"ahbahjipdooneh woolibahmowsoowahkn": reclaiming indigenous health through water and food sovereignty

该项目描述了一种基于社区的参与式研究（CBPR）方法， 缅因州部落在管理与环境污染有关的风险方面的作用。每个 社区对他们的沃茨的健康和水质表示担忧， 粮食主权被定义为“食物权”， 人们可以获得通过无害生态和 可持续的方法，以及他们定义自己的粮食和农业系统的权利。我们 中心假设是，整合CBPR和参与式科学可以用来装备 部落社区的工具，以管理和平衡他们的风险， 水和食物的污染。我们的目标是，1。建设参与性能力 在部落青年中开展科学活动，为他们提供样本收集和基本 污染物监测，在大学实验室进行更先进的分析; 2. 通过Wabanaki公共卫生和健康（WPHW），部落之间的合作 长老和其他土著知识保管者;传统生态知识 粮食消费模式和利用水道捕鱼及其他 将通过录音和其他媒体记录活动; 3. TEK将被纳入 健康风险评估，以支持文化上适当的风险沟通， 受影响社区的风险管理战略。WPHW将作为中央存储库 为了确保缅因州的所有部落都能随时获得这些信息。的 该项目的最终目标是在部落社区内提供能力和培训， 就其传统食物和水道的健康问题作出知情决定。这反过来将 为一个更大的计划提供基础，该计划将满足环境健康的需求， 缅因州的部落社区，同时尊重和支持粮食主权 在面对迅速变化的环境时，能够长期持续的发展。

The project describes a community based participatory research (CBPR) approach to engaging the Maine tribes in managing risks associated with environmental contamination. Each community has expressed concerns about the health of their waters and quality of their subsistence foods with particular concerns around Food Sovereignty, defined as “the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.” Our central hypothesize is that integrating CBPR and participatory science can be used to equip tribal communities with the tools to manage and balance their risks associated with contamination of water and subsistence foods. We aim to, 1. Build capacity for participatory science amongst tribal youth by providing them the tools for sample collection and basic contaminant monitoring, with more advanced analyses conducted in the University labs; 2. Through collaborations between the Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness (WPHW), Tribal Elders and other Indigenous Knowledge Keepers; traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) around subsistence food consumption patterns and use of waterways for fishing and other activities will be documented through recordings and other media; 3. TEK will be incorporated into health risk assessments in order to support culturally appropriate risk communication and risk management strategies for affected communities. WPHW will serve as a central repository for this information, in order to ensure that it is readily accessible to all of Maine’s Tribes. The ultimate goal of this project is to provide the capacity and training within tribal communities to make informed decisions on the health of their traditional foods and waterways. This in turn will provide the foundations for a larger program that will serve the environmental health needs of Maine’s Tribal communities, while at the same time respecting and supporting food sovereignty that can be sustainable over the longer term and in the face of a rapidly changing environment.