November marks American Indian Heritage Month and Mae Hey has been a leader in connecting, teaching, and supporting American Indian and Indigenous communities with students at Virginia Tech. As an assistant professor of American Studies, Hey utilizes Virginia Tech’s land to cultivate opportunities for learning. Hey preaches the purpose of education is to become a better being. “Learning is a change in behavior.” Hey admired Virginia Tech’s outdoors and the opportunities the land held. Specifically, Hey was drawn by the horses at Tech that she had the ability to work with. Virginia Tech allows for learning outside the classroom. She believes local knowledge is most important and Tech has a large community of young and old that can teach each other. “Knowledge comes from collecting, gathering, and sharing information that is coming from the land around us.” Movement is important to Hey because it clears her mind and warms her body up to get rid of any iciness. Hey finds movement no...