Media Tip Sheet: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous Ways of Knowing at ESA2023

Posted by Heidi Swanson on July 24, 2023

Featured presentations at the 108^th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Portland, Oregon

July 18, 2023
For immediate release

Contact: Heidi Swanson, (202) 833-8773 ext. 211, gro.asenull@idieh

Many talks and posters at the Ecological Society of America’s upcoming Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, Aug. 6-11, will highlight collaborative and tribal-led research initiatives that bridge diverse knowledge systems. Indigenous ways of knowing extend beyond data collection and analysis, and include an understanding of the cultural, spiritual and social dimensions of ecological phenomena.

This knowledge develops through deep relationships between people and place over many generations, and should be accessed through respectful partnership with the knowledge holders. For more information about the role of traditional knowledge in the ecological sciences, visit ESA’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section page.

ESA invites staff journalists, freelance journalists, student journalists and press officers to register for free as media attendees up to and throughout the week of the Annual Meeting. For eligibility information, please visit ESA’s press registration credential policy page.

Members of the media will have access to all scientific sessions at the conference and to a press room where they can enjoy refreshments, internet access, a printer and an interview area. A virtual registration option is also available. Virtual attendees will have access to over 40 livestreamed hybrid sessions as well as a variety of on-demand virtual content that will be available on the meeting platform until July 2024.

Monday, August 7

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM	Headwaters of the Columbia – Smelqmix Protected Area – Threats and Opportunities Presenter: Lauren Terbasket, Rob Edward, and Rheana Marchand, Lower Similkameen Indian Band Special Session – SS 4
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM	Elevating Indigenous Knowledges in Ecology and Beyond Presenter: Joseph Gazing Wolf, Arizona State University Contributed Talk – COS 17
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM	Liberation ecology field course: ecology training for research and personal resilience Presenter: Krisztina Mosdossy, McGill University Contributed Talk – COS 13
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM	The Tâdzié-Sagow Atihk Stewardship Plan: an Indigenous knowledge-based approach to recovering caribou in ACFN and MCFN homelands Presenter: Susan Leech, Firelight Research Inc. Contributed Talk – COS 21
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM	Collaborative Knowledge Braiding for Restoration: Assessing Climate Change Risks and Adaptation Options at the Wuda Ogwa Restoration Site Presenter: Will Munger, Utah State University Contributed Talk – COS 17
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM	Settler colonialism creates the conditions for biological invasions via collaborative colonization Presenter: Nicolas Cruz, UC Santa Cruz Contributed Talk – COS 45

