Elder & Uncle in Residence
About Our Program
Our Elder & Uncle in Residence program centers the knowledge and experiences of American Indian and Indigenous elders and uncles by building connections between elders and uncles from the Native community, and Native and Indigenous students, faculty, and staff at the UMN-TC.
Through this program, we hope to not only strengthen Indigenous students' sense of community to/with each other on-campus, but also expand and strengthen their knowledge of different Indigenous community-specific teachings and cultural practices through engaged conversations with Native elders and uncles, and the knowledge that they share about Indigenous traditions, Indigenous language (and language revitalization), ceremony, and issues impacting Indigenous health/wellbeing, such as intergenerational trauma, colonization and colonialism.