Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Natural Resource Management

This graduate course is designed to refine your understanding of traditional ecological knowledge, Indigenous knowledge, and the relationship to western natural resource sciences and ecology. Students read and discuss foundational and current literature on the topic. The course has a focus on Indigenous scholarship. Students will lead class discussions and prepare an individual research project (typically a research paper) related to the class topic and/or their thesis. Students will also discuss and practice how to be good relatives.