TBA

In this experiential course, students will engage in seasonal immersive land-based activities in the community of Kahnawake as well as classroom-based discussions via sharing circles, presentations by Indigenous knowledge holders, and other experiential classroom methods. Students will build awareness and reconnection to the land drawing from Rotinonhsión:ni knowledge systems such as the Creation Story and the Ohénton Karihwatehkwen and other Indigenous epistemologies as they relate to Indigenous land-based education. Students will examine land as learning space, variations of Indigenous land-based systems, and will examine how fostering land-based pedagogies can promote collective well-being and self-sufficiency.