Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)
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The Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) is a grassroots, community-based effort involving teachers, students, and scientists working together to create a library of educational resources and services to support Earth system science education. DLESE supports Earth system science education by providing access to high-quality collections of educational resources; access to Earth data sets and imagery; support services to help educators and learners effectively create, use, and share educational resources; and communication networks to facilitate interactions and collaborations across all dimensions of Earth system education.
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On the Eve of a Dream Come True - Barbra Wakshul
Chickasaw astronaut John Herrington is the first American Indian to be part of a U.S. space mission. Although being an astronaut was his childhood dream, his first venture into college had poor results. But an engineering job ignited a new interest in math and science that led him to success. Herrington advises Indian youth on how to reach for the education and experience necessary to succeed at reaching their own dreams. Winter 2002. vol. 17, no. 1
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Environmental Education and Training Engage First Nations Students - Karen Watasecoot; Patricia Sellers
The Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources offers an Environmental Education and Training Program that integrates traditional and Western knowledge and learning systems. All teaching is carried out by a team of three persons: an Indigenous elder, an Indigenous instructor, and a Western instructor. The equal collaboration and sharing of different knowledge systems and understandings has a dramatic impact on students. Learning is hands-on and carried out in field and tribal settings. The elders emphasize the fact that a student must first nourish his or her inner environment before they can truly take care of the outer one. Summer 2001, vol....
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Accepting Change - John Cox
As tribes increase their successes in business and in achieving sovereignty, the opportunities for professional careers in math and science are growing throughout Indian Country. Students should plan their educational goals and paths carefully to take advantage of this change, and to provide a pool of qualified professionals to their tribes. Fall 2001, vol. 16, no. 4
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Drawing Together - Jane Westberg
Art is an important part of Indigenous life and education. Navajo and Ute children and their families from southwestern Colorado are creating art with a deep sense of place as part of a program in education for health. For economic and cultural reasons, natural materials such as colored sand are often used in the works. Fall 2001, vol. 16, no. 4
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Building the Native American Internet Community - Taylor Keen
Tribes focus on establishing basic infrastructure such as roads, utilities, and housing rather than developing the "advanced infrastructure" of internet capability. But the internet offers a new opportunity to Indian nations to share their own wisdom, cultures, traditions, and products in their own words, their own way. The chance to represent our selves to the global community can be lost, however, if we do not establish long-term technology plans for the future. Winter 2001, vol. 16, no. 1
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Education, Technology, and Careers in Indian Country - Mel Yawakie
The shortfall between the need for highly-qualified technical labor and qualified workers forces many U.S. corporations to go outside the country for labor. American Indians are highly under-represented in the technical workforce and could get jobs there if they had the right training. More American Indian College students should realize that they can and should study engineering, technology, and information systems. It is time for AISES members to help build bridges between science and technology with traditional Native values. Winter 2001, vol. 16, no. 1
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How Does Technology Affect Our Ability to Address the Health Concerns of Our People? - Stacey Ecoffey
Technology has the potential to impact Indian health in numerous ways if tribes can develop the necessary infrastructure and training programs. Field clinics and services, and the record-keeping that permits reimbursement of health care costs, would benefit from computerized patient records that do away with paper files -- but Public Health personnel must be able to access telephone lines from remote locations to log into the system. Telemedicine can allow people to consult with health care specialists often not available at Indian Health Service clinics to get better care. Teleconferencing can permit all tribes to monitor and participate in legislative...
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Civil Engineering: Improving the Quality of Life - Sandra One Feather
Civil engineering involves environmental engineering, water quality, development of physical infrastructure, and many other things that are very important to improving the quality of life on Indian Reservations. American Indians who have become successful professional engineers offer insight and advice about how to succeed in engineering. Adequate math preparation with a focus on problem-solving is critical, as is finding a mentor. The article provides links to civil engineering websites and information about programs designed to help American Indian students who want to go into engineering. Fall 2002, vol. 17, no. 4
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Culturally Relevant Resources for Environmental Science Instructors - Dale Engstrom
Web sites, print publications, and videotapes that provide culturally-contextual learning on environmental science for Indigenous students are presented in an annotated list with complete citations and links to relevant sites. Additionally, organizations that facilitate such learning are listed and described, and website urls for accessing their materials are provided. Additional materials supplied by S. Semken in a subsequent letter to the editor are also included on this webpage. Vol. XII, Issue 2, Winter 2000
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Celebrating Our Students: We're in the Business of Changing Lives - Marjane Ambler
Interviews with faculty, staff, and administrators of several woodlands tribal colleges demonstrate the powerful ways that tribal colleges impact the lives of their students. Student bodies are diverse, ranging from single parents to recovering alcoholics. Many students who have never succeeded in academic environments before demonstrate astonishing gains in learning and communication skills within a short time. Their successes, in turn, empower and inspire the faculty, staff, and administrators of these institutions. Vol. XII, Issue 1, Fall 2000
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Resources for Teachers on American Indian Education - Elizabeth Albert; Thomas Peacock
This resource is an annotated compendium of published print materials and websites about American Indian education. The focus is on resoures for teaching American Indians students but the paper also includes materials that explain and/or demonstrate appropriate integration of American Indian content into traditional subject areas. Vol. XI, Issue 2, Winter 1999
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Resource Guide on Tribal Colleges and Universities - Nicole Adams
An annotated bibliography of newspaper and journal articles, books, dissertations, formal reports, and legislation concerning tribal colleges. The materials represent both research related to tribal colleges and commentary on their history, accomplishments, and visions. Vol. 14, Issue 2, Winter 2002
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Resources for Families, Communities, and Schools to Help Native Students - Jon Reyhner
This list of annotated resources is designed to help Native American and Alaska Native students succeed in school by healing them from the effects of long-term cultural genocide. Alcoholism, substance abuse, and family literacy are seen as particularly important issues to address when helping Native students do better in school. Vol. XII, Issue 4, Summer 2001
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Resource Guide: Tools for Successful Collaborations - Timothy Nichols
An annotated list of text and web resources provides strategy and insights to tribal colleges wishing to collaborate with other organizations, or to organizations wishing to collaborate with tribal colleges. These resources may also help maintain the health of already-established collaborative relationships. Vol. XIII, Issue 2, Winter 2001
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Never Forget Where You Came From - Marjane Ambler
American Indian people have spiritual and emotional ties to the land, even when that land is a reservation blighted by poverty, strip mining, and a legacy of federal allotment policies that can make land management a legal nightmare. Tribal colleges are working to reconnect their students to the land through innovative curricula and programs that restore a deep contextuality to science classes. A number of such efforts are described, and links to additional information permit the user to examine them in more detail. They include work on water quality, sustainable lumbering, biodiversity studies, and connecting to Indigenous students in other...
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Resources for Native Education Leaders - Tim Begaye
This resource guide lists institutions and programs, dissertations, articles, and books about Native American education leadership in Native organizations and communitites. It also includes citations from Leadership Quarterly on the same subject. Vol. 13, Issue 4, Summer 2002.
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Apsaalooke Cultural Landscape Project: Place Names Database
This reference allows users to search place names used by the Apsaalooke (Crow) people of southeastern Montana. Search results include the Crow name, its English translation, the English place name, and a brief description. The search can be performed by either district or by state, and a map of the Crow Agency Area is included. A guestbook page allows users to register and submit comments. Educational levels: Undergraduate lower division, Undergraduate upper division, Graduate or professional
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