Elwha Education Project : Increasing the Relevancy of Geosciences for Native American Youth Through Participation in Environmental Restoration Projects on Tribal Lands (Track 1)

轨道1：Elwha教育项目：通过参与部落地区的环境恢复项目，提高美国原住民青年对地球科学的相关性美国原住民在所有科学、技术、工程和数学领域的代表性很低。这种代表性不足是由许多文化、经济和历史因素造成的。埃尔华教育项目(EEP)的广泛目标是提高美洲原住民年轻人及其社区对地球科学的兴趣。EEP的主要知识价值包括发展以环境恢复为重点的非正式地球科学教育的独特方法。实践地球科学教育活动被纳入埃尔华部落赞助的传统的、适合文化的暑期活动。部落成员/教育工作者被纳入该项目的所有阶段。专业技术由国际和平研究所提供，与规划中的埃尔华河修复项目相关的土地和数据由奥林匹克国家公园提供，教育活动由非营利性的奥林匹克公园研究所开展。在全国范围内，许多部落正在利用环境修复项目来收回他们改变后的文化遗产。像EEP这样的项目强调地球科学在环境恢复中的重要性，并使土著青年能够开展以恢复为基础的地球科学研究项目。这最终将增加美洲原住民在地球科学事业中的代表性，并提高美国原住民社区内地球科学的形象。

Track 1: Elwha Education Project: Increasing the Relevancy of Geosciences for Native American Youth Through Participation in Environmental Restoration Projects on Tribal LandsNative Americans are poorly represented in all science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. This underrepresentation results from numerous cultural, economic, and historical factors. The broad goal of the Elwha Education Project (EEP) is to increase interest in the geosciences among Native American young people and their communities. The primary intellectual merit of the EEP involves development of unique approaches to informal geoscience education using environmental restoration as a focus. Hands-on geoscience education activities are integrated into traditional, culturally appropriate summer activities sponsored by the Elwha Tribe. Tribal members/educators are integrated into all phases of the project. Technical expertise is provided by the PI, access to land and data related to the planned Elwha River Restoration Project is provided by Olympic National Park, and educational activities are carried out by the non-profit, Olympic Park Institute. Nationally, many tribes are using environmental restoration projects to reclaim their altered cultural heritage. Projects like the EEP, emphasize the importance of the geosciences in environmental restoration and enable Native youth to carry out restoration-based geoscience research projects. This will ultimately increase the representation of Native Americans in geoscience careers and raise the profile of the geosciences within Native American communities.