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Lipophilicity Determination of Energy-Enhancing, Nootropic Supplements

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Distributed Sensors and Control Systems for Mushroom Farming Optimization

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Influence of Diet of the Red Wiggler Earthworm (Eisenia fetida) on Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium (NPK) Nutrients, Organic Matter, and Carbon: Nitrogen (C:N) Ratio within the Vermicompost Casts

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Analyzing the Suitability of Mokauea Loko Iʻa Water Temperature & Salinity for Water Restoration Via Oysters

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Emergence of Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee (Megachile rotundata) Under Varying Oxygen Levels

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Arctic Microbes:

Population Abundance and the Effects of a Warming Environment

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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.

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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.

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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

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Latest News

Highlights from Interior Secretary Nominee Deb Haaland’s Confirmation Hearing.  If confirmed, Haaland will be the first Native American to serve in a cabinet-level position. C-Span’s video of Haaland’s February 23 hearing provides “points of interest” markers, indicating comments and exchanges of significance. [C-Span]

Getting Yellowstone bison out of quarantine and onto reservations. Two bills introduced into the Montana legislature would allow tribes in the state to more easily establish and expand their own herds of wild buffalo. Opponents continue to argue that faster relocation of bison from Yellowstone National Park quarantine facilities risks spread of brucellosis. [Montana Free Press]

Tribes lead the nation in Covid-19 vaccination rollout. While many states struggle in their vaccination efforts and public health experts worry about anti-vax disinformation campaigns, Native Americans are embracing the vaccine and praising the rollout within reservations. [Associated Press]

Biden’s Interior pick gets skeptical reception from fossil fuel industry and some GOP legislators. The nomination of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to lead the Department of the Interior was praised by tribal leaders, but is generating opposition from the fossil fuel industry and several Republican legislators. Fifteen GOP members of the House signed a Jan. 26 letter asking Biden withdraw her nomination, citing her stances on issues like banning oil and gas leasing on federal lands. The letter ties Haaland to the Green New Deal, about which it makes several inaccurate statements. [Montana Free Press]

First Nations Announces $1 Million in Native Language Immersion Grants. The First Nations Development Institute  announced grants totaling nearly $1 million in support of efforts to stem the loss of Indigenous languages and cultures through Native language immersion programs. Recipients include Ke Kula ‘O Pi’ilani (Wailuku, Hawai’i), which will use the grant to provide tutoring and language-related resources; Pueblo of Sandia (Bernalillo, New Mexico), which will use its grant to provide Tiwa language instruction to children and adults; and Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation (Porcupine, South Dakota), which will create a Lakȟóta Montessori-themed preschool curriculum. [PND/Candid]

National Bison Range Returned to Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribe.  According to a High Country News, the transfer of the 18,000 acre reserve in western Montana  “has broad support from the community, conservation groups and politicians alike,” but came after “three rounds of failed agreements between the U.S. and the tribe, numerous lawsuits, a federal investigation, and a massive public education campaign to quash racist rumors and stereotypes.” [High Country News]

Covid-19 Threatens Native Languages. In a January 24 New York Times op-ed, Jodi Archambault, former special assistant to the president for Native American affairs under President Barack Obama, argued that the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 in Native communities is threatening the survival of already endangered Native languages. Most remaining fluent speakers are elders, she noted, who are at greatest risk of dying from the virus. She praised existing efforts to sustain the Lakota and Dakota languages, citing the work of Sitting Bull College, and urged Pres. Biden to provide $750 million annually for Native language restoration programs nationwide. [New York Times]

Biden cancels Keystone XL construction permit. During his first day in office, Pres. Biden signed an executive order effectively stopping construction of the contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would, if completed, stretch from Alberta, Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. The project is opposed by tribal leaders across the northern Plains, who argue that the pipeline damages sacred sites and poses environmental risks. The executive order drew “swift condemnation” from Montana state Republicans, who focused on the loss of jobs. [Associated Press/Billings Gazette]

Applications invited for QEM/NSF Talent Development and Innovation Sciences (TDIS) Summer Internship. Made possible through a grant to the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network from the National Science Foundation, the internship will provide $6,000 (undergraduate) and $7,000 (graduate) stipends. Students will have an opportunity to be mentored by program officers at NSF that are involved in making science policy and in implementing national programs focused on STEM. The application deadline is March 12, 2021. Click link above for application.

Abstracts invited for 2021 NSF-TCUP Research Symposium. Students and faculty at TCUP-eligible institutions are invited to submit abstracts of recent research for presentation at the 2021 TCUP Research Symposium, to be held May 19-20 at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA (with possible change to a virtual format, if necessary). Hosted by The Tribal Nations Research Group  in collaboration with the National Science Foundation’s Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP), the symposium provides the opportunity for the National Science Foundation to showcase emerging researchers and their research at TCUP institutions. Abstracts must be submitted by February 15 for consideration.

 

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