Native Science Field Centers

霍帕山与Blackfeet社区学院、One Step Further和Ogala Lakota学院合作，将开发“本土科学领域中心（NSFC）”，为8-18岁的青少年和成年人提供全年的非正式科学教育。 还通过旨在支持针对土著社区的方案的出版物和材料为非正规科学教育专业人员提供服务。 “NSFC”将位于黑脚，贝尔纳普堡和松树岭保留地。 这些中心将开发“部落观察”环境科学项目，并将其传播到密苏里州河流域的其他六个部落。 “部落观察”方案为青年和成年人创造了一个STEM职业阶梯，以发展科学专门知识、监测知识和对当地土地管理的理解。 将创造新的技术，用于评价纳入土著评价方法的土著科学方案。 主要合作伙伴包括美国印第安人高等教育联合会（AIHEC）、菲尔德自然历史博物馆和明尼苏达科学博物馆。 可供选择的项目包括“土著科学实地中心”、“部落观察”项目和“部落观察”工具包和培训计划。 将通过土著社区内的能力建设、方案编制做法的研究和文件编制以及向非正规科学教育专业人员、32所部落学院和其他为土著社区服务的教育组织传播工具包和出版物，实现战略影响。 预计该项目将惠及蒙大拿州、北达科他州、南达科他州和怀俄明州的10万名土著和非土著青年、成年人和非正式科学教育从业者。

Hopa Mountain, in collaboration with Blackfeet Community College, One Step Further, and Ogala Lakota College, will develop "Native Science Field Centers (NSFC)" to provide year-round informal science education for youth ages 8-18 and adults. Informal science education professionals are also served through the publications and materials designed to support programs targeting Native communities. The "NSFCs" will be located on the Blackfeet, Fort Belknap, and Pine Ridge reservations. The centers will develop "TribalWatch" environmental science programs that will be disseminated to six other tribes in the Missouri River Watershed. The "Tribalwatch" programs create a STEM career ladder for youth and adults to develop scientific expertise, knowledge of monitoring and an understanding of management of local lands. New technologies will be created for the evaluation of Native science programs that incorporate indigenous evaluation methodologies. Key partners include the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), the Field Museum of Natural History and the Science Museum of Minnesota. Deliverables include "Native Science Field Centers," "TribalWatch" programs and a "TribalWatch" toolkit and training plan. Strategic impact will be realized through capacity building within Native communities, research and documentation of programming practices and dissemination of the toolkit and publications to informal science education professionals, 32 tribal colleges and other educational organizations that serve Native communities. It is anticipated that this project will reach 100,000 Native and non-Native youth, adults and informal science education practitioners in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.