Indigenous Voices: Classroom Guest Series

The Indigenous Voices: Classroom Guest Series is an annual program designed to share Indigenous perspectives across the curriculum.

Photo from Professor Kiri Sailiata’s class. Under guidance from Dr. Vince Diaz, students place seashells on a woven pandanus mat (Sinalei Wagner ‘23, Sixca Michael ‘27, Salele’a Sheppard ‘27, and Sesa Amosa ‘27). The Paafu map is used to teach Indigenous star knowledge and navigation practices in Micronesia.The Paafu map is paired with the much younger and newer technology of augmented reality (AR) to help visualize, sense and imagine new and radical futures grounded here in Mni Sota Makoce and along Wakpa Tanka, the Mississippi River.