Yuowanca Okciya (Helping Science and Education Come Together)

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。奥格拉拉拉科塔学院（OLC）是南达科他州松岭印第安人保留地的一所部落学院。Yuwanca Okiya（帮助科学和教育走到一起）将把实验室空间改造成一个专门用于本科研究的多学科设施。奥格拉拉拉科塔科学技术中心（OLCST）是1200万英亩的松树岭保留地唯一的研究实验室。自20世纪90年代以来，OLC一直是部落学院STEM活动的领导者，通过MIE，TCUP和其他NSF计划。Yuowanca Okiya将通过促进印第安保留地部落学院的独立研究并与其他大学合作，探索创造性，原创性和变革性的概念。Yuowanca Okiya扩大了美洲原住民的参与，他们是所有STEM领域中代表性最低的群体。资金将用于：1。通过安装通风橱、尸检站和储藏柜创建尸检实验室; 2.通过安装水槽和储藏柜来清洁细菌实验室，以进行微生物分析。通过安装两个通风柜、储藏柜和一个Millipore水处理系统改造地球科学实验室4.改造保护生物学和自然资源管理设施，增加气候控制和博物馆储藏柜，以存放干燥的收藏品（植物学、动物学、地质学、古生物学）5.为地理信息系统遥感实验室提供气候控制为仪器实验室增加机柜和电源插座，用于液体和固体的制备和分析。7.在通风的化学品储藏室中增加一个存放甲醛保存标本的柜子。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Oglala Lakota College (OLC) is a tribal college on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Yuowanca Okiya (Helping Science and Education Come Together) will renovate laboratory space into a multi-disciplinary facility solely dedicated to undergraduate research. The Oglala Lakota Center for Science and Technology (OLCST) is the 12 million acre Pine Ridge reservation's only research laboratory. OLC has been a leader in tribal college STEM activities since the 1990's through the MIE, TCUP and other NSF programs. Yuowanca Okiya will explore creative, original and transformative concepts by furthering independent research by a tribal college on an Indian Reservation and in collaboration with other universities. Yuowanca Okiya broadens the participation of Native Americans who are the most underrepresented group in all STEM areas. Funds will be provided to: 1. create necropsy laboratory by installing a fume hood, necropsy station, and storage cabinets; 2. refurbish the bacteria laboratory by installing a sink and storage cabinets to permit microbial analysis 3. remodel the earth science laboratory by installing two fume hoods, storage cabinets, and a Millipore water treatment system 4. remodel the conservation biology and natural resources curation facility by adding climate control and museum storage cabinets for dry collections (botanical, zoological, geological, palentological) 5. provide climate control for the GIS remote sensing laboratory 6. add cabinets and electrical outlets to the instrument laboratories for preparation and analyses of liquids and solids. 7. Add a cabinet for formaldehyde preserved specimens to the ventilated chemical storage room.