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Issue Area: Indigenous Knowledge

E3: Innovation, Tribal Traditions, and Indigenous Environmental Protection Strategies

Written by Laura Smith on .

Session Description: The Tech Boom of the 1990s and 2000s brought an economic demand to the forefront that required national education policy makers, leaders, and organizations across the country to build programs that provide expanded opportunities for youth to advance their interests and competencies in the Science, Technology and Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. This session illuminates two OJJDP-funded Tribal Youth Programs – Pueblo of Acoma & Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe – who launched and utilized innovation, Tribal traditions, and Indigenous environmental protection strategies by integrating STEM & STEAM into their Tribal Youth Programs’ educational and cultural offerings. Both programs mirror a nexus of prevention and intervention approaches that advance academic, social, and emotional success, leadership, and positive self-efficacy, and instill the values of protection of the natural environment.

Presenters:

  • Thor Peterson, Youth Program Staff, Pueblo of Acoma, NM
  • Dolores Winn, Program Coordinator, Tribal Youth Program, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal Youth Program

Moderator:

  • Teresa Nord, Training and Technical Assistance Specialist, Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center

Creativity & Innovation in the Face of COVID-19: Maskiizibii Oshki Gabeshiwin 2020Virtual Youth Conference

Written by Andrea Dickerson on .

A session presented at the 2021 OJJDP Tribal Youth National Conference (Session E1). This session presented the journey undertaken in 2020 to develop, plan, and implement a virtual peer to peer mentoring and experiential youth leadership conference that encompassed poetry, photography, music, and art for middle and high school students during a pandemic. The session provided a discussion about peer to peer mentoring and cultural arts approaches that promote healing, resilience, and prevent or reduce delinquent behavior.

Indigenous Knowledge Realized

Written by admin on .

The article explores the experiences of 13 undergraduate American Indian college students who served as mentors through a service-learning course while attending a 4-year, predominantly White institution (PWI).