From CSU Chico's Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems

Course Dates: Four weeks, April 17, 2025 – May 9, 2025, Thursdays 9-11 am

Registration Deadline: April 9, 2025

Faculty: Ken Sandusky 

Registration Deadline: April 9, 2025

This class is an introduction to tribal relations, cultural competency, and understanding your tribal partners. We'll discuss the benefits of meaningful tribal relations, cultural applications, and the link between indigenous culture and traditional cultural practices. Specifics will include the role of wildfire in the ecosystem, traditional fire use, tribal relations techniques, partnership building, and project design and implementation.

Course goals include:

• Establishing a tribal relations context that qualifies practices to be considered.

• Establishing a “systems” approach to engaging tribal partners.

• Synthesizing and integrating interdisciplinary participation to engage tribal partners.

• Establishing impacts of mainstream practices on community relations and project effectiveness.

• Understanding theory and science behind tribal relations and incorporating IEK into project design.

• Understanding the technical, social, and economic implications for transition.

This class is available to be taken singly for continuing education purposes or general interest.

Click here to find out more: https://www.csuchico.edu/regenerativeagriculture/educational-programs/tr...

Event Details
Region: 
Online
Type: 
Community Event
Location: 
Online
Date: 
04/09/2025