Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability Event Series

Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability

A collaborative event-series
October 10 - 12, 2024
on contemporary indigenous knowledge
and environmental sustainability

Presentations and dialogue with specialists on the Buffalo Treaty, habitat restoration, food security, economics, sovereignty, and culture

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2024

PDF Schedule Available Here

Thursday, October 10th - 5:30PM-9:00PM

Whitney and Anna Harris Conservation Forum: The Buffalo Treaty

Hosted by the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center, Venue - Saint Louis Zoo, Living World. This event will have an in-person experience and also be livestreamed. There are separate registration links.

Featuring Leroy Little Bear, Roxann Smith, and Chance Weston. To learn more about this event and our speakers, visit our Conservation Forum page.

In-Person Registration

Friday, October 11th - 12:30PM-2:00PM

Humans, Nature, and the Buffalo Treaty : A Dialogue

Hosted by the Native American Studies Program at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Venue - Center for Spirituality & Sustainability at SIUE (The Buckminster Fuller Dome)

Featuring Leroy Little Bear, Roxann Smith, and Chance Weston

Register Here

Friday, October 11th - 5:30PM-9:30PM

Film Festival featuring Singing Back the Buffalo and Iniskim: Return of the Buffalo

Hosted by the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at Washington University, Venue - Touhill Performing Arts Center, E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at University Missouri-St. Louis

Q&A to follow featuring Amethyst First Rider, Leroy Little Bear, and Wes Olson

Register Here

Saturday, October 12th - 2:00PM-4:00PM

The Ecological Buffalo

Hosted by the Missouri Botanical Garden, Venue - Farr Auditorium in the Jack C. Taylor Center

Featuring Jonny BearCub Stiffarm, JD, Wes Olson, and Johane Janelle

Register Here

This event series is made possible by the following organizations and members of the Indigenous community in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

         

For general questions, please contact harriscenter@umsl.edu. 

Our Previous Event

In 2021, the IKS Conference was held virtually and featured a series of speakers focusing on food. This informative and insightful event was made possible through several organizations partnering together across the Saint Louis region. Check out these recordings by clicking the "View Session" links below.

A series of virtual events to advance research and education in indigenous knowledge and sustainability in the region.

 To see the recording of each session, click the link "View session."  

Cultural Food Initiatives in the St. Louis Region

_{sponsored by Missouri Botanical Garden}          

View session - Cultural Food Initiatives in the St. Louis Region

Native Women Changing Policy in Land Stewardship
_{Pari In Perpetuity: Peeling Back the Layers of Agricultural Policy in a Prayerful Way} 

_{sponsored by the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at Washington University in Saint Louis}

View session - Pari In Perpetuity: Peeling Back The Layers Of Agricultural Policy In A Prayerful Way

Indigenous Models of Sustainability | The Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center Conservation Forum                                     

_{sponsored by the Whitney R. Harris Center at the University of Missouri - St. Louis and the Saint Louis Zoo}                 

View session - Harris Conservation Forum: Indigenous Models Of Sustainability

Native Foods, Native PeopleS, Native Pollinators

_{sponsored by the Native American Studies Program, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
and the Center for Spirituality & Sustainability at SIUE}

View session - Native Foods, Native Peoples, Native Pollinators

FARMING, GARDENING, AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES

_{sponsored by Missouri Botanical Garden.}

 View session - Farming, Gardening And Food Sovereignty In Native American Communities

Indigenous Foods & Sustainability

_{sponsored by the Native American Studies Program, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and the Center for Spirituality & Sustainability at SIUe} 

View session - Indigenous Foods & Sustainability

IKS CONFERENCE IN THE MEDIA

Read/listen - Scholars look to Indigenous knowledge and practices in fight against climate change 

Article and audio interview with Dr. Kyle Whyte (Citizen Potawatomi), George Willis Pack Professor of Environment and Sustainability at University of Michigan, and Kellie Thompson, MSW (Seneca), director of the Buder Center for American Indian Studies, Washington University in St. Louis. St. Louis Public Radio (Oct. 4, 2021). 

Read - Harris Conservation Forum highlights Indigenous knowledge and its lessons for sustainability, UMSL Daily (Oct. 11, 2021). 

Read – Free Virtual Conference Highlights Work of Native Scholars, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis (Sept. 13, 2021).  

Read - Indigenous knowledge, sustainability focus of SIUE event, Edwardsville Intelligencer (Sept. 30, 2021). 

Read - Indigenous Knowledge & Sustainability Virtual Conference to Advance Research and Education, SIUE News (Sept. 21, 2021). 

Read - Indigenous Knowledge Conference Emphasizes Climate Change, Native Pollinators and Food, SIUE Alestle (Oct. 12, 2021).