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PORTLAND, Maine

UNE Center for Global Humanities presents 'Native Science: The Indigenous Mind Rising'

The University of New England Center for Global Humanities presents “Native Science: The Indigenous Mind Rising” on Feb. 24.
Scholar Gregory Cajete will speak in an upcoming lecture, “Native Science: The Indigenous Mind Rising,” hosted by the University of New England Center for Global Humanities Monday, February 24 at 6 p.m. at Innovation Hall at the UNE Portland Campus.

As global climate change has become a reality of our modern world, Indigenous communities have been directly affected by the environmental, social, economic, and political consequences of our warming planet. These climate-related challenges have made clear the need for Indigenous-minded, sustainability-informed science education. The time is now for an approach to STEM learning that prioritizes Indigenous communities and their cultures.

So will argue scholar Gregory Cajete in an upcoming lecture at the University of New England Center for Global Humanities when he presents “Native Science: The Indigenous Mind Rising” on Monday, February 24 at 6:00 p.m. at Innovation Hall at the UNE Portland Campus.

Cajete will explain how climate change is imperiling Indigenous lands, waters, natural resources, and cultural ways of life, while providing a blueprint for redesigning STEM education to ensure it is sustainability-informed and mindful of the challenges particular to Indigenous communities.

A Native American educator whose work honors the foundations of indigenous knowledge in education, Cajete is a Tewa Indian from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. He currently serves as director of Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico. His scholarship includes seven books, 25 book chapters, numerous articles, and more than 275 national and international presentations. He has lectured across the United States, as well as in Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Italy, Japan, Russia, Taiwan, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, England, France, and Germany.

This will be the fourth event of the Spring 2020 season for the Center for Global Humanities. It will be followed by five more between now and April 2020, including an encore presentation of Cajete’s lecture at the UNE Biddeford Campus on February 25. Lectures at the Center are always free, open to the public, and streamed live online. For more information, please visit: https://www.une.edu/calendar/2020/native-science-indigenous-mind-rising

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.