Montana Ag Network: Teacher brings traditional practices to science classes

Montana Ag Network: Teacher brings traditional practices to science classes

RONAN - Students in Jedd Tougas science classes at Ronan High School are learning how indigenous knowledge and science can work together through traditional food practices and sustainable farming.Tougas introduced traditional ecological knowledge into the classroom after earning his master's degree in Integrated Indigenous Curriculum from Salish Kootenai College."I was looking at how I could introduce traditional knowledge and place-based educat…

MT AG: Ronan High School teacher brings traditional practices to science classes

Students in Jedd Tougas science classes at Ronan High School are learning how indigenous knowledge and science can work together through traditional food practices and sustainable farming.Tougas introduced traditional ecological knowledge into the classroom after earning his master's degree in Integrated Indigenous Curriculum from Salish Kootenai College."I was looking at how I could introduce traditional knowledge and place-based education into…

Modern Agriculture Is Collapsing Under Climate Change. Indigenous Farming Has Answers

In the last five years, Indigenous agriculture has received attention in academia as an alternative model, though on a smaller scale, to modern farming systems. Research has shown that some traditional farming systems — such as growing maize, beans, and squash together — protect soil health, reduce biodiversity loss, and support Indigenous knowledge, known as traditional ecological knowledge. How many of these elements from traditional farming c…