Indigenous Knowledge and Geoscience on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Northwest Montana: Implications for Place-Based and Culturally Congruent Education
Indigenous Knowledge and Geoscience on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Northwest Montana: Implications for Place-Based and Culturally Congruent Education
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蒙大拿州西北部弗拉特黑德印第安人保留地的土著知识和地球科学：对基于地方和文化一致性教育的影响
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10.5408/12-393.1
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发表时间：
2014
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M. Hofmann
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A. N. Johnson;R. Sievert;Mike Durglo;Vernon S. Finley;Louis Adams;M. Hofmann
摘要为了提高部落社区的地球科学教育水平，我们通过整合地球科学、传统部落知识和口头叙述，调查了平头印第安人保留地的自然和文化历史之间的联系。该项目为将土著知识纳入科学课程提供了一个途径，为相同的景观提供了平行的视角，同时考虑到西方科学与土著知识之间的兼容性。我们通过与当地学校社区、部落长老和文化专家合作开发教育资源，他们批准了这些材料的普遍分发。与会者确定了整个保留地的多个地点，这些地点对理解地球科学概念、部落科学知识和口述历史至关重要。其中一个地方（平头湖以西的大拉谷）在地球科学和土著对土地演变的描述中都占有突出地位。相互关联的地球科学和本土叙事之间的相似性表明当地景观形成的兼容的观点。土著知识揭示了进行更多科学研究的潜在地点，这可能促使人们重新考虑目前关于该地区冰川历史的地球科学理论。初步研究表明，使用平头地球科学教育项目材料的文化一致的教学是有效的支持增加美国印第安学生在保留地的地球科学成就。我们相信，类似于在这个项目期间制作的教材也可以为其他部落社区开发并成功使用。
ABSTRACT We investigated connections between the natural and the cultural history of the Flathead Indian Reservation through the integration of geoscience, traditional tribal knowledge, and oral narratives for the purpose of improving Earth Science education in the tribal community. The project served as an avenue for the incorporation of indigenous knowledge into science curricula by providing parallel perspectives for the same landscapes while considering compatibilities between Western science and Native knowledge. We developed educational resources through collaborations with local school communities, tribal elders, and cultural experts who approved the materials for general distribution. Participants identified multiple localities throughout the reservation that served as field sites critical to understanding geoscience concepts, tribal scientific knowledge, and oral histories. One such place (the Big Draw Valley west of Flathead Lake) figures prominently in both geoscience and indigenous accounts of the evolution of the land. Compatible perspectives of local landscape formation are indicated by similarities between the interconnected Earth Science and Native narratives. Indigenous knowledge reveals potential locations for additional scientific research that could prompt a reconsideration of current geoscience theories regarding the glacial history of the region. Preliminary research suggests that culturally congruent instruction using the Flathead Geoscience Education Project materials was effective in supporting increased American Indian student achievement in geosciences on the reservation. We believe that curricular materials similar to those produced during this project can also be developed for and successfully used in other tribal communities.