Michael Wassegijig Price

Presentations

I've had the pleasure to present to many academic, professional and community organizations in the U.S. and Canada regarding Indigenous Science, Star Knowledge and Ethnobotany.

In 2012, I was invited to speak at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian's symposium entitled, "Stellar Connections: Explorations in Cultural Astronomy."


"In Indigenous worldviews -- where humanity, nature, and the spiritual realm are closely connected -- the night sky provides spiritual and navigational guidance, timekeeping, weather prediction, and stories and legends that tell us how to live a proper life. Cultural astronomy, also referred to as archaeoastronomy or ethnoastronomy, explores the distinctive ways that astronomy is culturally embedded in the practices and traditions of various peoples. " -Smithsonian NMAI, 2012

Conference Presentations:

  • Price, Michael Wassegijig. 2012. Underwater Panthers, Thunderbirds, and Ojibwe Star Knowledge at Stellar Connections: Explorations in Cultural Astronomy, Smithsonian Institution/National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC. October 20, 2012.
  • Price, Michael Wassegijig. 2012. Climate Impacts to the Lifeways of Native Americans. Traditional Knowledge for a Threatened Environment Symposium, Interinstitutional Consortium on Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK), Pennsylvania State University, March 19, 2012.
  • Price, Michael Wassegijig. 2011. Wild rice research at Lower Rice Lake on the White Earth Reservation. Nibi and Manoomin Symposium, Hosted by White Earth Tribal Council and the University of Minnesota, April 23, 2011.
  • Price, Michael Wassegijig. 2001. A Native American Perspective on Culture, Ethics, and Biotechnology. Office of Biotechnology, Iowa State University, March 29, 2001.
  • Price, Michael Wassegijig. 2000. The Integration of traditional and scientific knowledge in Indian Country. Concordia College. November 17, 2000.
  • Price, Michael Wassegijig. 2000. Science, technology and traditions. Keynote Luncheon, 5th Annual Native American Speaker's Forum. Michigan Technological University. November 3, 2000.
  • Price, Michael. 2000. Integration of tribal values and knowledge with science and technology. LUNA (Lucent Uniting Native Americans) Y2K Conference, Lucent Technologies, Inc., Broomfield, Colorado. April 28, 2000.
  • Price, Michael Wassegijig. 1999. New knowledge through the integration of science and Anishinaabe culture. American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) 21st Annual National Conference, November 20, 1999.