Research Ecologist/PSW Tribal liaison USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station Arcata, California, United States
It is important for all ecologists to recognize different ways we communicate our science through our perspectives regarding natural history and the intersection of indigenous ecologies. The formation of natural history science and ecology has roots from Colonial academic science regarding species in the territories and lands of indigenous peoples. These ecological components have importance and relevance to indigenous peoples. Contributions of indigenous knowledge to natural history could be better understood and recognized. This presentation relates findings from working with tribes of the Pacific Northwest that can assist with how natural history can be more inclusive of indigenous ecologies.
