AT: NTMN Program – Exploring Indigenous Understandings of our Ecological World

Virtual. North Texas Chapter Texas Master Naturalists is hosting a presentation on Exploring Indigenous Understandings of our Ecological World.  To register visit webpage here.

This presentation will help the audience understand worldviews common to Traditional Native spiritual and cultural relationships with the outdoor environment.  This workshop explores the differences between Western Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge as they relate to building relationships with the plants, animals, waters, and lands where you live and work.

Speaker: Annette Anderson, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker , practicing counselor, and advisor to TCU. Ms. Anderson currently serves on the Council for the Indigenous Institute of the Americas. She is co-founder of the IIA Seed Ambassador and Food as Medicine initiatives, which engage urban Native children and families in their culture through Traditional ecological, geographical, and plant knowledge. Ms. Anderson is also the Chairperson for the most prominent two-day outdoor American Indian arts and culture event in North Texas, the IIACelebration (IIAC). In addition, she serves on the Native American Advisory Circle at Texas Christian University and collaborated on the first official university Land Acknowledgement for Texas Christian University in 2020 She is a descendant of the Chickasaw and Cherokee Nations.

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