Mike Dockry

Bozho Nikanek! I am a registered member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and an Associate Professor in the University of Minnesota’s Department of Forest Resources. I am also an associate faculty member in the American Indian Studies Department and an Institute on the Environment Fellow. I support tribal sovereignty and work to foster collaborative and respectful research relationships.

My research supports interdisciplinary sustainable natural resource management with a focus on: (1) understanding and incorporating tribal perspectives into natural resource management (2) developing frameworks and best practices for building successful tribal partnerships for natural resource management, long-term planning, and research; (3) understanding demographic trends in natural resource institutions and higher education; and (4) supporting Indigenous, cultural, and prescribed fire use to improve forest health.

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