Indigenous Knowledge Public Lecture Series: Gregory Cajete

ii’ taa’poh’to’p’s 2019/20 Indigenous Knowledge Public Lecture Series welcomes thought-provoking Indigenous thinkers across all disciplines, honouring UCalgary’s commitment to truth and reconciliation.

Indigenous Science Education: 
A Foundation for Sustainable Education and Community

Over the last two decades, various Indigenous programs in the United States have evolved which attempt to "rebuild Native nations from the inside out." That is, to build an infrastructure that serves a broader spectrum of the community, find local resources and solutions, advocate local rather than federal control of community development, and most importantly, evolve from the applying traditional cultural knowledge foundations of the communities themselves. This Indigenized approach to applying sustainable environmental education for community revitalization and renewal can form a contemporary context for the application and evolution of Sustainability Education.

Dr. Gregory Cajete is a Native American educator and artist whose work is dedicated to honoring the foundations of Indigenous knowledge in education. He is a Tewa Indian from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. He has served as a New Mexico Humanities scholar in ethnobotany of Northern New Mexico and as a member of the New Mexico Arts Commission. He worked at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico for 21 years, is the former Director of Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico, and is currently a Professor there with a joint appointment in Education and Native American Studies. Dr. Cajete also designs culturally-responsive curricula geared to the special needs and learning styles of Native American students.

Sept 25, 2019
3 - 5 p.m.

Gallery Hall, TFDL
410 University Ct NW