Past Activities
TEK Section Activities at Past ESA Meetings
2024 Annual Meeting in Long Beach
OOS 4 – Traditional Ecological Knowledges and Indigenous-Led Conservation
Monday, August 5 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
OOS 9 – Creating Safe and Inclusive Spaces to Support Early Career Scientists: Lessons From Diverse Communities Within ESA (Danielle Ignace, one of our leaders, is presenting in this one)
Tuesday, August 6 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
INS 12 – Supporting Indigenous Ecologists Throughout Their Career
Wednesday, August 7 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
TEK Section Mixing Zone – Navigating Indigenous Ecologies with Local Leaders
Wednesday, August 7 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
We had a great time, met some wonderful students new to ESA and are excited already for the coming year!
Tongva Ti’at built by L. Frank Manriquez (far right) and her team, then (R to L) new TEK Chair Danielle Ignace, past Chair Gwen Bridge, past Vice Chair Melissa Nelson, Melinda Adams, Bob Newman
TEK 2024 Inspire Session speakers (L-R) Cami Griffith, Jordan Kennedy, Deondra Jones, Cheyenne Thomas, Kaya DeerinWater, Joceyln Painter (below), and Ciarra Greene (above)
Awesome items from our silent auction fundraiser at our mixer and the awesome people who scored!
Indigenous-led conservation symposium speakers
TEK chair Danielle Ignace is a 2024 winner of the ESA Excellence in Ecology Scholars award. She is speaking here at that session.
ESA Excellence in Ecology Scholars 2024 (L-R) Dr. Sara Bombaci, Dr. Danielle Ignace (TEK chair), Dr. Aidee Guzman, Dr. Lynette Strickland
past TEK chair Gwen Bridge is on the ballot for ESA president-elect!!
L. Frank Manriquez speaking at the TEK Indigenous-led Conservation symposium 2024
Inspired audience at the TEK Inspire Session 2024
Look who was at ESA2024! Our friends Jim Sanovia and Lily Jones-Sanovia from ESIIL (CU Boulder), who are experts in Tribal environmental data science. Jim spoke at the Environmental Data Science session on that subject.
2023 Annual Meeting in Portland
Field Trip Indigenous Knowledge and Stewardship of Portland’s Urban Forests: What All Ecologists Can Learn Internationally to Locally for Developing Partnerships
Special Session – Headwaters of the Columbia – Smelqmix Protected Area – Threats and Opportunities
Special Session – Decolonizing Ecology Starts with You: Working Within Knowledge Systems to Incorporate Indigenous Data Governance into Ecology Data Landscapes
Special Session – Elevating & Implementing Indigenous TEK in Community, Higher Education, and Government
Symposium: Sacred Elements of Life: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Contemporary Applications
Inspire Session: Traditional Ecological Knowledge – Indigenous Ecologists Share Their Work in the Intersection of Indigenous and Western Understandings of the Natural World
OOS – Melissa K. Nelson: Guardians of the future: Honoring indigenous ecologies of inclusion
OOS – Danielle Ignace: Developing TEK Partnerships for Enhancing ESA Diversity and Ecological Research
COS contributed paper – Joseph Gazing Wolf: Elevating Indigenous Knowledges in Ecology and Beyond
Workshop – Deeper Dive into Guidelines for Federal Departments and Agencies on Indigenous Knowledge, for Indigenous Science and Scholarship
Workshop – Ancient Texts from the Land – Indigenous Story-works
Social Event TEK Cultural Evening
2022 ESA Annual Conference in Montreal
Opening Plenary Dr. Leroy Little Bear “Then Humans Arrived on The Scene… Causing A Disturbance”
- Panel Moderator: James Rattling Leaf – University of Colorado – Boulder
- Panelist: The Hon. Senator Rosa Galvez – Parliament of Canada
- Panelist: Gwen Bridge – Gwen Bridge Consulting Ltd
Workshop (TEK): TEK in ESA: A Change is Going to Come in the Relationship Between Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledges and Ecological Science
Oral Session (EFI + TEK): “Planning Resilient Ecological Futures with Indigenous Communities”
1. Ryan Emanuel and Jocelyn Painter, “Evaluating the impacts of climate and land use change on Indigenous communities, territories, and cultures in eastern North Carolina.”
