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Braided Knowledges: Blending Ways of Knowing for Environmental Resilience
Braided Knowledges: Blending Ways of Knowing for Environmental Resilience
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
2026 AIIC Symposium - 13th Annual
2026 AIIC Symposium - 13th Annual
Friday, February 27 - Sunday, March 1, 2025
All times are in Pacific Time and the location is unless otherwise noted in the schedule:
All times are in Pacific Time and the location is unless otherwise noted in the schedule:
Bren Hall
BH 1414, 1st Floor
Please note that our schedule is subject to change, so check back for updates.
Friday, February 27th
Friday, February 27th
4:45pm - 6:30pm
Mixer 5:00-6:30 PM
4:45PM
Late Registration Available On Site
5:00PM
Mixer
Welcome to the 2026 AIIC Symposium! Join us for our opening mixer to kick off the event. Connect with fellow attendees over light refreshments and snacks.
6:30PM
Closing
Saturday, February 28th
Saturday, February 28th
8:00 AM - 4:45PM
Community Dinner 5:30 - 6:30 PM
8:00AM
On-Site Registration & Light Breakfast Treats
8:45AM
Symposium Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
AIIC Symposium Planning Committee Members
9:00AM
UCSB Undergraduate Native Education Talks (N'Ed Talks)
Moderator: Vivian LaPena and McKinley McPherson (UCSB, Sociology)
UCSB AIISA Undergraduate Students
10:00AM
Keynote:
Paulette Blanchard
Introduction by Margaret McMurtrey
11:00AM
Haskell Foundation Student Panel
Moderator: Margaret McMurtrey (AIIC Director)
Summer Powell, PhD Candidate at the University of Kansas, "Diné people and women, and their ability to gain access to the Colorado River through law and policy."
The Haskell foundation supports Native students through cultural preservation initiatives and educational opportunities that honor and uplift Native American traditions.
12:00PM
Lunch break
1:00PM
Chumash Communities Conversations
Moderator: Margaret McMurtrey (AIIC Director)
Mia Lopez, Costal Band of the Chumash Nation Chair and Chairwoman of the Santa Barbara American Indian Health and Services Clinic
TBD
2:00PM
Environmental Studies 194 TK Student Panel
Moderator: Reily Clark (UCSB, History of Art and Architecture)
Reese Raygoza, Student Instructor and Environmental Studies Undergraduate Student
Brandon Martinez, Student Instructor and History Undergraduate Student
ENVS 194 TK is a student-led course in the UCSB Environmental Studies Department that applies traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) principles to restore and tend a garden and wetland space on campus.
15 - 60 min break
3:30PM
Braiding Indigenous Knowledges Across Science and Digital Waterscapes
Moderator: Megan Baker (UCSB, Bren)
TBD
4:45PM
Closing Remarks and Transition
Break and proceed to the American Indian and Indigenous Collective (AIIC) Center for dinner
5:30PM
Community Dinner
Join us for a community dinner at the American Indian and Indigenous Collective Center (AIIC) (Bldg 434 Room 107)
6:30PM
Dinner Closing
Sunday, March 1st
Sunday, March 1st
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
8:00AM
On-Site Registration & Light Breakfast Treats
8:45AM
Symposium Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
AIIC Symposium Planning Committee Members
9:00AM
Conservation Epistemology and Practice
Moderator: Richard Montes Lemus (UCSB, Bren)
Nadia Ahmed, English graduate student at University of California Santa Barbara, "Elliptical Ephemerality: Resistance and Restoration in the Al-Ahwar of Southern Iraq"
Ruby Gary, "Living at the End of the World: A Critical Engagement with Representations of Indigenous Climate Vulnerability”
Ian Hanesworth, "Hunting, Colonial Conservation, and Indigenous Refusal"
Matthew Williams, "Negotiating Indigenous Futurities for the Colorado River Basin through Outdoor (Re)creation"
10:30AM
30 min break
11:00AM
Keynote:
Irene Vasquez
Introduction by Reese Raygoza
12:00PM
Lunch break
1:00PM
Return of the Alumn
Moderator: Margaret McMurtrey (AIIC Director)
TBD
2:30PM
Conference Wrap Up and Discussion
3:00PM
Conclusion
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