Weaving Indigenous and Western Science Knowledges Through a Land-Based Field Course at Bkejwanong Territory (Laurentian Great Lakes)

• Published in: Case Studies in the Environment
• Main Authors: Jacobs, Clint, Donaldson, Candy, Ives, Jessica T, Keeshig, Katrina, Febria, Catherine
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship at UWindsor 2022
• Subjects: Ecology; Education; Environment; Field course; Indigenous ways of knowing nature; Land-based learning; Learning; Partnership; Teaching; Biodiversity; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Canada; Turtle Island; anishina*; First Nations
• Online Access: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/glierpub/252; https://doi.org/10.1525/cse.2021.1422042; https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/context/glierpub/article/1254/viewcontent/Jacobs_et_al_2021_CSE_TEK_field_course_Bkejwanong.pdf

In response to a growing interest in building Indigenous-led educational experiences, we codeveloped a land-based field course that wove Indigenous ways of knowing together with Western ecological concepts. The spirit of the course was the one rooted in varied ways of knowing nature, on the land, th...