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Planning for Seven Generations:
Traditional and Scientific Approaches to Climate Change

March 19 - 21, 2008
UCAR Center Green Campus, Boulder CO

Hosted by:
The American Indian& Alaskan Native Climate Change Working Group,
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research,
 National Center for Atmospheric Research

Overview

The conference will approach climate change from two perspectives; one rooted in indigenous experiences and one born of present-day science.  The overarching goal is to look for opportunities for the two perspectives to point to shared strategies for understanding, adapting to, and mitigating climate change, with a particular focus on American Indian Lands.

Goals

• Developing a collaborative way forward – one that honors indigenous and western ways of knowing about the Earth

• Framing research questions to allow collaborative, multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural, community-based investigation and offer opportunities for student participation

• Exploring effective strategies for information and idea communication and dissemination, including leveraging cyber-infrastructure tools

• A set of electronically archived discussions that can serve as the basis for a Tribal College course on Climate Change on Native Lands.
• Case-studies and outline approaches for examining Climate Change issues, and their intersection with Indian Lifeways.
• Strategies for larger engagement, including ways to reach out to Native communities