Explore the key milestones and events of 2024 for OJI:SDA’ Sustainable Indigenous Futures. From impactful programs and inspiring gatherings to community-building initiatives, this blog highlights a year of growth, resilience, and connection.

Join us in celebrating the achievements that bring us closer to a thriving, sustainable future rooted in Indigenous knowledge and stewardship.

Join the OJI:SDA’ Center for Intergenerational Learning at out Virtual Spring Summit, themed “Learning from the Land”. Find out more by clicking here >>

OJI:SDA’ holds the first Virtual Spring Summit that brings together educators and honored guests to learn how Land-based teaching from Indigenous Scholar Elders, Knowledge Carriers and education experts can transform the classroom space. Speakers included Tahila Mintz, Jason Corwin, Maribel Gonzalez, Beverly Singer, Geraldine Standup, Yvonne Wakim Dennis and the The Washington Ethnic Studies Now (WAESN) Youth Advisory Board (YAB).

The OJI:SDA’ Center for Intergenerational Learning held its inaugural Teacher Gathering on August 24 through August 26, 2022. Teachers sat in conversation with Onondaga Elders and Purépecha, Chichimeca, and Kickapoo Knowledge Carriers. Then, teachers took what they learned to design project cycles that explicitly teach Indigenous knowledge systems using an approach that is inquiry and student-driven.

Learn from the OJI:SDA’ education team about what Land-based teaching is and why it is important to embed Indigenous teachings into the curriculum.