Mr James RATTLING LEAF

Co-Founder, GEO Indigenous Alliance

James Rattling Leaf, Sr. specializes in developing programs that utilize the interface between Indigenous People’s Traditional Knowledge and Western Science. He sees a greater vision of human knowledge that incorporates the many insights of human cultures and provides a context for our better understanding of the planet and the world. James is a founding member of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Indigenous Alliance that was established at GEO Week 2019 in Canberra, Australia to foster a continued, effective, respectful, and reciprocal relationship with GEO and representatives of indigenous communities from around the world.  He was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and is a citizen of the Oceti Sakowin, Sicangu Lakota. His higher education comes from Sinte Gleska University