Doctoral Dissertation: Indigenous Land Defense: Emerging Networks of Survival

土著人民正在发展新的社会机制，以应对迅速变化和新出现的冲突，包括土地重新安置、语言振兴和传统技能建设。然而，我们对这些战略产生的过程和背景知之甚少。该项目将使用北美西北海岸的一个案例研究，评估土著社区如何在社会和文化上适应主权、土地使用和准入方面的冲突。这项研究旨在记录在这些背景下出现的新的社会网络，以及它们如何有助于土著的复原力。为了了解新兴网络的机会和后果，该项目将(1)记录在对传统领地的土著重新安置中出现的社会文化规范；(2)确定正在发展的社会网络类型；(3)评估这些新网络与性别、种族和经济因素之间的联系。最终目标是追踪社区网络并评估其对土著复原力的影响，这是一个对北极土著社区具有广泛影响的问题。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Indigenous peoples are developing novel social mechanisms to deal with rapid change and emerging conflicts, including land resettlement, language revitalization and traditional skill-building. However, we know little about the processes and contexts from which these strategies arise.This project will use a case study from the Northwest Coast of North America to evaluate how Indigenous communities socially and culturally adapt to conflicts over sovereignty, land use and access. This research aims to document the new social networks that emerge in these contexts and how they contribute to Indigenous resiliency. To understand the opportunities and consequences of emerging networks, this project will (1) document the socio-cultural norms that emerge amidst Indigenous resettlement of traditional territories; (2) identify types of social networks that develop; (3) evaluate connections between these new networks and gender, race, and economic factors. The ultimate objective is to trace community networks and evaluate their impacts on Indigenous resilience, an issue with broad implications for Arctic Indigenous communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.