The aims of the discussion group are to (1) discuss the findings of the candidates investigations thus far, (2) explore the challenges and successes achieved in using elders to uncover and validate indigenous knowledge and practices (3) explore the pedagogical issues of how to translate the findings into materials and approaches suitable for elementary school children, and (4) consider implications for future research in other indigenous cultures. The discussion group will allow an exchange of ideas, successes, and challenges in supporting indigenous activities, capturing the mathematics contained therein, and preserving those activities and the mathematics for future generations.

• What mathematics has been uncovered in indigenous practices and activities of Micronesian peoples?
• How can this mathematics and the associated practices be used to teach mathematics to indigenous children?
• What are the challenges to conducting such research particularly working with elders and dealing with what, at times, is seen as ‘protected’ knowledge, and developing approaches to the teaching of mathematics with the focused populations?
• What lessons can be learned from this work with indigenous populations?