Positives

• This engaging and easy-to-follow interview is a great way to introduce students to environmental justice and how Indigenous peoples can contribute to solving climate change.
• The video provides a critcal perspective on approaches to solving climate change.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• To provide context, students should have a basic understanding of the effects of natural resource extraction and climate change on Indigenous peoples and the historical treatment of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
• As the video covers many topics, it may be best to stop at different points to discuss them as a class.
• Be mindful of any indigenous students in your class who may be more sensitive to topics like murdered and missing Indigenous women, as this topic is addressed in the video.
  

Differentiation

• It may help to show the closed captioning on the video for some learners.
  
• This resource can be used in civics classes during lessons about the importance of inclusion and diversity in policy-making and in health classes during lessons about the disproportionate impacts of different industries and policies on the health of marginalized peoples.
• This lesson can be used to learn more about the relationship between indigenous communities and the environment.