EAGER-Indigenous Geoscience Community

土著地球科学界建议将不同的土著社区聚集在一个环境中，通过促进传统知识的跨文化交流，加强个人、社区、学术界和专业领域，提出解决直接影响主权和人类健康的环境问题的各种战略，为建立这些关系带来好处的跨文化合作提供机会，确定土著导师，为青年和早期职业专业人员提供支持系统，促进开发地球科学研究和教育的创新解决方案，并深化地球科学知识。土著研究所制定了一种成功的方法，使土著社区参与地球科学研究方法和政策，在实验室和实地开展地球科学研究，并利用传统知识教授科学、技术、工程和数学。参与者的成果包括，开发基于文化背景的研究方法，博客，研究论文，海报和会议演示。土著地球科学社区旨在解决土著学生和地球科学专业人员遇到的障碍（例如，由于缺乏自我效能感、文化意识形态不一致和世界观对立而产生的孤立感、缺乏支持和幻灭感）。该项目将为参与者提供一个安全的环境; 1-展示他们作为土著地球科学家的整个身份，2-讨论与他们的地球科学研究相结合的两个传统知识体系，3-建立同行和导师支持网络，4-确定土著地球科学和文化从业者为导师，5-建立一个理解和应用文化意识和道德框架的社区，6-利用多个土著群体的集体投入，制定与土著社区开展研究和教育的最佳实践指南。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Indigenous Geoscience Community proposes to bring together diverse Indigenous communities in an environment that will strengthen individuals, communities, and academia and professional spaces, by fostering cross-cultural exchange of Traditional Knowledge (TK), present diverse strategies for addressing environmental issues that directly impact sovereignty and human health, provide opportunity for cross-cultural collaborations with benefits of building these relationships, identify Indigenous mentors to provide a support system for youth and early career professionals, foster the development of innovative solutions for geoscience research and education, and deepen the knowledge of geoscience. The PIs have developed a successful method of engaging Indigenous communities in geoscience research methodologies and policy and in conducting geoscience research in both the lab and in the field and in using TK to teach STEM. Participant deliverables include, developing research methods based on cultural background, blogs, research papers, posters, and conference presentations. PThe Indigenous Geoscience Community aims to address obstacles (e.g. feelings of isolation, lack of support, and disillusionment due to a lack of self-efficacy, misalignment of cultural ideologies, and contrasting worldviews) encountered by Indigenous students and professions in the geosciences. The project will provide a secure environment for participants to; 1-present their whole identity as an Indigenous geoscientist, 2- discuss both TK systems blended with their geoscience research, 3- build peer and mentor support networks, 4- identify Indigenous geoscience and cultural practitioners as mentors, and 5- establish a community that understands and applies a culturally aware and ethical framework, 6- to develop a guide of best practices for engaging in research and education with Indigenous communities using collective input from multiple Indigenous groups.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.