Native Green

Features

• Students Meet the Plant Tribes

  Mary Annette Pember

  A rather unlikely collaboration of students from urban and reservation colleges produced a remarkable project at Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC, Fort Totten, ND) last summer.

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• The Red Road to Green: Tribal peoples’ worldviews preceded ‘green’ trend

  Mary Annette Pember

  Green practices in the tribal college community demonstrate
  the potential, challenges, and approaches unique to Native
  communities.

• We are all Related: Indigenous people combine traditional knowledge, geo-science to save planet

  Daniel Wildcat

  The tribal colleges and universities have formed working groups to tackle global issues, such as climate-related problems.

• Colonizing Green? We must remember our roots of harmony, beauty, balance, restoration

  Larry Emerson

  Special to TCJ Natives should engage “green” by applying the learning tools of Indigenous processes, practices, and critique.

Editor's Essay

• We All Must Learn to Live Respectfully

  Tina Deschenie

  “Going green” is a multifaceted concept and includes analyzing how we relate to our environment: how we live, what we eat, what we wear, what we drive, and how we build.

Voices

• Anishinaabe Prophecy: Communities must choose the green path for food, energy

  Winona LaDuke

  We Anishinaabe people have a word for the process of determining our destiny: Ji misawaabandaaming. This process is essential for our survival as Indigenous peoples. To achieve tribal sovereignty and self-determination, we must address the future of our energy economies and the future of our food economies. In this millennium, we must undergo a conscious transformation and take technological and economic leaps to develop tribal energy and food security.

Profile

• Sports Drove Silva to Teach Wellness

  Tina Deschenie

  Native American Community Academy teacher Leroy Silva hopes that more Native students will take on the challenge of pursuing higher education “because our communities need us to pave a brighter future for generations to come.”

Talking Circle

• Understanding of Sovereignty and Identity Improved by Learning with Cases

  Barbara Leigh Smith

  Case study teaching method deepened student understanding and developed skills in problem solving, working in teams, and dealing with issues that do not have easy answers. Case development also fostered good communication between tribal leaders and faculty and provided an avenue to develop curriculum addressing important community issues.

Resource Guide

• 20-2 “Native Green” Resource Guide

  Beau Mitchell

  Discovering the Path to Sustainability

  To be “green” means to live sustainably with the earth. Add “Native” to the mix, and the outcome is to live sustainably in a culturally appropriate way that perpetuates Indigenous wisdom.

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