Coffee @ Ten: LTBB Odawak Nme (Lake Sturgeon) Teachings Curriculum

Amanda will talk about the significance of Lake Sturgeon to Odawa and our ecosystems, and how LTBB is bringing this knowledge into classrooms.

Amanda Weinert grew up in Garden, MI, and lives in Carp Lake, MI. She’s a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa and descendant of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa (LTBB). Amanda serves the LTBB Niigaandiwin Education Department as the PK-12th Grade Academic Services Student Advocate (formally the the Ishkaakimikwe Kinoomaagewinan (Teachings of the Earth) Coordinator, and Curriculum Specialist). They have worked for Niigaandiwin since 2016. Her involvement in Indigenous Education began while student-working at the Center for Native American Studies at Northern Michigan University about 15 years ago. Amanda studied Art and Design (jewelry/metalsmithing emphasis) and Native Studies (Bachelor of Science, 2014).