Flathead Geoscience Education Project

平头地球科学教育项目平头地球科学教育项目（FGEP）通过结合现代地质研究、部落知识和口述历史，调查平头印第安保留地（FIR）的地质历史。通过一系列的会议、讨论、实地考察、录像和录音，以及为保留地高中开发替代课程单元，地球科学概念正在与土著知识和景观观点相结合。该项目被用来加强整个保留地的地球科学教育，并为萨利什库特奈学院招收新的地球科学学生。高中学生和他们的老师是FGEP的主要目标。11年级和12年级的学生及其老师与萨利希库特奈学院的学生、教师和部落长老合作，通过地理信息系统分析各种自然资源数据（地质、水文、土壤和植被），并解决与萨利希和库特奈联盟部落成员有关的科学问题。这些努力将使参与者更深入地了解当地的地质和水文，同时促进对土著景观知识及其演变的认识，并将西方科学、土著科学和文化之间的联系纳入不同教育水平的课程中。通过这个项目形成的合作将有助于改善自然和文化资源的教育、管理和保护。

Flathead Geoscience Education ProjectThe Flathead Geoscience Education Project (FGEP) is investigating the geological history of the Flathead Indian Reservation (FIR) through a combination of modern geological research, tribal knowledge and oral histories. Through a series of meetings, discussions, field trips, video and audio recordings, and development of a curriculum replacement unit for reservation high schools, geoscience concepts are being integrated with Indigenous knowledge and views of the landscape. The project is being used to both enhance Earth Science education across the reservation and recruit new Earth Science students into Salish Kootenai College. High school students and their teachers are key targets for the FGEP. Students in grades 11 and 12 and their teachers are partnering with Salish Kootenai College students and faculty and tribal elders to analyze a variety of natural resources data (geology, hydrology, soils, and vegetation) via Geographic Information Systems and address scientific questions pertinent to members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. These efforts will provide participants with a more in-depth understanding of local geology and hydrology, while promoting awareness of Indigenous knowledge of landscapes and their evolution and incorporating connections between western science, native science, and culture into curricula at different educational levels. Collaborations formed through this project are expected to help improve natural and cultural resource education, management, and preservation on the reservation.