RaMP: Native American Capacity Building to Explore Biological Systems Resilience: Weaving Traditional Ways of Knowing with Western Science

RaMP：美洲原住民探索生物系统弹性的能力建设：将传统的认知方式与西方科学相结合

• 批准号: 2319734
• 负责人: TARAH SULLIVAN
• 金额: $ 300万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2319734&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RaMP; Native; American; Capacity; Building

A fundamental question in biology is how are molecular, physiological, ecological, and ecosystem system resilience interrelated – network patterns that are common or divergent across systems and scales. This question is especially urgent in the face of accelerating climate change and other human perturbation to biological systems. The overarching goal of this research is to transform the social, cultural, and intellectual fabric of academia by creating a network connecting universities with local tribes and building a collaborative framework around shared values and scientific goals that engages Indigenous knowledge systems in equitable, non-extractive ways. This project provides a framework for the development of a suite of projects addressing many levels of biological resilience in systems relevant to Tribal partners and builds intellectual and cultural relationships that will integrate subdisciplines in biology and different ways of knowing. This project’s Indigenous RaMP postbaccalaureate mentees will engage in respectful, relational, reciprocal, and responsible projects developed with Tribes, mentors, and co-mentors to meet Tribal needs. This work will honor and uphold Indigenous knowledge by fully engaging Tribal nations and people at every step of project development. Ultimately, this project will lay the groundwork for land-grant institutions in the US to honor and uphold Indigenous knowledge by fully engaging Tribal nations and people at every step of project development so Indigenous systems can be applied together with Western knowledge systems to shed new light on biological systems resilience.This work will intertwine Western scientific approaches to learning about biological systems resilience with Indigenous knowledge to train mentees in the Indigenous paradigm of “two-eyed seeing.” Further, employing Indigenous research methodologies in the project will enable participants (mentees, mentors, and co-mentors) to explore the cultural theme of Tribal nation building in academia. Within this program, there will be full integration of Tribal sovereignty and self-determination and a spirit of community and public leadership that aligns with long-term decision making. The project will support ~30 post-bac mentees who identify as Native American/Native Alaskan/Indigenous. Mentees will be supported in developing scientific, professional, and cultural skills that will position them to pursue further education or STEM activities in and with tribal communities. Biological systems of study will range from the molecular to the landscape and ecosystem scales, including mechanisms of salmon hatchery resilience, long-term agroforestry disease resistance, and the impacts of soil health and stewardship on tribal food sovereignty. Engaging in Tribal research capacity building, can serve as a model for the process of interaction between Tribes and universities. Finally, understanding the properties of resilient human-ecological systems is of urgent importance in our rapidly changing world.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.

生物学中的一个基本问题是分子、生理、生态和生态系统系统的弹性是如何相互关联的--网络模式在系统和尺度上是共同的还是不同的。面对气候变化加速和人类对生物系统的其他干扰，这个问题尤其紧迫。这项研究的总体目标是通过创建一个连接大学与当地部落的网络，并围绕共同的价值观和科学目标建立一个合作框架，以公平，非提取的方式参与土著知识体系，从而改变学术界的社会，文化和知识结构。该项目提供了一个框架，用于开发一套项目，解决与部落伙伴相关的系统中的许多生物复原力水平，并建立知识和文化关系，将生物学和不同的知识方式中的子学科结合起来。该项目的土著RaMP postbaccalaureate学员将从事尊重，关系，互惠和负责任的项目开发与部落，导师和共同导师，以满足部落的需求。这项工作将通过让部落民族和人民充分参与项目开发的每一步来荣誉和维护原住民知识。 最后，该项目将为土地奠定基础-授予美国的机构荣誉和维护土著知识，让部落民族和人民充分参与项目开发的每一步，使土著系统可以与西方知识体系一起应用，以揭示生物系统复原力的新观点。这项工作将把西方科学方法与土著知识相结合，培训学员在土著范例的“两眼看”。此外，在项目中采用土著研究方法将使参与者（学员，导师和共同导师）能够探索学术界部落民族建设的文化主题。在该计划中，将全面整合部落主权和自决权，以及与长期决策保持一致的社区和公共领导精神。该项目将支持约30后bac学员谁确定为美洲原住民/阿拉斯加原住民/土著。将支持学员发展科学，专业和文化技能，使他们能够在部落社区内或与部落社区一起继续接受教育或STEM活动。研究的生物系统将从分子到景观和生态系统尺度，包括鲑鱼孵化场恢复力的机制，长期农林业抗病性，以及土壤健康和管理对部落粮食主权的影响。参与部落研究能力建设，可以作为部落和大学之间互动过程的典范。最后，了解人类生态系统的弹性属性在我们快速变化的世界中具有迫切的重要性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。