Policy
Proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline disproportionately affects tribal communities in North Carolina
While the Dakota Access Pipeline continues to generate headlines, a natural gas pipeline under consideration along the eastern seaboard is also coming under scrutiny, in part for its disproportionate impact on Native communities in North Carolina.
Tribal College STEM Programs Brace for Change Under Trump Administration
by Katie Scarlett Brandt
Continue readingWhite House’s proposed budget targets science
Since the November presidential election, the science community has anxiously worried about the fate of programs and agencies that support and conduct research in the sciences. President Trump’s proposed budget, released this week, offers little reassurance and is already generating a flurry of news stories and commentary.
Continue readingEPA Lab Stops Testing Groundwater Samples
Thanks to fracking, North Dakota is now the second largest oil producer in the nation. Drilling and maintaining its roughly 8,000 wells has brought revenue and low unemployment rates to the state. At the same time, some residents worry that it is damaging the environment and contaminating water supplies, threating the health of residents.
Continue readingOglala Lakota College Challenges Safety of Uranium Mining in Black Hills
Testimony by Dr. Hannan LaGarry spotlights the vital role of research in tribal colleges
Continue readingTwenty Years of National Science Foundation Support
The National Science Foundation has helped transform math and science programs at tribal and native-serving colleges. Carty Monette reflects on two decades of sustained support.
By Carty Monette
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