As part of her ongoing research on the environmental history of the Yukon River, Professor of History and Environmental Studies Bathsheba Demuth spends part of each summer teaching on the river itself. The course emerged from an observation Demuth heard from multiple partners in Alaska Native communities along the river: that young people planning careers in environmental issues rarely have the opportunity to see what life in fly-in, Indigenous villages is like, which has real consequences for tribal governance and how resources are managed in the state. Now, in partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Demuth takes groups of students—some Native Alaskan, some born in Alaska, some from the Lower 48—on a 150 mile trip along the Yukon from Eagle to Circle, Alaska. Along the way, they meet with Indigenous leaders, Elders, and longtime river residents; visit historical sites; read about the past and present of the Yukon, and learn from the river as they travel its waters.  And while it involves less paddling and talk around a campfire, Demuth teaches a semester-long CNAIS course focused on sovereignty, law, and environmental change along the Yukon here at Brown (HIST1820C: Sovereignty and Ecology).