Tuesday, August 8

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM	Elevating & Implementing Indigenous TEK in Community, Higher Education, and Government Presenter: James Rattling Leaf, UC Boulder, and Jeannette Armstrong, UBC – Okanagan Special Session – SS 17
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM	Yurok perspectives on the cultural and ecological significance of beaver Presenter: Frankie Myers, The Yurok Tribe Organized Oral Session (In Person) – OOS 13
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM	A decade of beaver relocation led by the Tulalip Tribes: lessons learned and next steps Presenter: Molly Alves, Utah State University/Tulalip Tribes Organized Oral Session (In Person) – OOS 13
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM	Indigenous community-directed research: An Ojibwa Forest Ecosystem Characterization Presenter: Thi Mai Anh Tran, Michigan Technological University Contributed Talk – COS 53
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM	Integrating knowledge systems in participatory climate change adaptation and mitigation research on agroecology: experiences from Africa Presenter: Olga Kupika, Chinhoyi University of Technology Organized Oral Session (In Person) – OOS 12
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM	Liberation Ecology Field Course: Ecology training for research and personal resilience Presenter: Suzanne Pierre, Critical Ecology Lab Contributed Talk – COS 81
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM	Upena of Pilina: Revitalizing Connections Between Kānaka ʻŌiwi Food Systems and Arthropods. Presenter: Leke Hutchins, University of California-Berkley Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 6
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM	Assessing islander students’ understanding of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and plant-animal interactions through locally relevant classroom modules. Presenter: Harmony Yomai, Virginia Tech University Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 6
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	What makes plant invasion prevention collaborations successful within indigenous and practice-based communities? Presenter: Katie Kamelamela, Arizona State University Inspire Session (Hybrid) – INS 8
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM	Cultivating Teachers’ Indigenous Knowledge through Explorations of Milkweed and Phenology Presenter: Hillary Barron, Bemidji State University Contributed Talk – COS 103
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM	Indigenous-academic collaborations: Integrating knowledge and wisdom to support community-grounded environmental action. Presenter: F Chapin, University of Alaska Fairbanks Organized Oral Session (In Person) – OOS 31
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM	Indigenous-led research on Traditional Ecological Knowledge informs culturally important conservation priorities Presenter: Aaron Jones, Garden River First Nation Lands and Resources Department Contributed Talk – COS 125
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM	Restoration can further equality: reframing restoration with environmental justice, the human hierarchy of needs, and the breath of life. Presenter: Rebecca Swab, Holden Forest & Gardens Contributed Talk – COS 121
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM	Monitoring and documenting the bio-cultural diversity of Anicinapek ancestral portage sites using modules implemented by elementary school students Presenter: Madeleine Gauthier, McGill University Contributed Talk – COS 121
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Yes, we can: Indigenous women as protagonists against local climate changes in Brazilian Amazonia Presenter: Gabriel Borba, Virginia Tech Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Land Use Planning Perspectives: A proposed framework for participatory planning in developing countries Presenter: Sonia Delphin, School of Natural Resources and the Environment – University of Arizona Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Climate Change Adaptability Strengthens with Process-based Restoration and Long-term Indigenous Land Management Presenter: Maudesty Merino, Maidu Summit Consortium, Cal Poly Humboldt Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Fusing Indigenous and Western knowledge systems in the tide of global change Presenter: Kennedy Rubert-Nason, University of Maine at Fort Kent Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Harms of genomic plant breeding to Indigenous peoples: the case of hybrid hazelnuts Presenter: Hailey Shanovich, University of Minnesota Contributed Poster
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM	A TEK Cultural Evening Organizer: Jaime Grimm, University of Toronto Social Event

Wednesday, August 9

8:15 AM – 8:30 AM	Practices and Principles of Partnering with Tribal Nations in the Pacific Northwest Using Indigenous Knowledge (IK) to Restore Forest Resiliency to Wildfire and Climate Change Presenter: Cristina Eisenberg, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 149
8:40 AM – 9:00 AM	Inclusive Engagement Between Biological Societies and Indigenous Scholars Presenter: Jessie Ribera, Ecological Society of America Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 15
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM	Creating Equitable Local, Regional, and International Relationships to Advance the Knowledge and Conservation of Freshwaters in the Neotropics Presenter: Bruno Soares, University of Toronto-Scarborough Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 12
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM	Traditional agroecological knowledge supports agrobiodiversity and food sovereignty among migrant agricultural workers in Mexican coffee agroforests Presenter: Esteli Jimenez Soto, Syracuse University, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies Contributed Talk – COS 162
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM	Guardians of the future: Honoring indigenous ecologies of inclusion Presenter: Melissa Nelson, Arizona State University Organized Oral Session (Hybrid) – OOS 38
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM	Developing TEK Partnerships for Enhancing ESA Diversity and Ecological Research Presenter: Danielle Ignace, The University of British Columbia Organized Oral Session (In Person) – OOS 39
11:45 AM – 1:15 PM	Decolonizing Ecology Starts with You: Working Within Knowledge Systems to Incorporate Indigenous Data Governance into Ecology Data Landscapes Presenter: Lydia Jennings, University of Arizona, and Gwen Bridge, Gwen Bridge Consulting Ltd Special Session – SS 25
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM	Once a tool of colonization, Infrastructure must now demonstrate the right to belong! Presenter: Te Kipa Kepa Morgan, Mahi Maioro Professionals Ltd Contributed Talk – COS 183
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM	Communicating perspectives regarding natural history and the intersection of indigenous ecologies Presenter: Frank Lake, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 17
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM	Synergy among scientists aids synergism study: redband trout resilience facing hypoxic and thermal stress Presenter: Carlie Sharpes, The Klamath Tribes Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 15
3:30 PM – 3:50 PM	Culturally relevant teaching: experiences from the Ecological Forecasting Initiative working with Latinx and Native-American students and teachers Presenter: Olivia Tabares, UNAM Symposium (Hybrid) – SYMP 21
3:30 PM – 3:50 PM	Te mauri o te kererū – Exploring the cultural keystone species concept as a basis for biocultural forest management by Māori in Aotearoa-New Zealand Presenter: Puke Timoti, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 20
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM	The need for representation in urban environmental policy making: Case studies from Minneapolis-Saint Paul Presenter: Luis Osorio Gonzalez, University of Saint Thomas Contributed Talk – COS 208
3:50 PM – 4:10 PM	The Cherokee Environmental Leadership Program: Indigenous Land Education and Conservation in Oklahoma Presenter: Clint Carroll, University of Colorado Boulder Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 20
4:10 PM – 4:30 PM	Fishers’ local ecological knowledge contributions to ecological science in tropical small-scale fisheries Presenter: Renato Silvano, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 20
4:30 PM – 4:50 PM	Project Ărramăt: Strengthening Health And Wellbeing Through Indigenous-Led Conservation and Sustainable Relationships With Biodiversity Presenter: Murray Humphries, Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 20
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Biodiversity Atlas : Wetlands Presenter: Julia Morarin, UQAT Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Genetic diversity of Theobroma cacao in small and local farms in Latin America and the Caribbean Islands Presenter: Grace Stringer, University of Pittsburgh Contributed Poster