2. Georgia Smies, “Helping Indigenous communities interpret water quality data”
3. Jason McLachlan, “Challenges and opportunities for ecological forecasting with Indigenous communities”
4. Kyle Bobiwash, “Building equitable ecological science systems”
5. Dominique David-Chavez, “Enhancing ecological forecasting through Indigenous research and data governance”
Symposium (TEK): “Intentional Relationality: Braiding Knowledge Systems for Ecological Restoration, Climate Adaptation, and Environmental Justice”
1. Trudy Ecoffey “The Great Return: Buffalo restoration and the livelihoods of Tribal ranchers”
2. Ruth Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills “Maa adu nudi iiwashi ahuc: Food is valued”
3. Deondre Smiles “Paul Bunyan and the settler colonial ‘greenwashing’ of Indigenous environments”
4. Ellen Simmons “Why the postage stamp approach to conservation is not working: Lessons from Indigenous science and complex systems science and the imperative for change.”
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Mixer and Cultural Night
TEK section chair James Rattling Leaf (Rosebud) receiving a gift of a squash grown from an 800 year old seed from Haudenosaunee elder Otsi’tsaken:ra
ESA 2021 Virtual
- Symposium 1: “Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Connecting Past and Future, People and Place, and Ways of Knowing”
Presenters / Panelists: Dr. Frank Lake, Dr. Melissa Nelson, Dr. Ron Trosper, Gwen Bridge, Moderator: James Rattling Leaf - Special Session 5: “Sense of Place – Vital Connections Tribal Culture & Ecology”
Organizers: Frank Lake, James Rattling Leaf; Featuring: Angela Mooney D’Arcy and Teresa Romero - Workshop 1: “Reciprocity of Indigenous Knowledge in Ecology Education: Towards a More Inclusive Ecology”
Workshop leader: Dr. Michelle Montgomery - Roundtable: “TEK for A More Inclusive Ecology” Featuring: Jessa Calderon, SacredPlacesInstitute.org. Moderator: James Rattling Leaf
- We also made the arrangements for a Land Acknowledgement and opening prayer offered by Tina Calderon, Gabrielino Tongva and Ventuereño Chumash
ESA 2020 Virtual
- Symposium: “Honoring the Power of Indigenous Science Data to Revitalize Ecosystems, Communities, and Cultures” Presenters/panelists: James Rattling Leaf, Sr., Dr. Frank Lake, Dr. Clint Carroll
- Workshop: “Working Together For A Better Future: How to Establish and Maintain Successful and Durable Partnerships between Indigenous Communities and Non-Indigenous Collaborators”: Panelists: Dr. Julie Thorstenson (NAFWS), Kim Greenwood (NPS), Dr. Serra Hoagland (USFS)
- Networking Event: “Engaging with Indigenous People” co-moderated by past-president Dr. Laura Huenneke, James Rattling Leaf, and Robert Newman.
ESA 2009: Albuquerque
Sense of Place: Honoring the Ecological Knowledge of New Mexico Indigenous Communities. (Special Session 4).
Symposium 3: Building Sustainable and Resilient Communities, Locally and Globally.
TEK Section Business Meeting:
Workshop 22: – Environmental Justice in Ecology Curricula and Community Engagement.
Field Trip 12: Field Trip to Jemez Pueblo to Observe Corn Dances.
Field Trip 6: Ecology in Agriculture of Pueblo and Acequia communities.
Field Trip 13: Songs Sustaining Seeds – Santo Domingo Pueblo, Harvest Dance.
ESA 2008: Milwaukee, WI
Special Session #6: Sense of Place
Special Session #11: Wild Rice Roundtable Discussion
ESA Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section Business Mtg
OOS 14 – Ecological Education Furthering Environmental Justice
Poster 87-151 – Native Wild Rice Coalition�s cultural and ecological restoration
ESA 2007: San Jose, CA
Special Session #15: Sense of Place
Special Session #23: Bridging Western Science and Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge Ethically: What Works and What Doesn�t
Special Session #28: Restoration to Sustainable Landscapes: Building a Partnership Between Scientific, Traditional, and Local Ecological Knowledge
ESA Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section Meeting
ESA 2006: Memphis, Tennessee
Special Session #5: Sense of place
ESA Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section Brown-Bag Lunch
ESA 2005: Montreal, Canada
Special Session #2: Sense of Place: Indigenous homelands of eastern Canada
Contributed Oral Session 2: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section Brown – Bag Lunch Business Meeting
2004 TEK Section News
ESA 2004: Portland, Oregon
Special Session #4: Sense of Place: Indigenous Homelands of the Pacific Northwest
Oral Session 17: Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section Brown – Bag Lunch Business Meeting
ESA 2003: Savannah, Georgia
Special Session #6: A Sense of Place – Traditional Ecological Knowledge Among Southeastern Native American Tribes
ESA Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section Brown Bag Lunch
ESA 2002: Tucson, Arizona
Oral Session #50: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
ESA 2001: Madison, Wisconsin
Workshop #18: Traditional Ecological Knowledge.