{"id":23,"date":"2020-03-09T18:53:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T18:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/tek2\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-07-20T18:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:55:46","slug":"past-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/tek\/past-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TEK Section Activities at Past ESA Meetings<\/h3>\n\n\n

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2024 Annual Meeting in Long Beach<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

OOS 4<\/a> \u2013 Traditional Ecological Knowledges and Indigenous-Led Conservation<\/strong>
Monday<\/strong>, August 5 1:30 PM \u2013 3:00 PM PDT<\/p>\n

OOS 9<\/a> \u2013 Creating Safe and Inclusive Spaces to Support Early Career Scientists: Lessons From Diverse Communities Within ESA <\/strong>(Danielle Ignace, one of our leaders, is presenting in this one)
Tuesday<\/strong>, August 6 8:00 AM \u2013 9:30 AM PDT<\/p>\n

INS 12<\/a> \u2013 Supporting Indigenous Ecologists Throughout Their Career<\/strong>
Wednesday<\/strong>, August 7 10:00 AM \u2013 11:30 AM PDT<\/p>\n

TEK Section Mixing Zone<\/a> \u2013 Navigating Indigenous Ecologies with Local Leaders<\/strong>
Wednesday<\/strong>, August 7 6:30 PM \u2013 8:00 PM PDT<\/p>\n

We had a great time, met some wonderful students new to ESA and are excited already for the coming year!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Tongva Ti\u2019at 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<\/p><\/div>\n

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TEK 2024 Inspire Session speakers (L-R) Cami Griffith, Jordan Kennedy, Deondra Jones, Cheyenne Thomas, Kaya DeerinWater, Joceyln Painter (below), and Ciarra Greene (above)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Awesome items from our silent auction fundraiser at our mixer and the awesome people who scored!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Indigenous-led conservation symposium speakers<\/p><\/div>\n

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TEK chair Danielle Ignace is a 2024 winner of the ESA Excellence in Ecology Scholars award. She is speaking here at that session.<\/p><\/div>\n

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ESA Excellence in Ecology Scholars 2024 (L-R) Dr. Sara Bombaci, Dr. Danielle Ignace (TEK chair), Dr. Aidee Guzman, Dr. Lynette Strickland<\/p>\n

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past TEK chair Gwen Bridge is on the ballot for ESA president-elect!!<\/p><\/div>\n

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L. Frank Manriquez speaking at the TEK Indigenous-led Conservation symposium 2024<\/p>\n

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Inspired audience at the TEK Inspire Session 2024<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p><\/div>\n

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2023 Annual Meeting in Portland<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Field Trip <\/a>Indigenous Knowledge and Stewardship of Portland\u2019s Urban Forests: What All Ecologists Can Learn Internationally to Locally for Developing Partnerships\u00a0<\/p>\n

Special Session <\/a>\u2013 Headwaters of the Columbia \u2013 Smelqmix Protected Area \u2013 Threats and Opportunities<\/p>\n

Special Session <\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Decolonizing Ecology Starts with You: Working Within Knowledge Systems to Incorporate Indigenous Data Governance into Ecology Data Landscapes<\/p>\n

Special Session <\/a>\u2013 Elevating & Implementing Indigenous TEK in Community, Higher Education, and Government\u00a0<\/p>\n

Symposium:<\/a>\u00a0 Sacred Elements of Life: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Contemporary Applications\u00a0<\/p>\n

Inspire Session:\u00a0<\/a> Traditional Ecological Knowledge \u2013 Indigenous Ecologists Share Their Work in the Intersection of Indigenous and Western Understandings of the Natural World<\/p>\n

OOS <\/a>\u2013 Melissa K. Nelson:\u00a0 Guardians of the future: Honoring indigenous ecologies of inclusion\u00a0<\/p>\n

OOS <\/a> \u2013 Danielle Ignace:\u00a0 Developing TEK Partnerships for Enhancing ESA Diversity and Ecological Research<\/p>\n

COS contributed paper<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Joseph Gazing Wolf:\u00a0 Elevating Indigenous Knowledges in Ecology and Beyond\u00a0<\/p>\n

Workshop<\/a> \u2013 Deeper Dive into Guidelines for Federal Departments and Agencies on Indigenous Knowledge, for Indigenous Science and Scholarship\u00a0<\/p>\n

Workshop<\/a> \u2013 Ancient Texts from the Land \u2013 Indigenous Story-works\u00a0<\/p>\n

Social Event<\/span> TEK Cultural Evening\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

2022 ESA Annual Conference in Montreal<\/a><\/h3>\n

Opening Plenary<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Dr. Leroy Little Bear\u00a0 <\/strong>\u201cThen Humans Arrived on The Scene\u2026 Causing A Disturbance\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

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Panel Discussion following Plenary\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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