Dear Colleagues,

We are a group of scholars, practitioners, and educators from Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds who are working on centering Indigenous Ways of Knowing in informal learning spaces. We would appreciate your insights, and we invite you to share your experience and perspectives on including Indigenous Ways of Knowing in your work through the survey linked below.

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This work is part of the LIFEWays project (Learning In and From the Environment Through Multiple Ways of Knowing), which is generously supported by the National Science Foundation. The LIFEWays project works towards countering the narrative of Indigenous “erasure” from their homelands, broadening participation in outdoor learning for tribal community members, and supporting outdoor learning for the non-Native public that is culturally grounded and respectful of Indigenous Ways of Knowing.

Your survey responses will contribute tremendously to this work; insights from surveys will be shared broadly to ensure benefits to the community. The results from this survey will be shared with Indigenous Communities to help better understand which partnerships might be the most fruitful for their community to work with toward centering Indigenous Ways of Knowing in informal learning spaces. The survey will also cultivate positive examples of how Indigenous Ways of Knowing are being included in informal learning spaces to inspire peer-to-peer learning.

This survey will take about 15–20 minutes to complete. We understand that not everyone prefers to complete online surveys. If you would rather share your experience and perspective verbally, we can hold a talk story conversation with you. The talk story may take up to an hour (email Ben Archibeque, archibeb@oregonstate.edu).