Lakoda Thomas
Lakoda Thomas, BSc (Hons), is a Masterʼs level graduate student in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of British Columbia. She is of Plains Cree and Ukrainian settler ancestry, from Treaty 6 Territory. In her research and clinical work, she is committed to applying Two-Eyed Seeing—the respectful bridging of knowledge systems—to optimize therapeutic interventions for those of diverse cultural backgrounds. Her work with entheogenic plant medicines developed from her connection to the Diné ceremonial traditions. The project Indigenous Cultural Safety in Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, contributes to creating an administration protocol that considers the contextual influence of an individualʼs cultural set and setting. Lakoda is a founding member of the Wayfinding Entheogenic Collective, a collective of scholars, medicine people, lawyers, facilitators, and Indigenous knowledge keepers, who are committed to enhancing access to entheogenic medicines for Indigenous peoples in North America in a way that supports their traditions.