indigeneity teaching resources

[Ronald Mitchell]

All … Back in early May, I asked about indigeneity and climate change resources.  Here is the collection of resources from our always-generous community. Best, Ron

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Stacy VanDeveer: this scholar’s work is great https://www.google.com/search?q=dina+gilio-whitaker&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJ4ebIsdL3AhXBG80KHVgEChEQ_AUoA3oECAIQBQ&biw=1280&bih=586&dpr=2

 

Alejandro Esquerra: I find it interesting to explore how to link indigenous resistance culture (and the way indigenous peoples mobilize their knowledge) and climate change. The Dhillpn Jaskiran 2016 is a very short text that talks about this issue. The book is an interesting volume for further reading. 1) Dhillon, Jaskiran. (2016) Indigenous Youth Are Building a Climate Justice Movement by Targeting Colonialism. Truthout, June 20: 613–615. 2) Estes, Nick, and Jaskiran Dhillon. (2019) Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from The# NoDAPL Movement. U of Minnesota Press.

 

Olivia: Decolonise Knowledge videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNF_ZGgDERaTyZsvMxhDB2jaNu0kqpb37 

Kimberly R. Marion Suiseeya: For webinars, I’d recommend any of Kyle Whyte’s lectures. He has both very short (15 min) and longer (1.25 hrs) recorded lectures on youtube.  I also have an article that was just published on May 5, co-authored with Tribal elders, among others, that explores the role of Indigenous knowledge in climate science and climate policy (see attached).

• Marion Suiseeya KR, O’connell MG, Leoso E, et al. Waking from Paralysis: Revitalizing Conceptions of Climate Knowledge and Justice for More Effective Climate Action. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 2022;700(1):166-182. doi:10.1177/00027162221095495

I really like Kyle Whyte’s climate science fiction article as well. It is on the longer side.

• Whyte, Kyle P. "Indigenous science (fiction) for the Anthropocene: Ancestral dystopias and fantasies of climate change crises." Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 1, no. 1-2 (2018): 224-242.

This Tribal Adaptation Menu is the first in the US to integrate indigenous knowledge and climate adaptation: https://glifwc.org/ClimateChange/TribalAdaptationMenuV1.pdf

Lastly, here are the readings I assign for a session on Traditional Knowledge and Climate Governance:

·  Kimmerer, Robin Wall. "The Honorable Harvest.” in Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. 2013. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Milkweed Editions.

·  CARE Principles: https://www.gida-global.org/care (Links to an external site.)

·  Whyte, Kyle. "Critical investigations of resilience: A brief introduction to indigenous environmental studies & sciences.” Daedalus 147, no. 2 (2018): 136-147.

·  Smith, Heather A., and Karyn Sharp. "Indigenous climate knowledges.” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 3, no. 5 (2012): 467-476

 

Charlie Chester: a list of relevant online resources here: http://earthweb.info/actors/indigenous.html#climate  and Chapter 10 of the attached book might be good (haven’t read it) and I found this story in my records: https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/life-and-public/2016/10/ban-ki-moon-indigenous-peoples-knowledge-can-helps-us-prevent-climate.

 

Dina Lupin: Kyle Whyte has written a great deal on this topic, including on thinking about the meaning of concept 'climate change' and its relationship to colonisation. He has also made a YouTube video that your students might like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YPvsOCUhI8 He was also involved in the development of guidelines on use of traditional knowledge that you can find here: https://climatetkw.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/tks_guidelines_v1.pdf

 

Ben Leffel: Attached is a PPT where I talk at length about David-Chavez's piece "Global Assessment of Indigenous Community Engagement in Climate Research" used in my lecturing, here's the video for reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IknuIaQiDgs. Relatedly, here's the open GIS data for American indigenous territories https://osf.io/3cfum, which should link to the associated piece where the authors investigate climate impacts on indigenous communities

 

Geoff Dabelko: I used this webinar featuring fellow GEPEDer Kim Marion Suiseeya at Northwestern and colleague on “Centering Indigenous Rights and Perspectives in the Fight Against Climate Change.” CC’ing Kim here as she’s the expert.  I assigned it to accompany a role playing session with grad students where the challenge was how to navigate the social and environmental costs associated with ramped up mineral and metal mining and processing to make the transition to a renewable energy/decarbonized economy possible. 

 

Sikina Jinnah: Week 7 (November 9-13): Indigenous Voices in Climate Politics

Lectures/Videos:

7.1      Climate Change, Indigenous Activism and the Fight for Justice (24min) (Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and Vandana Shiva, AlJazeera)

7.2        Human Trauma and Climate Trauma As One (16min) (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, TEDx)

7.3      Indigenous Energy Justice and the Climate Crisis (59min) (Dr. Kyle Powers Whyte, University of Michigan)   

OPTIONAL:

·       Indigenous knowledge meets science to solve climate change (13min)(Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, TEDx)

Readings:

1.         Claeys, Priscilla and Deborah Delgado Pugley. 2017. “Peasant and indigenous transnational social movements engaging with climate justice.” Canadian Journal of Development Studies 38(3): 325-340.

2.         Whyte, Kyle Powers. 2015. The Ethics of Traditional Knowledge Exchange in Climate Initiatives”  Earthzine. 15 June 2015. 

 

Jeff Colgan: look up Tony Birch and his concept of slow violence in Australia

 

Devendraraj Madhanagopal: Article “Exploring fishermen’s local knowledge and perceptions in the face of climate change: the case of coastal Tamil Nadu, India” by Devendraraj Madhanagopal  and  Sarmistha Pattanai  Environment, Development and Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-019-00354-z