Before his visit to Wyoming, community members, students, and researchers are invited to explore the work of Kyle Whyte through readings and talks.
These resources introduce key ideas from Indigenous Environmental Science and Studies (IESS) and explore how Indigenous knowledge systems inform climate adaptation and environmental stewardship.
Indigenous Climate Change Studies: Indigenizing Futures, Decolonizing the Anthropocene
Why it’s relevant in Wyoming
Provides a framework for thinking about climate adaptation through relationships with land, water, and community.
Connects with ongoing conversations about watershed stewardship in the Wind River headwaters.
Our Ancestors’ Dystopia Now: Indigenous Conservation and the Anthropocene
Why it’s relevant here
Provides context for understanding how climate change intersects with Indigenous land histories.
Helps frame conversations about water governance and ecological restoration in Tribal landscapes.
Against Crisis Epistemology
Discussion themes
Responsibility to future generations
Climate adaptation beyond “emergency thinking”
Long-term environmental stewardship