Shandin Pete

Indigenous Advisory Council Member

I am from Nłq̓alqʷ (“Place of the thick trees”, Arlee, Montana). I am Bitterroot Band of Salish in Montana and Diné from Beshbihtoh Valley in Arizona. I am a hydrogeologist and science educator with interest in Indigenous research methodologies, geoscientific ethnography, Indigenous astronomy, social-political tribal structures, culturally congruent instructional strategies, and Indigenous science philosophies. Most of my work in recent years has focused on community engagement to understanding shifts in an Indigenous paradigm of research for science knowledge production. This work has included investigations into traditional oral histories and customs that inform understanding of landscape phenomenon.