Recruiting Native American Students into Environmental Sciences

9317582皮耶罗蒂大多数美洲土著部落的文化遗产包含了对自然界的大量知识和经验。其中一些传统知识包括对习性、生态群落和循环、季节变化、微分布、植物生态学、动物行为以及动植物物种近代史的详细了解。尽管有这些强大的文化传统，但在一般的科学领域，尤其是在以环境为导向的科学领域，印第安人是代表性最不足的少数民族。我们的目标是在美国原住民大学生的职业生涯早期，在该领域顶尖科学家的密切监督下，向他们介绍环境研究，让他们有机会在本科职业生涯中从事研究项目。完成本课程的本土学生应该在实践研究经验方面与国内任何机构的最佳大学毕业生竞争。学生将在Haskell印第安学院开始基础研究方法的培训，在第三年转到堪萨斯大学完成学士学位。辅导活动将贯穿他们在Haskell和Kansas的经历。该项目的一个长期目标是培养和发展美国土著专业人员，他们不仅将从事环境生物学的研究，而且还将在哈斯克尔等美国土著高等院校教授课程并监督环境科学的研究。

9317582 Pierotti The cultural heritage of most Native American tribal groups incorporates considerable knowledge of and experience with the natural world. Some of this traditional knowledge includes detailed understanding of habits, ecological communities and cycles, seasonal variation, microdistributions, plant ecology, animal behavior, and the recent history of plant and animal species. Despite these powerful cultural traditions, Native Americans are the most underrepresented minority in the sciences in general, and in environmentally oriented sciences in particular. Our goal is to introduce Native American college students early in their careers to environmental research under the close supervision of top scientists in the field, giving them the opportunity to work on research projects during their undergraduate careers. Native students completing this program should be competitive with the best college graduates in the country from any institution in terms of hands-on research experience. Student will begin their training in basic research methods at Haskell Indian College, transferring in their third year to University of Kansas to complete the B.S. degree. Mentorship activities will be provided throughout their experience at both Haskell and Kansas. A long-term goal of the program is to train and develop Native American professionals who will not only carry on research in Environmental Biology, but will also teach courses and supervise research in the environmental sciences at Native American institutions of higher learning such as Haskell.