Invited speaker where I spoke about a paper I am correctly working on with Gabrielle Rocha-Crowe, Rico Ramirez, Tekpatl Kuauhtzin, Malinalli M. Diaz, and Axayacatzi Kuauhtzin. Our paper is dedicated to developing a conceptual framework for developing meaningful collaborations with Indigenous communities in the sciences. Our paper will focus on specific projects that integrate remote sensing, Indigenous data governance, capacity building, and Indigenous Peoples right to self determination in urban Los Angeles. Our paper will include testimonials from Indigenous Peoples across what is now Los Angeles County.
This course integrated the history of Indigenous Peoples in Los Angeles specifically focusing on Indigenous women in science. As part of this collaboration, cultural guides and mentors helped in the development of Indigenous informed environmental research projects on the Gabrielino-Shoshone place of origin, Pimungna (Catalina Island). I served not only as the program coordinator but helped to lead the terrestrial ecology research group.
The IndigeNations program consists of cultural learnings taught by culture bearers and elders (cultural justice), land-based learning by living in reclaimed and revitalized cultural space (environmental justice), and early successful exposure to college coursework culminating in early college credit (educational justice). Throughout the 3 week program, students engaged with and learned from cultural educators, land, and our stories. Students culminated this course by creating and distributing a zine (mini magazine) on an injustice happening in their communities.
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Ary AmayaEnvironmental Scientist and Ecologist |