A Symposium on Indigenous Water Knowledge and Hydrologic Science

第一部分虽然土著人民在国际上被称为“水保护者”，但在水文学领域，土著的声音和观点很少，只有少数学术学者代表了美国广泛的土著文化和部落民族中的一小部分。虽然数量不多，但这些本土科学家在连接西方科学研究和本土知识的社区方面发挥了关键作用。这些学者分别通过他们自己的研究和教育活动探索了这种桥梁作用，但更大的问题仍然没有得到解决，需要综合努力。为此，该项目以一次学者研讨会为中心，旨在制定以美洲原住民观点和土著水知识为中心的水文学研究和教育愿景。这样的会议以前从未发生过。拟举办的土著水资源知识与水文科学研讨会？将于2018年8月在密苏里州巴勃罗市的Salish Kotenai学院举行。专题讨论会的目标包括：1)确定与快速变化的世界中的土著人民有关的水文科学研究和教育的优先事项；2)建立土著水文学家、其他学者和水资源传统知识持有者网络；3)确定支持将土著观点纳入水文学的教育需求和工具。该项目的一个关键长期目标是建立和维持一个学术社区，该社区同时与水文学和相关学科的前沿相联系，并牢牢植根于土著知识和当今部落与水有关的紧迫问题。“土著水知识和水文科学研讨会”将于2018年8月在密苏里州巴勃罗的Salish Kotenai学院汇聚水文学家和其他人，讨论部落社区与水有关的研究和教育需求的关键问题，这些问题可以通过植根于土著知识体系的解决方案来满足。专题讨论会还将讨论土著知识在与水有关的交叉研究中的作用。与会者将制定将本土观点和知识纳入水文科学和相关学科的愿景和行动计划。专题讨论会的组织者和与会者装备精良，处于处理这些主题的理想位置，并以协作的方式在土著社区之间架起桥梁。该项目对扩大美洲原住民对水文学和相关学科的参与具有重要意义。大约1000名美洲原住民拥有地球科学(包括地球、大气和海洋科学)的任何级别的学位，美洲原住民水文学家只占这一数字的一小部分。部落学院和少数族裔服务组织以各种方式努力增加美洲原住民水文学家在劳动力和学术界的代表性，但原住民的声音仍然很少。专题讨论会将讨论响应文化的教育材料，并为与会者提供在与美洲土著水文学家的专业发展有关的领域提供领导的具体机会。因此，研讨会将加强和支持增加美洲原住民攻读水文学和相关领域学位的人数的努力。学员将积极参与，培养对下一代本土水文学家的参与和热情。研讨会的参与者将包括来自研究机构和部落学院的教师，部落学院教师占参与者的25%-30%。

Part IAlthough indigenous peoples are internationally known as "water protectors", indigenous voices and perspectives are sparse in hydrology, where only a handful of academic scholars represent a small fraction of the broad spectrum of indigenous cultures and tribal nations in the United States. Though few in number, these indigenous scientists play a key role in bridging the communities of western scientific research and indigenous knowledge. These scholars have, individually, explored this bridging role through their own research and education activities, but larger questions remain unresolved and require synthesis efforts. To this end, the project centers on a symposium of scholars designed to formulate a vision for hydrology research and education centered on Native American perspectives and indigenous water knowledge. Such a meeting has never taken place before. The proposed ?Symposium on Indigenous Water Knowledge and Hydrologic Science? will be held at the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, MT during August 2018. Symposium objectives include: 1) defining research and education priorities in the hydrologic sciences that are relevant to indigenous peoples in a rapidly changing world; 2) establishing a network of indigenous hydrologists, other scholars, and traditional knowledge holders of water; and 3) identifying educational needs and tools to support integration of indigenous perspectives in hydrology. A key long-term goal of this project is to build and maintain a scholarly community that is simultaneously connected to the cutting edge of hydrology and related disciplines and firmly rooted to indigenous knowledge and pressing water-related issues of tribes today.Part IIThe "Symposium on Indigenous Water Knowledge and Hydrologic Science" will bring together hydrologists and others in August 2018 at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, MT to address key questions regarding the water-related research and education needs of tribal communities that can be answered with solutions rooted in indigenous knowledge systems. The symposium will also address the role of indigenous knowledge in crosscutting, water-related research. Participants will develop a vision and action plan for integrating indigenous perspectives and knowledge into hydrologic science and related disciplines. Symposium organizers and participants are well equipped and ideally positioned to address these topics and to bridge indigenous communities with each other in a collaborative manner. The project has implications for broadening participation of Native Americans in hydrology and related disciplines. Approximately 1000 Native American hold degrees at any level in the geosciences (including Earth, atmospheric and ocean sciences) and Native American hydrologists constitute a small fraction of this number. Tribal colleges and minority serving organizations work in a variety of ways to increase representation of Native American hydrologists in the workforce and academia, but indigenous voices remain few. The symposium will include discussions of culturally responsive education materials and specific opportunities for participants to provide leadership in areas related to professional development of Native American hydrologists. The symposium will thus enhance and support efforts to increase the number of Native Americans pursuing degrees in hydrology and related fields. Student participants will be actively engaged to foster involvement and enthusiasm in the upcoming generation of indigenous hydrologists. Symposium participants will include faculty from research institutions as well as tribal colleges, with tribal college faculty making up 25%-30% of participants.