AIS 475C: Indigenous Sustainability Sciences
Spring 2016

  • Photos from the 2015 class
  • Schedule
  • Required Reading : on Canvas

    • NOTE: The instructor reserves the right to make changes to the syllabus as needed. If changes are made after March 30th, enrolled students will be notified of the changes in class or by email.

    Instructor

    Clarita Lefthand-Begay, MS, PhD
    [email protected]
    Acting Assistant Professor
    Department of American Indian Studies
    University of Washington
    Office Hours:

    Course location and times

    Location: Guggenheim Hall 204 (GUG)
    Time:

    Course description

    This newly offered class will have an interdisciplinary focus on how tribes and tribal partners are managing human-environmental systems, and incorporating indigenous knowledge and western science into their stewardship practices. We will also explore some of the most pressing environmental issues faced by tribes in the Pacific Northwest. This course will provide several 2-hour seminar style classes where students will examine reading assignments, and participate in discussions. The remaining class meetings will consist of fieldwork to help carry out ecological restoration projects. Students will better understand definitions of sustainability, have a greater appreciation for human connections with ecosystems, be able to identify indigenous stewardship methods, and understand how some tribes are addressing environmental and climate change concerns.


    NOTE: There are two required fieldtrips. Details below

    Class meetings

    This class will consist of about 14 class meetings from March 30-May 13, 2016

    Class objectives

    To learn:

    Learning objectives

    Students will appreciate a greater understanding about human connections with ecosystems, understand definitions of sustainability, learn methodologies and about how tribes are addressing environmental and climate change concerns.

    Assignments

    NOTE: This is a paperless class. Please do your best to not print any assignments. Instead, please upload your assignments onto Canvas by the due date

    General sketch of Overnight trips

    DAY 1: Day 2: NOTE: I will do my best to get you back at the time we discuss in class, but do to traffic, and other circumstances, we may run late when returning. Please be prepared to have some flexibility with our return times.

    General sketch of Rain garden and mycoremediation project in South Seattle