Monday, May 04, 2026 Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Indigenous Stewardship for Sustainability

This conference gathers Indigenous scholars, culture practitioners, and allies to address the impacts, challenges, and opportunities of land stewardship and land return to local Indigenous communities.
Open to
Faculty
Staff
Students
Stanford Community
Alumni
Public

Location

Stanford Graduate School of Business

About the Sustainability Research Conference Series

The Stanford Initiative on Business and Environmental Sustainability Research Conference Series is hosted by Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.

This conference brings together Indigenous scholars and allies to discuss why revitalizing tribally-led land stewardship and returning the land to local Indigenous communities benefit everyone toward environmental sustainability. The conference will explore challenges and opportunities by drawing inspiration from examples locally and internationally.

Conference Organizers

Tadashi Fukami

Professor of Biology and Earth System Science, and Faculty Director of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma), Stanford University

Raven Longwolf Alcott

Ph.D. Student in Earth System Science, Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University

Conference Speakers

Stanford University
Pueblo of San Ildefonso
University of British Columbia, Canada
Ahousaht First Nation
Stanford University GSB
University of Auckland, Aotearoa
English, Scottish, Irish, and Ngāti Awa ancestry
University of Chile
Mapuche
Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer
Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), and European lineages
Dean, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Stanford University
Lumbee Tribe
Arizona State University
Anishinaabe/Métis/Norwegian
Chairwoman of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
Hupa, Karuk, and Yurok
Center for Southwest Culture
Acoma Pueblo
Culture Bearer of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area
University of Waikato, Aotearoa
Te Parawhau, Ngāti Ruamahue, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Ngai Te Rangi
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ecuador

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