Indigenous Water and Energy Planning

3-0-9 units · Undergraduate

Explores intersections among Indigenous knowledge systems, water resource management, energy siting and transmission, transportation, and environmental justice. Readings in Indigenous futurisms (e.g., Grace Dillon's Walking the Clouds) introduce foundations of Indigenous water and energy planning. Covers trends in traditional ecological knowledge through case studies of tribal water governance, renewable energy siting on Indigenous lands, and transportation infrastructure negotiations. Cases are analyzed through theory, guest lectures, and discussion. Examines how Indigenous Peoples use negotiation and mediation with governments to advance infrastructure goals. Students propose projects that scale community-based water and energy planning to support sovereignty and self-determination. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.