<div dir="ltr"><b>A syllabus of resources and an upcoming event</b><div><b><br></b></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-8ecd8d93-7fff-f4de-7fe7-61d4e5b0778b"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope you are doing as well as possible and enjoying the snow. We tragically lost a member of the Yale School of the Environment community this past week. Before beginning this post, we encourage you to hold a moment of silence for Kevin Jiang. A remarkable member of our community and many others, Kevin is dearly missed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The start of the year tends to be a time of reflection, and in this spirit we are using this time to look back on a project nearly a year in the making. The idea behind starting this reading group was relatively simple: we wanted to take time each month to consider the relationship between land and the lives and stories of its Indigenous stewards. For those of us who practice forestry and other forms of land stewardship, land is central to our work, study, and play. It is fair to say that we love Connecticut’s forests, and during our time at Yale and Yale-Myers Forest have built a relationship with the land. But we believe that loving the land isn’t enough; in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whom we celebrated last month, "nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." This project was an attempt to learn from Indigenous voices about the land which we are currently stewarding. This means facing some difficult truths and acknowledging our complicity in stories and structures that have caused disproportionate harm to Indigenous peoples. It has meant casting our curiosity further than forests managed by Yale University, beyond New England, into the past, present, and future. The past, present, and future are not separate from each other— rather, they speak to one another and must be held in conversation with one another. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Since our first post in July of 2020, we have structured this project in the form of collated resources under a theme. For the beginning of 2021, we have taken these resources and combined them into a syllabus. We hope that this can serve as a resource clearing house for those following along with us through this process.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">That syllabus is hosted on the Yale Forests website here: <a href="https://forests.yale.edu/resources/yale-forests-indigenous-narratives-working-syllabus">https://forests.yale.edu/resources/yale-forests-indigenous-narratives-working-syllabus</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the coming months we will continue to post on themes related to land and Indigenous stories. We are also bringing these stories and readings to life by engaging in discussion with Native scholars this spring. The first event will be an interactive exploration on the theme of "stewardship" with Dr. Rae Gould, Associate Director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Brown University, on February 16</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="vertical-align:super">th</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. We hope you'll save the date.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The event flyer is attached, and you can register for the event here: <a href="https://yale.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrcemoqjwrH9ZOumpbxiSvfvpVn2AsCZ7P">https://yale.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrcemoqjwrH9ZOumpbxiSvfvpVn2AsCZ7P</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks again for following along, and we hope to see you next week.</span></p></span><div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">--</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks so much for joining us. Have thoughts, comments, or reflections you'd like to share? Are there resources you feel we should have included? We hope you'll send an email our way: </span><a href="mailto:yale-forests-reading-group@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">yale-forests-reading-group@mailman.yale.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or check us out on Instagram: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/yaleschoolforests/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.instagram.com/yaleschoolforests/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Let us know if you would like us to consider sharing your comment with the whole group. If you would be more comfortable sharing thoughts and feedback with us anonymously, please do so here: </span><a href="https://forms.gle/4tPajvuuB6vpC9mGA" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Ar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