ED13A:
From Either/or to Yes/and: Increasing Indigenous Participation in Science by Simultaneously Cultivating STEM and Cultural Identities II


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Session ID#: 61431

Session Description:
Why should Native youth have to choose between pursuing STEM and developing and maintaining their Cultural identities and values?  Many STEM programs offered for Native youth would pull them away from their families and communities, especially the pursuit of graduate degrees, professional academic positions, and industry jobs, while many Native Cultural value systems would keep them home, active in their communities, and practicing their Cultures.  How can programs at the K-12, tribal college, higher education, and employment levels be redesigned to work within and support these value systems?  This session solicits abstracts describing innovative education projects, programs, partnerships, and models that recognize and honor Native knowledge and seek to bring it together with academic science into service toward dual-learning and dual-identity cultivation.
Primary Convener:  Daniella Scalice, NASA Astrobiology Program, Mountain View, United States
Convener:  Dominique M David-Chavez, Colorado State University, Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Fort Collins, United States
Primary Liaison:  Daniella Scalice, NASA Astrobiology Program, Mountain View, United States
Chairs:  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:  Daniella Scalice, NASA Astrobiology Program, Mountain View, United States
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The Indigenous Foods Knowledges Network: Supporting Indigenous Scholars through Research and Academic Innovations (Invited) (451206)
Stephanie Carroll Rainie1, Colleen Strawhacker2, Noor Johnson3, Peter L Pulsifer4, Daniel B Ferguson1, Tristan Reader5, Mary Elizabeth Jager5 and Orville H Huntington6, (1)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado, Boulder, United States, (4)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, (6)Tanana Chiefs Conference, Fairbanks, United States
Successful Collaborative Work Between Grass Roots Indigenous Community Based Research/Programming Initiatives And A National Science Museum (Invited) (400536)
Annette S. Lee, Saint Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN, United States, Wilfred Buck, Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre, Science Facilitator, Winnipeg, MB, Canada and David Pantalony, Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation, Curator, Physical Sciences and Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Using GIS to Maintain Connections to Land for Tribal Children (418995)
Kathryn M Kulbicki1, Jhon D Goes In Center2 and Karla M Eisen2, (1)Rockville, MD, United States, (2)Westat, Rockville, MD, United States
Can We Share Who We Are: Climate Change In My Community (448352)
Malinda Chase, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Tribal Resilience Learning Network, Fairbanks, United States; Alaska Climate Science Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Elena B Sparrow, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Katie Spellman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Maxine Dibert, Association for Interior Native Educators, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Indigenous Research Frameworks: Creating Dynamic Learning Environments for Diverse Learners (415358)
Dr. Darryl Reano, PhD, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States and Jon Harbor, Purdue Univ, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States
The POSOH Project: Collaboratively Supporting a Community-Driven Perspective on Sustainability and Commitment to the Menominee Forest's Stewardship through Education and the SLC. (446137)
Christopher M Caldwell and Cherie Thunder, College of Menominee Nation, Sustainable Development Institute, Keshena, WI, United States
Centering Native Voices within Atmospheric Sciences: An Inquiry into Opportunities and Challenges Experienced by Native Students and Junior Scholars (418549)
Paulette L Blanchard, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States, Heather Lazrus, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Julie Maldonado, Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network, Lexington, United States

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