September 10, 2020

Meshing Laboratory Science With Traditional Ecological Knowledge​

Author: Natalie Rademacher

These indigenous educators are bringing western and native science together in the classroom.
Gregory Cajete stands in front of a classroom full of University of New Mexico students enrolled in a graduate seminar on Indigenous nations and sustainable communities. Cajete is teaching these students about having a relationship with, and responsibility for, the environment. This way of knowing is called Native Science, and it is part of a body of evolving Indigenous knowledge based on generations of