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ESA is in Salt Lake City in 2026!

Monday 7/27

• 10:30 – 11:30 SS06  smelqmix Indigenous Ecological and Economic Restoration (Gwen Bridge organizer)
• 11:45 – 1:15 SS11  Indigenous Ecological Economics (Gwen Bridge and James Rattling Leaf)
• 3:30 – 5 WK06  Supporting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Ecology: Leveraging Local Contexts Tools in Research for Recognition, Bridge-Building, and Recompense (not our section but of interest to members)
• 6:30 – 8  Traditional Ecological Knowledge Cultural Night and Mixer (the best event 😊. We will be joined by Darren Parry, former Chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, author, educator, storyteller, respected Tribal elder and knowledge keeper. He is the author of Tending the Sacred – How Indigenous Wisdom will Save the World, 2025)

Tues 7/28

• 1:30-3  OOS12 Environmental Data Science Advances from ESIIL Working Groups (specifically talks from two ESIIL working groups, “Maka Sitomniya: Preserving Mother Earth by Asserting Lakota Sovereignty in Earth Data Science” and “Observing Unci Maka: environmental data science and tribal land justice”)

Wed 7/29

• 1145-115  SS29  Restoration as Embodied Sovereignty: Tribal Led Restoration Efforts
• 1:30 – 3 Symp13  Centering Community Priorities and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Nature Based Climate Solutions (Danielle Ignace organizer)