Research
Antioxidant Activity of Common Vegetables in Hawai’i
“Antioxidant Activity of Common Vegetables in Hawai’i” is one of three papers selected for publication as part of the Native Science Report’s 2018 student research showcase.
Continue readingSalish Kootenai College graduate receives distinguished National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
By Shadin Pete
Not Giving Up
Beginning with uncertain plans and a few false starts, Student Research Award winner Jusden Keliikuli found support and success at Kapiolani Community College.
Minority Undergraduate Students Connect Over STEM Research Projects at United Tribes Technical College
By Katie Scarlett Brandt
Digging Deep
Former Salish Kootenai College student Matthew Weingart receives prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for work in paleoecology
By Ryan Winn
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Restoring Native Prairie Lands
Students and staff at Sisseton Wahpeton College in South Dakota have re-seeded 100 acres of farmland, restoring a lost prairie.
By Katie Scarlett Brandt
A Comparison of the Antimicrobial Activities of Cultivated Echinacea angustifolia (Purple Coneflower) versus Wild E. angustifolia
NSF Symposium Highlights Student Research
Bats eat bugs harmful to agriculture, ornate box turtles prefer habitats with sandy soil, and eight hundred year old seeds found inside a clay ball can be coaxed into growing an enormous squash unknown to modern agriculture.
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Gender Differences in Coyote Movement and Resource Use in a Mid-sized City
Shannon Dunham, J.P. Holmes, and Jeremy E. Guinn
Environmental Science Department, United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck, ND 58504
EPA 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
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