Center for Native American Research & Collaboration (CNRC) Indigenous Research & Projects Conference
Washington State University Pullman
The WSU Center for Native American Research & Collaboration (CNRC) held its second annual Indigenous Research & Projects Conference, focusing on the intersections between Indigenous knowledge, scholarship, and nation-building.
KEYNOTE: Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy, Collaboration for Self-Determination: Research and Scholarship for Indigenous Empowerment & Decolonization.
You can find the link to the recording of the keynote address here.
Description: Engaging with Indigenous knowledges, Indigenous Science, Traditional Ecological Knowledges, place-based learning and tribal communities requires a refocusing from “consultation” or even “collaboration” toward an empowerment model for upholding sovereignty and self-determination. This includes working to empower Indigenous students, communities, and ongoing projects of land return, environmental justice, and education. This keynote presentation will discuss key projects focused on land justice, food sovereignty, and decolonial frameworks for engaging with Tribal nations and organizations. The talk explores the history of cultural knowledge exploitation, new programs and initiatives including Place-Based Learning and the Rou Dalagurr: Food Sovereignty Lab and Traditional Ecological Knowledges Institute at Cal Poly Humboldt; and the resurgence of Indigenous science and knowledge as moving beyond “interdisciplinary” work toward “undisciplined” research and scholarship that innovates new approaches to building decolonial tribal partnerships and tribal leadership.
Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy is an Associate Professor of Native American Studies at Cal Poly Humboldt. She researches Indigenous feminisms, California Indians, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Natural Resource Management, mental health and cultural interventions, and decolonization. She is the Co-Director of the NAS Food Sovereignty Lab & Traditional Ecological Knowledges Institute and Co-Investigator on an NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant for inclusive STEM pedagogy for Native American Students at Cal Poly Humboldt. Her book: We Are Dancing For You: Native feminisms and the revitalization of women’s coming-of-age ceremonies received “Best First Book in Native American and Indigenous Studies” at the 2019 Native American Indigenous Studies Association Conference. She is Hupa, Karuk, and Yurok and is enrolled in the Hoopa Valley Tribe.
Organized by WSU Office of Tribal Relations and Native American Programs.
With support from the WSU Office of Research, the College of Education, the Office of the Provost, the Office of the President, the David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities, and the Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach.
For further information, contact Ken Lokensgard, PhD, Co-Director, Center for Native American Research and Collaboration.
WSU Pullman is located on the homelands of the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce Tribe and the Palus people.