Buffalo Rock Tipi Camp: A Collection of Poems Exploring Etuaptmumk and the Common Ground Between Western and Indigenous Science.

This collection of poems was written by a third-year Biology student as part of her final project in Common Ground: Learning from the Land, an experiential field course held entirely outdoors. The course asks students to consider the natural world from both a western and Indigenous scientific perspective and to consider the lessons that come from plants and trees, from insects and animals, and from water, wind, and fire. It asks students to explore the principle of Etuaptmumk, or Two-Eyed seeing, a way of seeing the world around us that honors the strength of both Indigenous and western ways of knowing. These poems and the heartfelt authors' notes reflect a three-way dialogue between the students, their instructor, and Napii eek stunn, the Oldman's River valley, where the students camped in tipis and were guided by Blackfoot Elders. The Common Ground course encourages students to broaden their perspective and challenge their beliefs about what science is and is not, and the role of spirituality and interconnectedness in science. It teaches them how to listen and learn from the land. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]