ABSTRACT
This chapter traces a model of epistemic empowerment of Indigenous youth through their hopes, dreams, and responsibilities for sustainability. This chapter is organized across eight categories: (i) meanings of sustainability to youth, (ii) youth’s hopes and dreams for building sustainability, (iii) fostering critical imagination and analytical skills, (iv) strengthening connections with local culture, (v) learning Indigenous cultivations skills, (vi) breaking the culture of silence, (vii) embracing ethically and socially responsible educational knowledge, and (viii) encountering resistance in applying emancipatory ideas.
