Cultural Education & Environmental Justice Program
We bring Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Environmental and Social Justice principals to the front of our curriculum. This program is a living collaboration between Indigenous Relations Consultants (IRC), partner organizations, educational and governmental institutions. Our mission is to decolonize conventional ways of learning and knowing by applying Traditional Ecological Knowledge through individual and collective lenses. Additionally, we assist representatives of BIPOC+ and underserved communities to advocate for them while making presence at places that our voices are usually not included. Therefore, we bring health equity under the premise to create space for participatory reparations actions.
Through the lens of educational teachings, workshops, land acknowledgements and equity consultancy based on ancestral wisdom, we are utilizing diverse Indigenous worldviews to create equity within our communities as we connect to the natural world; using an interactive experience that will further the understanding of the Natural World beyond the boundaries of conventional Western ecological paradigms, and in the process, expand and deepen the relationship with all the communities of life. The program will explain the importance to social, cultural and land rematriation while accessing different areas of land in program tours so there is a somatic experience to the knowledge that will be acquire. We bring the voice of Indigenous representation to be included in spaces where equity has to take place while developing partnership with other organizations that open up and honor the original People’s Lands.
We offer services and work together to bring in TEK with current and former collaborators and institutions such as:
FLOWS, Boulder Valley School District (BVSD)-Denver Public School Liaisons such as Sprout City Farms-Nature Conservation/Denver, Audubon-Denver Zoo-Environmental Justice Center- CU Boulder-Denver Mountain Parks-Alliance Action Center-Open Space Mountain Parks Cool Boulder-Groundwork Denver- Classrooms for Climate Action- ECAT- Cool Boulder- The Alliance for Collective Action- Denver Public Health- Suelo Bueno- Americas for Conservation- University of Northen Colorado (UNC)
Meet our Program Coordinator
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CEEJ Program Coordinator
Bachelor of Arts Social Science degree from the University of Denver 2022. Concentrated in Anthropology and Minored in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. I am 1 of 5 Indigenous students to graduate in my year.
Current Roles: Indigenous Affairs Strategist at GlobalMindED. A national nonprofit that closes the equity gap by creating a diverse talent pipeline connecting students to role models, mentors, internships, and jobs. I conduct programming outreach to tribal colleges, organizations, and enterprises throughout Turtle Island. Vice President of Outreach at Young Professional Inclusive Leadership Council-GlobalMindED. I network to bring more inclusive leaders to our organization. We host workshops and share skills with upcoming changemakers. Ethnographer at Living Heritage Anthropology. A Tribal Consulting firm specializing in historic and cultural land management. I record, analyze, and conduct archival research within tribal consultation work. President of Heska Makoce Tyospiye Native American Church of Colorado. Creating access to Indigenous prayer and healing for Native people. Life long member of the Peyote way of life: Love, Faith, Hope, and Charity. Owner and Craftsman of ShashBito Designs Co. Work hard so our Native people can look good. Specializing in precious stones, shells, metals, and beadwork. I will be taking on another role for Harvest of all First Nations as an Indigenous Relations Consultant for their Cultural Education Systems for Change Program. An Anthropologist with an Indigenous Worldview who is working to rewrite Indigenous narratives told by western perspectives, actively challenging settler power structures.
If you are interested in learning more about our program, please contact CEEJ@hafnco.org
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