S3 E1: Research as Ceremony with Michael Buck

FieldSound - The official UW College of the Environment podcast

In this episode of FieldSound, we hear from Michael Buck, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and a graduate of the UW School of Marine and Environmental Affairs.

Buck’s path in science has been guided by the traditions, stories, practices and knowledge of his community. His research is not just academic; it’s a living practice, deeply rooted in the concept of relationality and “research as ceremony,” where self-reflection, ceremony and reciprocity form a foundation for his work.

Buck is passionate about passing on Indigenous Ways of Knowing to future generations, and infusing oral histories of the Pacific Northwest together with documented histories — offering a fuller, more nuanced understanding of our region’s unique ecology.

Related links:

https://smea.uw.edu/currents/the-lost-fish-indigenous-traditional-ecological-knowledge-and-translocation-for-the-ancient-pacific-lamprey/

https://environment.uw.edu/podcast