TR Heydman
PhD Student
Colorado State University
Bio:
T.R. is a PhD student studying Forestry Science and holds an undergraduate degree in Natural Resource Management with a minor in Watershed Science from Colorado State. A Native Oklahoman and proud citizen of the ᏣᎳᎩ, Cherokee Nation, T.R. continues to learn the Cherokee language and enjoys spending time outdoors, woodworking, rockhounding, and foraging edible plants. T.R. is a NSF Graduate Research Fellow and is currently working on a project supported by the Transformation Network (NSF-funded) to identify the impacts of laws and policies created under settler-colonialism and the contemporary implications for Indigenous water rights and management. T.R. has formed an Indigenous advisory council to help guide his project and to gain a more in depth understanding of Indigenous worldview and value systems in terms of water and natural resources. T.R. also serves on the Council for the Colorado Cherokee Circle and is looking for post doctoral opportunities in teaching and supporting Tribal sovereignty.
