Noah Schlager, MSc
Mvskoke (Poarch Creek descendant), Creole & Jewish
Pronouns: he/him/his
Position(s):
Graduate Research Assistant, School of Geography, Development & Environment at the University of Arizona.
Indigenous Data Sovereignty Doctoral Scholar, Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance.
I am an Indigenous geographer focused on biodiversity and food sovereignty. In my work I examine the role Indigenous farmers and foresters play in the resurgence of biologically diverse and socially liberatory working lands. I have a background as a seed keeper and conservation farmer, a cvpofv-vtotkv, and have collaborated with dozens of communities and seed repositories to return Indigenous seeds to new generations of Indigenous farmers. My scholarship engages Indigenous methodology, conservation science, critical biogeography, counter-mapping, and agrarian studies. In my work with the Collaboratory I support the analysis of seed repository and biodiversity data policy.
Project(s):
Revitalization of American Indian Food Systems project; Analysis of in-situ and ex-situ Indigenous seed conservation policy and methods; cvpofv-vtotkv geography.
Email: noahschlager@protonmail.com