Dr. Shandin Pete was raised in Arlee, Montana on the Flathead Indian Reservation. His mother is Salish and his father is Navajo. He completed a Bachelors of Arts in Native American Human Services and a Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science at Salish Kootenai College. He also completed a Masters of Science in Geology in 2006 at the University of Montana studying surface water-groundwater interaction in a restored river. In addition, he completed three years of course work toward a PhD in Geoscience at the University of Montana. He shifted his focus and completed a Doctorate of Education in 2018 at the University of Montana with an emphasis on post-secondary science education. His dissertation focused on the efficacy of culturally congruent instructional practices as a mediating factor to increase American Indian tribal college students attitude and achievement in natural resources degree programs. Dr. Pete has been working at The University of British Columbia in the Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Department since 2021. At UBC he is seeking to advance understandings of indigenous research methodologies from Salish philosophical commitments. His approach to teaching and research at UBC seeks to harness the cultural values and knowledge of his community to generate students with foundational cultural values and applied science understandings.