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ERIC Number: EJ1463187
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
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Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-5505
EISSN: EISSN-2163-3630
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Vibrations of the World: Pollinator Stewardship and Advocacy at the Institute of American Indian Arts
Melanie M. Kirby
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, v36 n3 2025
The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is a one-of-a-kind college dedicated to contemporary Native American arts and open to all peoples. The curriculum at IAIA includes innovative and integrative approaches to the arts as they connect to culture and science. The celebration of art and cultural identity are included in IAIA's Land-Grant programs, which focus on agricultural land stewardship education and outreach as an application of how art and science coexist. As a Land-Grant tribal college or university (TCU), IAIA became eligible to develop an agricultural extension program and now has a 1,200-square-foot greenhouse, tiered food gardens, raised herbal beds, corn fields, a fruit orchard, grid and spiral gardens, honeybee apiaries, and a developing nature trail. Offerings include the 4 Directions Projections webinar series, the Indigenous Youth Agriculture Program, land healing and restoration workshops, and the Introduction to Beekeeping and Pollinator Stewardship for Indigenous Stewards programs. IAIA pollinator research efforts revolve around pollinator stewardship and the connections to place. These efforts integrate cultural and biodynamic relationships that are rooted in ancestral and Indigenous traditional ecological and technological knowledge, which are interwoven with Western sustainable agriculture science.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. P.O. Box 720, Mancos, CO 81328. Tel: 888-899-6693; Fax: 970-533-9145; Web site: http://www.tribalcollegejournal.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Mexico
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