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Indigenous Climate Science with Professor Kyle Whyte
A multi-day visit to the Wind River Indian Reservation,
Central Wyoming College, and the University of Wyoming
We are pleased to welcome Professor Kyle Whyte to Wyoming for three days of conversations about Indigenous Climate Science, water, environmental change, knowledge systems, and the relationships that shape how our communities respond to change.
We are pleased to welcome Professor Kyle Whyte to Wyoming for three days of conversations about Indigenous Climate Science, water, environmental change, knowledge systems, and the relationships that shape how our communities respond to change.
A Wyoming Conversation
A Wyoming Conversation
Connecting Indigenous Climate Science with Wyoming conversations about water, environmental change, and our shared future.
Connecting Indigenous Climate Science with Wyoming conversations about water, environmental change, and our shared future.
Across the state, people are asking how Wyoming will respond to changing water supplies, drought, snowpack, ecosystems, working landscapes, and community needs.
Professor Kyle Whyte's visit brings that conversation to Wind River, Central Wyoming College, and the University of Wyoming, connecting Indigenous knowledge and scholarship with the scientists, students, educators, and communities who are thinking about Wyoming's future.
Wind River Reservation
Wind River Reservation
Tour and conversations with Tribal water managers and community leaders, visit to the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative, roundtable discussion with decision makers
Central Wyoming College
Central Wyoming College
Public interview-style event with Indigenous faculty, dialogue with students about IESS and climate adaptation
University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
Student discussions and classroom engagement, interdisciplinary research conversations, public evening lecture
About Professor
Kyle Whyte
About Professor
Kyle Whyte
Whyte, director of the Tishman Center for Social Justice and the Environment at the University of Michigan, is a leading scholar of environmental ethics and adaptation. An enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, his work explores Indigenous knowledge, governance and approaches to environmental decision-making and responding to environmental change.
Whyte has contributed to national and international environmental assessments and policy efforts, including the U.S. Global Change Research Program and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
His scholarship has appeared in publications including Science, Climatic Change, Weather, Climate & Society, and Sustainability Science.
Learn more about Kyle Whyte here.
Join Us For These Public Events:
Join Us For These Public Events:
CWC Public Conversation
CWC Public Conversation
Thursday September 10, 2026
9:30 am | CWC Little Theatre (Riverton Campus)
"What the Water Teaches Us: Building Pathways for Indigenous Education, Knowledge, and Community"
Drawing on efforts across the Wind River Indian Reservation, Central Wyoming College, and the University of Wyoming, we will explore how Indigenous and technical knowledge can be braided together to care for water and carry knowledge forward for future generations.
UWYO Public Lecture
UWYO Public Lecture
Friday September 11, 2026
7 pm | Agriculture Auditorium, UWYO
"Indigenous Climate Science:
Reframing the problem for solutions at scale"
This lecture introduces Whyte’s reframing of current environmental challenges as a "kinship crisis." Drawing on his international collaborations with Indigenous communities, he illuminates how Indigenous climate science can offer pathways to ethically reconnect, restore, and adapt.
For questions or more information, please email: whyteinwyo@uwyo.edu
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We hope to see you there!
We hope to see you there!
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