VIDEOS & SEMINARS
Watch presentations from the Native Voices in STEM seminar series to explore stories, science, and cultural knowledge shared by Indigenous educators, scientists, and leaders from across North America.
Protecting water through science
Water Is Life
This module explores how Indigenous leaders protect water through scientific research, traditional knowledge, and community-based action. Topics include drinking water quality, wastewater surveillance, and climate adaptation. Students will reflect on how water connects to sovereignty, health, and cultural responsibility.
Wastewater-Based Epidemiology in Tribal Communities
Addressing Water Data Gaps
Collaborative Hydrology Research with the Navajo Nation
Groundwater to Snow Science
International Water Rights and Environmental Justice
Dig Deep Navajo Water Project
Tohono O’odham Climate Adaptation and Water Resources
Growing food and resilience
Seeds of Resilience
This module highlights how Indigenous communities are reclaiming food systems through seed saving, soil restoration, and traditional farming. Students will explore how land, food, and health are interconnected—and how agriculture can support sovereignty and healing across generations.
Rooted in the Desert
Food Sovereignty for the MHA Nation
Extension & Tribal Hoop House Projects in NV
Indigeponics & Off-Grid Greenhouse Production
Soil Science in First Nations Land Management
Produce Safety & Traditional Knowledge
Restoring balance to land
Climate, Fire & Ecological Restoration
Indigenous communities have long used fire and ecological knowledge to care for their lands. This module examines the use of cultural burning, wildfire recovery, and climate adaptation as tools for restoring ecosystems and relationships. Students will explore how these practices reshape environmental stewardship and policy.
Cultural Fire Practice in California
Eleltek Waali? (I’m Reading Country)
Mining & Wildfire: Restorative Insights
Outdoor Industry & Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Rethinking Tribal Resource Governance
Arizona Tribal Extension & Community Support
Hopi Ingenuity & Fire-Based Learning
Centering culture in STEM
STEM Education & Indigenous Knowledge
This module features Indigenous educators and scientists who are transforming STEM education by grounding it in Indigenous worldviews. From classrooms to coastal ecosystems, students will explore science as a relational practice rooted in language, place, and intergenerational responsibility.
Native Science & Natural Laws
Interdisciplinary STEM Education
Marine Science: Success & Barriers
Ecosystems Stewardship (Seminar Series)
Studying Those Who Study Us
Engineering in the Indian Health Service
Leading through relationship
Leadership, Sovereignty & Community Resilience
This module highlights Indigenous leaders building futures rooted in sovereignty, education, and environmental justice. Their stories offer insight into how cultural identity, mentorship, and governance are reshaping communities. Students will consider how leadership emerges through service, resilience, and relational accountability.