PA51C:
Native Science to Action: How Indigenous Perspectives Inform, Diversify, and Build Capacity in Environmental Science and Policy Posters


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Session ID#: 52807

Session Description:
Perspectives of indigenous peoples can bring deep insight to the study and management of complex environmental systems through their holistic approaches to problem solving and ways of knowing. These perspectives can inform and enrich western scientific research and discussions of policy in areas related to sustainability, human-environment interactions, ecosystems, climate adaptation, geohealth, and more. Although western science started to acknowledge the importance of indigenous knowledge, voices of indigenous peoples are largely absent from scholarly discourse. With this in mind, we welcome submissions focusing on indigenous voices and perspectives in environmental sciences and policy emphasizing meaningful collaborations between western scientists and indigenous communities, or on indigenous scholars’ experiences walking in both worlds. Submissions may be case studies, syntheses, or other scholarship focusing on one or more indigenous tribe, group, or organization. We also welcome perspectives discussing relevant issues surrounding community based participation, ethics, mutual understanding, and respect for sacred knowledge.
Primary Convener:  Ryan E Emanuel, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, NC, United States; NC State University, Raleigh, United States
Conveners:  Karletta Chief, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, Daniella Scalice, NASA Astrobiology Program, Mountain View, United States and Dominique M David-Chavez, Colorado State University, Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Fort Collins, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ryan E Emanuel, NC State University, Raleigh, United States; North Carolina State University Raleigh, Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, NC, United States
Chairs:  Ryan E Emanuel, NC State University, Raleigh, United States; North Carolina State University Raleigh, Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, NC, United States, Karletta Chief, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, Daniella Scalice, NASA Astrobiology Program, Mountain View, United States and Dominique M David-Chavez, Colorado State University, Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Fort Collins, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Ryan E Emanuel, NC State University, Raleigh, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • GH - GeoHealth
  • H - Hydrology
Index Terms:

0230 Impacts of climate change: human health [GEOHEALTH]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
6620 Science policy [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Water in the Native World: An intersection of Indigenous Water Knowledge and Hydrologic Sciences (467305)
Karletta Chief, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, Ryan E Emanuel, North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, NC, United States, Otakuye Conroy-Ben, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering, Tempe, United States, Raymond Torres, University of South Carolina, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Columbia, SC, United States and Shandin Pete, Salish Kootenai College, Hydrology, Pablo, MT, United States
ASSESSING DATA AND INFORMATION PRIORITIES FOR ENHANCING CLIMATE ADAPTATION ON RESERVATION LANDS (452799)
Helen Fillmore, University of Nevada Reno, Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences, Reno, NV, United States and Loretta Singletary, University of Nevada Reno, Department of Economics and Cooperative Extension, Reno, NV, United States
Alaska Arctic Observatory & Knowledge Hub: Community-based Observations of Changes in the Seasonal Cycle in Alaska’s Arctic (438971)
Joshua Jones, Geophysical Institute Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Donna Hauser, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Olivia Astillero Lee, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Billy Adams, North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management, Barrow, United States, Steven Patkotak, Community of Wainwright, Wainwright, AK, United States and Joe Mello Leavitt, Community of Utqiaġvik, Utqiaġvik, United States
Braiding Pine: Weaving Traditional Knowledge, Community Need, and Scientific Method in Sierra Nevada Meadow Restoration (465977)
Alexandria Kathleen Keeble-Toll, The Sierra Fund, Nevada City, CA, United States
Indigenous perspectives on agricultural land use change in the Chiapas Highlands: A discussion of cultural identity and pride for Mayan coffee and flower growers. (419837)
Maria M Sanchez-Luna, Miami University Oxford, Oxford, OH, United States
Informing NASA’s Indigenous Peoples Capacity Building Pilot Project through collaborative storytelling and systems mapping (409209)
Amber Jean Kuss McCullum, BAERI/NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States; NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States and Cindy Schmidt, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field, Moffett Field, CA, United States; NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States
Native Waters on Arid Lands: Enhancing Climate Resilience on Tribal Lands (400075)
Maureen McCarthy, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, United States, Kyle Bocinsky, Desert Research Institute Reno, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, Reno, NV, United States, Christine Albano, Desert Research Institute, Reno, United States and Michael D Dettinger, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, United States
Produced Water Management in the Arid West: Assessing Effectiveness of Management Regimes and Impacts to Tribal Waterways (450665)
Grace Bulltail, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
Statistical Power of Federal Environmental Justice Analyses (426253)
Ryan E Emanuel, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, NC, United States, Louie Rivers III, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, United States and Gary B Blank, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, NC, United States
Tackling water contamination issues in Indigenous communities using silica polyamine composites and the implementation of traditional knowledge and western science. (341181)
Ranalda Lynette Tsosie, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Socorro, United States and Edward Rosenberg, University of Montana, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Missoula, MT, United States
Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Planning: A Cross-Case Analysis of Strategies, Partnerships and Decision-Making Processes (422558)
Lynn Rae, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
What Not to Do when Working with a Tribe: Lessons from Ground Zero of Climate Change (444458)
Elizabeth Marino, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and Annie Weyiouanna, Native Village of Shishmaref (IRA), Shishmaref, AK, United States

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