Thursday, August 10

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM	Reckoning with history and equity in fisheries and marine conservation. Presenter: Dan Okamoto, Florida State University Organized Oral Session (In Person) – OOS 50
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM	Parasitic sea lice on farmed and wild salmon in Pacific Canada Presenter: Sean Godwin, Pacific Salmon Foundation Contributed Talk – COS 233
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM	Indigenous Relational Ecologies: Fire stewardship praxis and protocol in Northern California Presenter: Melinda Adams, University of California, Davis Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 24
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM	Lab Back: Asserting Indigenous values in scientific spaces Presenter: Az Klymiuk, University of Manitoba Inspire Session (Hybrid) – INS 19
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM	Co-creating aquatic knowledge with and for Indigenous communities Presenter: Danielle Ignace, The University of British Columbia Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 24
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM	Remembering askiy: caretaking soil health and biodiversity in First Nations agroecosystems in the Canadian Prairies Presenter: Melissa Arcand, University of Saskatchewan Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 24
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Fostering relationships to transcend boundaries in ecology Presenter: Danielle Ignace, The University of British Columbia Vancouver Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 21
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Conservation Across Borders: Overcoming Land Fragmentation and Cultural Value Differences for Restoration Presenter: Joseph Gazing Wolf, Arizona State University Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 21
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Knowledge co-creation for salmon conservation and management Presenter: Jaime Grimm, University of Toronto Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 21
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Embracing Eco-Mindfulness in a Climate Justice World Presenter: Michelle Montgomery, University of Washington Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 21
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Trickster ecology at the edges Presenter: Melissa Nelson, Arizona State University Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 21
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Indigenous Climate Resilience Planning Presenter: Jocelyn Painter, Duke University Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 21
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Indigenous food sovereignty: A tribal college’s heartwork to heal and strengthen our communities and relationships Presenter: Ruth Plenty Sweetgrass – She Kills, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 21
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	The complementarities of indigenous science and settler science Presenter: Ellen Simmons, University of British Columbia Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 21
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM	Nature-Based Solutions in Africa: Focus on Rights Based Approaches as Best Practice Presenter: Funmi Adeniyi, ICLEI Africa Organized Oral Session (Hybrid) – OOS 60
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM	Cultural burning in California: The Future of Collaborative Restoration & Indigenous Adaptation Leadership Presenter: Nina Fontana, University of California-Davis/Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Organized Oral Session (Hybrid) – OOS 67

On-site Press Room

Location: Room A103, Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232

Press Room hours:
Sunday, August 6: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Monday, August 7: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm

Tuesday, August 8: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm

Wednesday, August 9: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm

Thursday, August 10: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm

Phone number: (503) 963-5822

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