in Indigenous research methodology reflect how Indigenous ways of knowing have discovered and preserved place-based knowledge. This presentation titled Indigenous Research Methods: Why it matters, provides a conceptual framework for western researchers who anticipate doing research with Indigenous peoples, whether it be in the social, behavioral, or environmental sciences. The conceptual framework gives hope, and empowerment to Indigenous communities as they endeavor to protect their own story-data.

Lori Lambert, PhD

Publication opportunity through the Journal of Native Sciences using the “two-eyed seeing” model

Cleve Davis, PhD

Dawn D. Davis, MA

Nation-building as an Educator and Scientist through tribal employment & as co-founders of River Newe, an Indigenous owned nonprofit organization

We will present an overview, film clip, and update on River Newe, tribal employment roles, and members of our community interactions. There is importance to the positionality as tribal employees with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribal government that is becoming pertinent to us and specific to our nation. The specificity is a pattern of storytelling (living metaphors) from theory to praxis, on-the-ground, and real-time cultural-relevancy of experiences. We are concurrently working on proposals to increase this activity and gain support to carry out the work among Indigenous Pedagogy and Methodology development. Through our daily work we are creating up and coming active agents of climate change sciences (social, political, environmental, and legal intersections) through Shoshone-Bannock Traditional Ecological Knowledge (SBTEK) frameworks.

Jessica Matsaw, MS

Sammy Matsaw, PhD

Participant Perspectives

Tod L. Shockey, PhD

Mike Durglo, BS

Lunch

Take a break and grab lunch.

Haskell Environmental Research Studies Internship: Creating a Pathway for Native Students in STEM Disciplines

The Haskell Environmental Research Studies (HERS) session will describe the program’s approach to compassion, care, ethics and place-based research into an 8-week summer internship for Native students.

Jay T. Johnson, PhD

Katrina McClure, MA

KECK - Transcending Barriers to Success (TBS): Connecting Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems to Mitigate Environmental Challenges

KECK - Transcending Barriers to Success (TBS): Connecting Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems to Mitigate Environmental Challenges [Video]

Amy Sprowles, PhD

Michael Ross

Ulla Hasager, PhD

Robert Franco, PhD

Prejudicial Imagery: Animals as Metaphor in Media

This presentation examines the ways in which animals are used in media and advertising to sell, attribute behavior, create prejudicial attitudes and influence perception.

Frank Tyro, PhD

What is the current status of American Indian Communities and NSF Involvement and Why?

Dawn D. Davis, MA

Sammy Matsaw, PhD

Ed Galindo, PhD

Concluding Remarks, Day 1

Ed Galindo, PhD