Acknowledgments; 1. Fires Need Fuel: Merging Science Education with American Indian Community Needs; Part 1. Education; 2. Education and American Indian Communities: A History of Pain, a Future of Promise?; 3. Indigenous Consciousness, Education, and Science: Issues of Perception and Language; 4. A Personal Journey into Science, Feminist Science, and Aboriginal Science; 5. How to Get What Indian Communities Need from Science; 6. The Native American Honor Society: Challenging Indian Students to Achieve; Part 2. Culture; 7. Culture: The Spirit Beneath the Surface.
15. Innovative Strategies for Promoting Development in Indian CommunitiesPart 4. The Land, the People, and Science; 16. Sons of the Sun, Daughters of the Earth; 17. Water and Water Quality Issues in and for American Indian Communities; 18. Land, People, and Culture: Using Geographic Information Systems to Build Community Capacity; 19. The Three Sisters: Care for the Land and the People; Part 5. Science and Self-Governance; 20. Science and Self-Governance: Power, Practice, and Politics; 21. Rebuilding Tradition to Create Workable Modern Systems and Practices for Indian Communities.
22. The Value of Scientific and Engineering Training for Indian Communities23. Land, Science, and Indigenous Science: Tales from a Modern Treaty Negotiation Process; 24. Conclusions: Closing the Circuit; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
8. Tradition and Education: The World Made Seamless Again9. Rebuilding Languages to Revitalize Communities and Cultures; 10. Trodding the Circle from Indian Community to University Research and Back; Part 3. Economic and Community Development; 11. Building Futures Together; 12. Education as a Tool for American Indian Community Development: Needs and Strategies; 13. Managing Tribal Assets: Developing Long-Term Strategic Plans; 14. On the Front Lines of Indian Health: Practical and Political Issues in Providing Community Health Care.
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Education among American Indians has lagged behind that of almost all other groups in both the United States and Canada, and it generally has not offered what Indian communities need. It is this disturbing state of affairs-along with the intractable realities, unexamined assumptions, and cultural conflicts and misunderstandings behind it-that Science and Native American Communities confronts. Representing an unprecedented gathering of Native American professionals working in the sciences and advanced technology, the book combines theory and practice, firsthand experience and strategic thinking, in a provocative exploration of the uneasy meeting ground between science and Native American communities.
Science and Native American communities.
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Indians of North America-- Economic conditions.
Indians of North America-- Education (Higher)
Indians of North America-- Ethnic identity.
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