The Importance of Animal Knowers and Teachers  

In her presentation, Dr. Kelsey Dayle John (Navajo) will describe the importance of building research and education practices that reflect the integrity of human/land/animal relationships in Indigenous worldviews. A horse woman for over 20 years, and a professor of Gender and Women’s and American Indian Studies, Kelsey reflects on how Western research foundations separate Indigenous persons from our nonhuman teachers and what we can do to reconnect with these relationships.   

About the Series: These virtual sessions will highlight the ongoing work of Native researchers and scholars. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from Indigenous people working in fields such as Ethno-botany, Educational Studies, History, and Anthropology.

Tickets are no longer available for this event, please check out the upcoming programs in the series with Darren Ranco, PhD (9/9) and Suzanne Greenlaw (9/14).