Indigenous Research Projects
University of Montana acknowledges Mellon project authors, co-PI's and additional support staff who have been instrumental in elevating and incorporating Indigenous knowledge and perspectives across UM and the wider community. Click on each photo to read about individual and Indigenous research projects. We are grateful for those who have been and continue to be involved.
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Blackfoot Storytelling
A traditional Blackfoot story told by Blackfoot Elder Leonard Weasel Traveler was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. -
Indigenous Healing and Wellness
University of Washington Indigenous Wellness Research Institute hosted a retreat in Kona, Hawaii for Indigenous scholars to engage in healing and wellness. -
Race Through Native Lenses
The UCLA Center for Early Global Studies and the UCLA American Indian Studies Center in Berkeley hosted "Race in the Global Past through Natives Lenses" with Mellon Foundation representatives, a UM Indigenous scholar and other Indigenous and Social Justice scholars to strengthen partnerships with UM Native Studies Department and bring Indigenous historical narratives forward in higher education. -
Indigenous Language Workshop
UM scholar keynote talk on Indigenous languages, their teaching and preservation, and language teaching master class using teaching methodologies developed in UM scholar's pedagogic scholarship. Workshop convened language teaching experts from around the world to elevate alternative teaching methods developed for different languages from different cultures. -
Indigenous Voice in Academia
A UM Indigenous scholar chaired panel entitled, "Changing Elite Institutions From Within," Centering Indigenous Voices in Academic Spaces: Storytelling and the Construction of Meaning, at the 13th Annual Center for Sami and Indigenous Studies Indigenous Conference at Nord University, Bådåddjo/Buvda/Bodø, Norway. -
World Wilderness Congress
UM scholar presented a methodological framework and recommendation list to the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture to incorporate Indigenous traditional learnings and stories from the Apsáalooke [Crow] People in climate change planning for the protection on Montana's cultural and natural traditional landscapes at the 12th World Wilderness Congress in South Dakota.
Blackfoot Storytelling
A traditional Blackfoot story told by Blackfoot Elder Leonard Weasel Traveler was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Indigenous Healing and Wellness
University of Washington Indigenous Wellness Research Institute hosted a retreat in Kona, Hawaii for Indigenous scholars to engage in healing and wellness.
Race Through Native Lenses
The UCLA Center for Early Global Studies and the UCLA American Indian Studies Center in Berkeley hosted "Race in the Global Past through Natives Lenses" with Mellon Foundation representatives, a UM Indigenous scholar and other Indigenous and Social Justice scholars to strengthen partnerships with UM Native Studies Department and bring Indigenous historical narratives forward in higher education.
Indigenous Language Workshop
UM scholar keynote talk on Indigenous languages, their teaching and preservation, and language teaching master class using teaching methodologies developed in UM scholar's pedagogic scholarship. Workshop convened language teaching experts from around the world to elevate alternative teaching methods developed for different languages from different cultures.
Indigenous Voice in Academia
A UM Indigenous scholar chaired panel entitled, "Changing Elite Institutions From Within," Centering Indigenous Voices in Academic Spaces: Storytelling and the Construction of Meaning, at the 13th Annual Center for Sami and Indigenous Studies Indigenous Conference at Nord University, Bådåddjo/Buvda/Bodø, Norway.
World Wilderness Congress
UM scholar presented a methodological framework and recommendation list to the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture to incorporate Indigenous traditional learnings and stories from the Apsáalooke [Crow] People in climate change planning for the protection on Montana's cultural and natural traditional landscapes at the 12th World Wilderness Congress in South Dakota.