My daughter is studying environmental science and keeps bringing home assignments that completely ignore Indigenous land management practices that my grandmother taught me, and we're both getting frustrated trying to figure out how to honor what she's learning in school while not losing the knowledge that's been passed down in our family.
More people experience this than they realize.
A parent and child are caught between institutional learning and ancestral wisdom, unable to find a way to honor both.
“Where Are You with Indigenous science and Western science in dialogue?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.