Dance of the Salmon

<p>Discover incredible true stories of Dr. Ed Galindo's time as a Ft. Hall Indian Reservation teacher - where he decolonized science education and his <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>student's </span>developed curiosity courage and determination to help an endangered species.</p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>During his first year of teaching on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho Dr. Ed Galindo noticed a problem that had burgeoned in his mind throughout his Ph.D. - the Western methods of education had little value to students on the Reservation yet these bright and wonderful children needed a leader in their classroom to foster a love of science.</span></p><p>According to Dr. Galindo To become scientists Native American students need to recognize the importance of how science impacts their lives and how to develop a lasting interest in science.</p><p>For the Sho-Ban people the connection between science and their own lives was salmon.</p><p>Unfortunately the salmon in the area were nowhere to be found. Generations ago Sho-Ban families would consume as much as two tons of salmon a year. Despite modern Sho-Ban people's yearn to return to a traditional diet there wasn't enough salmon in the area to support the shift. </p><p>Enter Dr. Galindo's great idea - a teaching method that spurred his students to action. Soon he and his students dove into the hands-on learning and outdoor classrooms of salmon habitats. They learned about the chemistry of salmon streams to the life cycle of salmon in their desperate search for the fish.</p><p><em>Dance of the Salmon</em> is more than an educational memoir a teaching guide book or a collection of stories about one teacher's specific class. It's an important narrative that demonstrates the value of meeting students where their learning needs and passions intersect and an immortalization of a class's curiosity courage and determination to help the salmon - but in the end helping themselves.</p>