Sharing the Land: Fostering Further Success in Building Tribal Earth Science Expertise: TRACK 2

“共享土地”项目是一项合作项目，旨在让更多的印第安人有机会接受全面的、基于地点的地球科学教育，了解地球科学在部落资源管理中的效用，以及地球科学与土著文化和知识之间的联系。更新OEDG资金被用于在中西部部落社区中复制在加利福尼亚州发起的成功项目，加强项目结果的评估，并通过制度化和与其他部落管理项目的整合，制定适当的战略来维持关键项目资源。“共享土地”计划有两个目标，一是增加保留地在地球和环境科学方面的专业知识，二是更好地理解如何最有效地、适当地将文化上的、土著的、科学的地球科学知识融入到美国印第安人社区的地球科学教学中。这项合作的合作伙伴包括普渡大学、圣地亚哥州立大学、地区印第安人保留地社区以及为这些社区服务的高中和教育项目。该项目正式联合了成人教育的合作项目，一个由当地部落社区运营的完善的初中和高中到大学的桥梁项目，高中科学部门，以及一个面向年幼儿童的户外科学早期推广项目。这些项目结合在一起，形成了一个完整的、符合文化的招聘和保留渠道。年轻的印第安儿童参加科学探索俱乐部的户外科学项目，学习理解和享受他们的环境、文化和科学之间的联系。年龄较大的孩子参加青年本土学者计划，这是一个全年的学术丰富和基于实地的地球科学教育经验，促进高中和大学之间的桥梁。通过基于当地问题和当地地质环境的合作设计的高中课程，学生们为大学科学做好了充分的准备，并意识到地球科学的职业选择。通过在土著保留地的部落环境管理办公室实习，为参与的学生提供项目支持的工作经验，从而加强了所有的努力。该项目已经并将继续产生对美洲原住民地球科学教育最佳实践的见解，为不断增长的研究机构提供独特的信息，以找到将所有未被充分代表的群体纳入地球科学事业的最佳方法。

The Sharing the Land program is a collaborative effort designed to increase the number of Native Americans who have access to a well-rounded, place-based education in the Earth sciences and who understand the utility of the geosciences for tribal resource management and the connections between the geosciences and indigenous culture and knowledge. Renewal OEDG funding is being used to replicate successful programs initiated in California among Midwestern tribal communities, strengthen the evaluation of project outcomes, and develop appropriate strategies for sustaining key project resources through institutionalization and integration with other tribally-managed programs. The Sharing the Land program has the dual goals of increasing on-reservation expertise in the Earth and environmental sciences and developing a better understanding of how to most productively and appropriately integrate culturally-held, indigenous, scientific Earth science knowledge into the teaching of the Earth sciences in American Indian communities. Partners in this collaboration include Purdue University, San Diego State University, regional Native American reservation communities and the high schools and educational programs that serve these communities. This project has formally united cooperating programs in adult education, a well established middle- and high-school to college bridge program operated by and for local tribal communities, high-school science departments, and an early outreach program in outdoor science for younger children. Together these programs have combined into a complete and culturally responsive recruitment and retention pipeline. Younger Native American children participate in the Science Explorers Clubs outdoor science programs, learning to understand and enjoy the connections between their environment, culture and science. Older children participate in the Young Native Scholars program, which is a year-round academic enrichment and field-based geoscience education experience that promotes bridging between high school and college. With cooperatively designed high school curricula based in local issues and the local geological setting, students become well prepared for college science and aware of career options in the Earth sciences. All efforts are augmented by project-supported work experience for participating students through internships in tribal environmental management offices on their home reservations. This project has produced and continues to produce insights into best practices in Native American geoscience education, adding unique information to the growing body of research into the best approaches to the inclusion of all under-represented groups in the earth science enterprise.