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.
Please submit all items and assignments to me in Canvas by the due dates and times indicated in Canvas.
Week | Date | Topics | Assignment(s) |
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1 | W: 3/30 | Introductions, protocols and rules for students visiting tribal communities (e.g., cultural competency/respect), Indian 101 | Sign up for field trips and sign field trip waiver (Submit a signed copy of your waiver on Canvas). There are 3 field trips organized in this class. Trip #2 is required, but you can choose between Trip #1 or #3. |
1 | F: 4/1 |
Indigenous Sustainability I: environmental challenges, tribal sovereignty, treaty rights We'll have a 30-45 min class discussion on the topics to the right |
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2 | W: 4/6 | Indigenous Sustainability II: Indigenous ways of knowing and relationality We'll have a 20-30 min class discussion on the topic(s) to the right |
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2 | F: 4/8 | Indigenous Sustainability III: Indigenous health and environmental health |
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3 | W: 4/13 | Indigenous Sustainability IV: Case studies of tribal environmental management, and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) |
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3 | F: 4/15 | Guest Speaker and Indigenous Sustainability V: Field work, indigenous methodologies, and history of research with tribes |
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4 | TH: 4/21 |
Field trip #1 of Enabling Indigenous Sustainability: Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation DO NOT BE LATE! |
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4 | F: 4/22 | Earth Day: Field trip #1 of Enabling Indigenous Sustainability: Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation |
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5 | W: 4/27 | Field trip #2 in-class preparation and presentations: Rain gardens, water quality and phytoremediation 101 by Cari Simson and Howard Sprouse |
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5 | F: 4/29 | Field trip #2 of Enabling Sustainability: Rain gardens 101 in Seattle neighborhood (All day: precise times TBD) Project collaborators: Micah McCarty, Cari Simson, Howard Sprouse and Clarita Lefthand-Begay |
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6 | TH: 5/5 | Field trip #3 of Enabling Indigenous Sustainability: Native Plant Center on the Elwha DO NOT BE LATE! |
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6 | F: 5/6 | Field trip #3 of Enabling Indigenous Sustainability: Native Plant Center on the Elwha |
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7 | W: 5/11 | In-class preparation for Poster Presentation and review of quarter (A#7) | |
7 | F: 5/13 | Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ: Indigenous Foods and Ecological Knowledge Symposium |
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FINAL | No Final |