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Two-Eyed Seeing As a Way of Knowing

Two-Eyed Seeing (also known as integrative science, native science, and ecological metissage) is a term describing a way of understanding the world from two cultural perspectives – Western scientific knowledge and native science.
AN EXCERPT FROM GREEN TEACHER'S SPRING 2013 ISSUE.

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Two-Eyed Seeing in a School District

A description of how one school district is embracing the challenge of integrating Native and Western world views in environmental education programming.

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Money From the Sea: A Cross-cultural Indigenous Science Activity

This activity introduces grades 5-12 students to the technical sophistication of west coast Native peoples. Students are asked to design a shell-harvesting device and then compare it with the design used by one First Nation/tribe more than a century ago to harvest a special shellfish that lives 70 feet below the surface.

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