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Indigenous Sovereignty and Arctic Security: Human Rights and Environmental Justice in Governance - learn from Indigenous-led management in Nunavut and the struggles to assert Indigneous-led management in Sapmi with the Sami Council and Parliaments engaging with Norway, Finland, and Sweden to inform Indigenous-led management policy in Alaska and across the Arctic
Indigenous Sovereignty and Arctic Security: Human Rights and Environmental Justice in Governance - learn from Indigenous-led management in Nunavut and the struggles to assert Indigneous-led management in Sapmi with the Sami Council and Parliaments engaging with Norway, Finland, and Sweden to inform Indigenous-led management policy in Alaska and across the Arctic
Principal Investigator (2024-26)
Co-organized the Global Indigneous Youth Summit on Climate Change conference in 2023 (partnered with UNITAR) and 2024 (Partnered with Future Earth). This conference runs for 24 hours across three 8 hour time zone blocks. It has resulted in an article in Nature and an upcoming two volume book in this decisionmaking for sustainability series by Springer.
Co-organized the Global Indigneous Youth Summit on Climate Change conference in 2023 (partnered with UNITAR) and 2024 (Partnered with Future Earth). This conference runs for 24 hours across three 8 hour time zone blocks. It has resulted in an article in Nature and an upcoming two volume book in this decisionmaking for sustainability series by Springer.
Lead for the Arctic and North America
Wrote for Chugachmiut and won a Department of Education Education Innovation and Research Grant for the Early-Phase Competition-Social and Emotional Learning ($5,812,228 over 5 years). Serving as PI on the grant.
Wrote for Chugachmiut and won a Department of Education Education Innovation and Research Grant for the Early-Phase Competition-Social and Emotional Learning ($5,812,228 over 5 years). Serving as PI on the grant.
Principal Investigator Contracted by Chugachmiut Litnaurwik Tribal Education Department (2024-2029)
Grant writing to apply to Environmental Protection Agency and National Science Foundation grants.
Grant writing to apply to Environmental Protection Agency and National Science Foundation grants.
Contracted by the Arctic research Consortium of the US (2024-25)
Evaluating the NSF planning grant "Moving Forward Together: Transforming Arctic Geosciences for Alaska Native Sovereignty and Science"
Evaluating the NSF planning grant "Moving Forward Together: Transforming Arctic Geosciences for Alaska Native Sovereignty and Science"
Contracted by PI Sarah Trainor, Phd and UAF team (2024-25)
Developed and taught a training, "Holistic Disaster Prevention and Response with Tribal Nations: Environmental Justice through Cultural Humility and Elevation Indigenous Knowledge in Decision Making"
Developed and taught a training, "Holistic Disaster Prevention and Response with Tribal Nations: Environmental Justice through Cultural Humility and Elevation Indigenous Knowledge in Decision Making"
Contracted by Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (2024)
Conducting a Community Needs Assessment to identify Native language education and cultural programming opportunities to develop a strategic plan to guide initiatives. Grant writing: Department of Education, National Science Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Conducting a Community Needs Assessment to identify Native language education and cultural programming opportunities to develop a strategic plan to guide initiatives. Grant writing: Department of Education, National Science Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Contracted by Chugachmiut Litnaurwik Tribal Education Department (2024-25)
Consultant on The Next Steps for Tribal TANF Research and Data project, supporting MEF Assoc. and their subcontractor Kauffman Assoc. in a literature/document review, and development of tools and data collection of Knowledge holder interviews, talking circles, survey development, sharing circles, and story telling.
Consultant on The Next Steps for Tribal TANF Research and Data project, supporting MEF Assoc. and their subcontractor Kauffman Assoc. in a literature/document review, and development of tools and data collection of Knowledge holder interviews, talking circles, survey development, sharing circles, and story telling.
Contracted by MEF Associates on a project for the Health and Human Services Department Administration for Children and Families (2024-25)
Advising and mentoring the PI and a graduate student to support Alaskan Arctic research and writing around teacher and community relationships for culturally relevant pedagogy for an NSF CAREER award.
Advising and mentoring the PI and a graduate student to support Alaskan Arctic research and writing around teacher and community relationships for culturally relevant pedagogy for an NSF CAREER award.
Contracted by PI Ginger Shultz, PhD at the University of Michigan (2024)
Developed an evaluation on culturally relevant education for Indigenous children, youth, families, and instructors presented to the CITC Board and Alaska Commissioner of Education Deanna M. Bishop, Ed.D. and developed a report for CITC and their families.
Developed an evaluation on culturally relevant education for Indigenous children, youth, families, and instructors presented to the CITC Board and Alaska Commissioner of Education Deanna M. Bishop, Ed.D. and developed a report for CITC and their families.
Contracted by Cook Inlet Tribal Consortium, Inc. (CITC), (2024)
Reviewed literature and reports on the unmet need of coastal Tribes in the lower 48 states that are facing relocation due to climate impacts.
Reviewed literature and reports on the unmet need of coastal Tribes in the lower 48 states that are facing relocation due to climate impacts.
Contracted by Northern Arizona University Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (2023)
Develop and conduct a training, "Relationship Building With Indigenous Nations: In a Good Way (Addressing Cultural Humility and more in Environmental Work)" for Keep Sedona Beautiful (KSB) and Pink Jeep leadership.
Develop and conduct a training, "Relationship Building With Indigenous Nations: In a Good Way (Addressing Cultural Humility and more in Environmental Work)" for Keep Sedona Beautiful (KSB) and Pink Jeep leadership.
Conducted relationship building workshop between local Tribal members the non-Indigenous KSB staff in 2022.
Conducted relationship building workshop between local Tribal members the non-Indigenous KSB staff in 2022.
Contracted by Keep Sedona Beuautiful (2022 and 2024)
Developed Indigenous website content for the University of the Arctic Collaborative Online International Learning partnerships between Western/Indigenous students/courses in research projects.
Developed Indigenous website content for the University of the Arctic Collaborative Online International Learning partnerships between Western/Indigenous students/courses in research projects.
Contracted by PIs Izzy Crawford, PhD and Alöna Roitershtein, PhD (2023-24)
Contracted by EPA Region 10 Tribal Operations Committee Consortium (2024)
Facilitated a futures scenarios visioning worksop during the National Day of Racial Healing for mayors and other attendees to develop pathways for achieving racial healing in their communities and organizations.
Facilitated a futures scenarios visioning worksop during the National Day of Racial Healing for mayors and other attendees to develop pathways for achieving racial healing in their communities and organizations.
Contracted by National League of Cities (2022)
Co-developed an online cultural training module for researchers seeking to do work in Alaska and the Arctic. They cover cultural humility, co-production, and equity in work with Indigenous Peoples.
Co-developed an online cultural training module for researchers seeking to do work in Alaska and the Arctic. They cover cultural humility, co-production, and equity in work with Indigenous Peoples.
Subcontract by Rachel Edwardson who was subcontracted by the Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation (UIC) who was contracted by the National Science Foundation. Final contract held by and published by Battelle.
Additional contributors: Bernice Aviuk Oyagak; Kaare Erickson; Tracie Curry, PhD; Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson; Nazlihan Kavak of Battelle Education.
Research project using futures scenario workshops to develop an understanding of a sustainable well community. The project has continued into focusing directly on land and water management and subsistence policy.
Research project using futures scenario workshops to develop an understanding of a sustainable well community. The project has continued into focusing directly on land and water management and subsistence policy.
Partnered with the Ninilchik Village Tribe (2017 to present)
Partnered with a rural Greenlandic Community (2011-13)
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