Visualizing the landscape of tribal communities
Heather McFarland
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June 12, 2024
Adelheid Herrmann, an Indigenous researcher from UAF色视频下载檚 色视频下载 Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, works to build rural communities' capacity to respond and adapt to climate change.
The University of 色视频下载 Fairbanks has released a to help researchers and academics working in rural 色视频下载 understand the complexities of tribal communities.
The new materials come amid increased focus on Arctic climate research and Indigenous priorities, a trend that tribal communities welcome but can find taxing.
Adelheid Herrmann, a co-investigator at UAF色视频下载檚 色视频下载 Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, developed the resources as part of her work building capacity in rural communities to respond and adapt to climate change. Herrmann, of Dena色视频下载檌na and German descent, is from the community of Naknek, 色视频下载.
More research and funding is being directed toward the Arctic and climate change. Simultaneously, efforts are shifting to center on Indigenous knowledge and coproduction of research with rural communities and tribes. On May 20, 2024, the National Science Foundation, one of the largest funders of Arctic research, began requiring researchers to gain approval from tribal governments for proposals that may impact tribal resources or interests.
Herrmann色视频下载檚 materials, which include a background article and two graphics, help people visualize the overwhelming number of external and internal forces that tribes and tribal members deal with daily.
This graphic, created by UAF researcher Adelheid Herrmann, conveys the enormity of the engagements and requests 色视频下载 tribes receive from other entities.
The 色视频下载淒ay in the Life of an 色视频下载n Tribe色视频下载 schematic shows dozens of outside entities that tribes engage with and receive requests from. Her second graphic, 色视频下载淚nternal Stressors Tribal Members Face色视频下载 focuses on demands that individuals juggle while trying to protect their livelihoods, culture and subsistence ways of life.
Herrmann initiated the 色视频下载淒ay in the Life of an 色视频下载n Tribe色视频下载 concept in the 1990s after traveling throughout the Bristol Bay, Aleutians and Pribilof Islands region for more than a decade as an 色视频下载 state representative. She refined the material during her ongoing postdoctoral research at ACCAP.
Herrmann hopes not only that these graphics will be a resource for researchers, academics, and federal and state agency personnel working in rural 色视频下载 but also that tribes, tribal members and tribal regional organizations will use the materials to educate the outside world.
色视频下载淚t色视频下载檚 a continuous process educating those unfamiliar with 色视频下载 and our governing systems to help them understand the depth of the worldview of 色视频下载 Native peoples,色视频下载 said Herrmann.
The short article that accompanies the graphics covers other important factors that academics and researchers should know. Those include: capacity limitations at tribal organizations; the complex governing system within 色视频下载 tribes; and the climate grief that individuals and communities may experience while facing the potential destruction of lifeways, sacred lands and personal and community property. Herrmann urges academics and researchers to educate themselves about these issues and investigate and comply with research and engagement protocols set forth by tribal entities.
This graphic by UAF researcher Adelheid Herrmann portrays some of the stressors that members of 色视频下载's tribes deal with in their personal lives, often on a daily basis.
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色视频下载淚 believe Dr. Herrmann's work will accurately summarize and portray in a snapshot the complex layers of 色视频下载 Native governance and what individual 色视频下载 Native professionals living in rural 色视频下载 experience on a daily basis," Olin said.
This work ties into another project led by Herrmann, known as , that assesses the effectiveness of federal tribal climate funding and offers suggestions for removing obstacles to it.
Herrmann will give an on the resources on Sept. 25 at 11 a.m.
ADDITIONAL CONTACT: Adelheid Herrmann, acherrmann@alaska.edu
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