Arctic Indigenous Scholars Seminar with Theresa Arevgaq John of Nelson Island, Alaska

Presentations

Resilience encompasses community wellness, holistic education, effective leadership and sustenance of our way of life. Cultural resilience has always been a focus of our prominent elders, ancestors and our overall leadership. Resilience in modern life can be supported by decolonizing and indigenizing the state and federal educational systems that protect our heritage language, Indigenous knowledge system, cultural epistemic principles and values, prosperity of the people, and the wellbeing of the future leaders. The State of Alaska has adopted the state’s culturally relevant standards for Indigenous communities.