Native Science Report 2/3

NATIVE SCIENCE REPORT

Jun 29, 2022

Healing Mental Health

Bringing more Native Americans into mental health professions. So many aspects of the Indigenous experience in the United States are...

May 29, 2022

Fire as Medicine

Salish Kootenai College’s new graduate program in natural resources emphasizes fire ecology After an early start to fire season in New...

Feb 23, 2022

Greenhouse designed to promote food sovereignty

Diné College is testing a new solar powered greenhouse that grows food hydroponically. Higher yields and year-round harvests are the ...

Feb 8, 2022

Indigenous Knowledge Goes to Washington

The Biden administration is pledging to incorporate traditional ecological knowledge into federal policy making. Tribal leaders support...

Dec 19, 2021

Bringing a River Back to Life

As the desert southwest becomes hotter and drier, the Gila River Indian Community of Arizona is showing how it’s possible to both restore...

Dec 7, 2021

Weaving Worldviews

In a climate many outsiders find inhospitable, Iḷisaġvik College science instructor Linda Nicholas-Figueroa, a transplant from the...

Nov 2, 2021

Searching for Equity in Agriculture

Federal funding to tribal colleges for agriculture-related programs will grow, but not as much as hoped, according to speakers at the ...

Oct 5, 2021

Plants as Partners

Students at the College of the Muscogee Nation in Oklahoma are using plants to remove heavy metals from wetlands contaminated by oil ...

Aug 20, 2021

Just Good Business

In a state where oil is king, North Dakota’s tribal colleges are putting their bets on renewable energy. North Dakota isn’t the first...

Jul 13, 2021

New Beginnings on Ancestral Land

Inspired by South Dakota State University’s Wokini Initiative and supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s New ...