Sharing the Land: Building Tribal Earth Science Expertise TRACK 2

共享土地：建立部落地球科学专业知识这个项目是一项合作努力，旨在增加获得全面的、基于地点的地球科学教育的印第安人的数量，使他们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。土著地球科学项目有两个目标，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、最适当地将文化上持有的、土著的、科学的地球科学知识融入到美洲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。许多当地的印第安儿童参加了我们的探险者俱乐部户外科学项目，学习理解和享受他们的环境、文化和科学之间的联系。我们见证了这些孩子中的许多人长大成人，进入“青年本土学者”高中到大学的桥梁项目。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。所有的努力都通过项目支持的工作经验得到加强，让参与的学生在其家乡保留地的部落环境管理办公室工作。学生们继续在圣地亚哥州立大学地质科学学院攻读学士和硕士学位，并加入越来越多的当地印第安人的行列，这些人在该系接受教育后，回到自己的家乡社区工作和生活，帮助完成这个循环，培养下一代印第安人地球科学家。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。

Sharing the Land: Building Tribal Earth Science ExpertiseThis project 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. The Indigenous Earth Sciences Project 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 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. Many local Native American children participate in our Explorers Clubs outdoor science programs, learning to understand and enjoy the connections between their environment, culture and science. We have seen many of these children grow up and move on into the Young Native Scholars high school to college bridge program. 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 in tribal environmental management offices on their home reservations. Students continue to San Diego State University Geological Sciences for B.S. and M.S. degrees, and join the growing ranks of local Native Americans educated by the department who return to work and live in their home communities, helping complete the cycle and grow the next generation of Native American geoscientists. 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.