Abstract

The National Climate Adaptation Science Center hosted a webinar series on how to integrate Indigenous Knowledges (IK) into Federal research and resource management programs. It ran bi-weekly from April 6 to June 1, 2023 and centered Indigenous voices to explore ethical, legal, and scientific considerations for working within different knowledge systems and provides guidance reflecting best practices.

In this webinar series, speakers explored what it means to ethically engage with Indigenous Knowledges in resource management and conservation spaces. Learn from Tribal and Indigenous communities about the frameworks they use to protect and share their knowledges, and from Federal agencies about how they navigate their responsibility to foster respectful, mutually beneficial relationships with knowledge holders.

These sessions are of particular value to Federal employees seeking to build partnerships with Indigenous peoples and to Tribal citizens and Indigenous peoples seeking to understand resources and opportunities for collaborating with Federal partners.

Watch the webinar recordings below:

1. Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Federal Research and Management: What are Indigenous Knowledges? In this webinar, speakers Melonee Montano and Dr. Daniel Wildcat have a conversation on what are Indigenous Knowledges and what it means to ethically engage with Indigenous Knowledges in resource management and conservation spaces.

2. Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Federal Research and Management: Understanding the New White House Guidance on Indigenous Knowledges In this webinar, speakers Haley Case-Scott and Paige Schmidt discuss the New White House Guidance on Indigenous Knowledges and how to apply it to federal science and resource management.

3. Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Federal Research and Management: Tribal Policies around Indigenous Knowledges In this webinar, speakers Aaron Jones, Ann Marie Chischilly, and Bobby Reed Saunkeah discuss Tribal policies surrounding Indigenous Knowledge and describe how to ethically and respectfully engage with Tribes to include Indigenous Knowledge in research and management projects.

4. Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Federal Research and Management: Case Studies of Successful IK Engagement In this webinar, speakers Sarah Rinkevich, Cathy “Cat” Techtmann, Kanoeʻulalani Morishige, and Nicole M. Herman-Mercer discuss examples of successful engagement with Tribes and ethical incorporation of Indigenous Knowledge in existing case studies.

5. Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Federal Research and Management: Best Practices for Engaging Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples Surrounding Indigenous Knowledges In this webinar, speakers Sara Kahanamoku and Michael Durglo, Jr. discuss examples of best practices and resources for engaging with Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples surrounding Indigenous Knowledges.