Human Elements: Using Indigenous knowledge to identify toxic shellfish

By Sarah Hoffman | March 4, 2022 | Crosscut
Rosa Hunter uses indigenous knowledge to inform her work identifying toxic shellfish.
Rosa Hunter wants aspiring young scientists to know it’s never too late. Hunter is the lab manager at the Salish Sea Research Center at Northwest Indian College on Lummi Indian Reservation.*
Hunter dropped out of high school in the 10th grade and worked every job, from digging ditches to housekeeping, before jumping head first into college at age 32.