Open AccessCollaborations with Tribal Elders for Sustainability Education
Author(s) -
Richard D. Scheuerman,
Kristine Gritter,
Carrie Jim Schuster
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international dialogues on education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2198-5944
DOI - 10.53308/ide.v2i2.201
Subject(s) - sustainability , indigenous , curriculum , place based education , geography , environmental education , political science , sociology , environmental planning , pedagogy , ecology , biology
Environmental sustainability studies are enhanced through local and regional partnerships between academicians and curriculum developers with members of area First Nation communities who have lived sustainably since time immemorial. Recent collaborative efforts between Seattle Pacific University’s School of Education and Snake River-Palouse tribal elder Carrie Jim Schuster have led to the development of a one semester, secondary level integrated history, geography, literature, and science curriculum investigating the indigenous peoples and environment of the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia-Snake River system. Seven core principles of cultural and environmental sustainability are discussed that were formulated through this collaboration involving Northwest tribal elders.