American Indian and Alaska Native Ph.D.s in the US– How many? Who are they?

Jeannie Greene, documentary producer (Heartbeat Alaska) raised an interesting topic– that there were only 45 Natives who hold Ph.D.s in the US.

That seems awfully low. Can you help add more names? Below are folks I have found, using AISES and SACNAS. Amazingly, I’m lucky enough to know many of the names and people, some personally.

Alaska Native– 2012-09-15, 2012-dec-24, 2013-03-03 now 25!

Dr. George Charles (Yup’ik)
Dr. Patricia Cochran (AN)
Dr. Walkie Charles (Yup’ik)
Dr. Denise Dillard (AN)
Dr Alisha Drabek (Alutiiq-Sugpiaq)
Dr Phyllis Fast (Koyukon Athabascan)
Dr. Dolly Garza (AN)
Dr. Sara Hicks (AN)
Dr. Sven Hakaanson (Alutiiq-Sugpiaq)
Dr. Theresa John (Yup’ik)
Dr. April Lakonten Councillor (Alutiiq-Sugpiaq)
Dr. Beth Leonard (AN)
Dr. Jordan Lewis (AN)
Dr. Dorothy Pender (AN)
Dr. Elizabeth Parent (AN)
Dr. Gordon Pullar (Alutiiq-Sugpiaq)
Dr. Catherine Swan Reimer (Iñupiaq) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRBCi_B0Tt0
Dr. Roy Roehl (AN)
Dr. Bernice B. Tetpon (AN)
Dr. Lisa Rey Thomas (Tlingit)
Dr. Kamilla Venner (AN)
Dr. Steven Verney (AN)
Dr. Tony Vaska (Yup’ik)
Dr. Maria Williams (Tlingit)
Dr. Rosita Worl (Tlingit)

American Indian– 2012-09-15 110 (haven’t checked for duplicates)
Dr. Alison Ball (Colville) University of Oregon
Dr. Amy Lonetree Ethnic Studies Ho Chunk
Dr. Andrea Smith History of Consciousness Cherokee
Dr. Andrew Jolivette
Dr. Annette Reed,Ethnic Studies Tolowa
Dr. Anton Treuer, Leech Lake Ojibwe
Dr. April Lea GoForth Eastern Band of Cherokee,
Dr. Audra Simpson Anthropology Mohawk
Dr. Bette Jacobs, Public Health Professional
Dr. Beverly R. Singer (Santa Clara Pueblo/ Diné), Associate Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies, Director of Institute for American Indian Research (IFAIR) , Director of Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies, UNM. The late Dr Ortiz was also an anthropologist and another who demonstrated great courage in proceeding to his studies.
Dr. Bonnie Duran
Dr. Brenda Child, History, UMN, Red Lake Ojibwe
Dr. Brendan Fairbanks, Linguistics, Ojibwe
Dr. Carmen Nappo, Meteorologist
Dr. Carter Revard
Dr. Chris Sims
Dr. Christine Lowery (Dine) Utah;
Dr. Christopher Andronicos, Geologist
Dr. Claudia Welala Long, (Nez Perce) Professor of Indigenous Nations Studies;
Dr. Clifton Poodry, Biologist
Dr. Craig Love, Psychologist
Dr. David Chang, History UMN, Kanaka Maoli
Dr. David E Wilkins Political Science Lumbee
Dr. David E. Wilkins, Poly Sci, UMN, Lumbee
Dr. David Martinez, Philosophy, Arizona State
Dr. David R. Burgess, Biologist
Dr. David Truer, Literature (i think), UMN Leech Lake Ojibwe
Dr. Denise Low, English Lenni Lenape
Dr. Devon A. Mihesuah
Dr. Donald Fixico History Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Muscogee Creek, and Seminole
Dr. Donna Langston, University of Colorado at Denver;
Dr. Donna Nelson, Chemist
Dr. Duane Champagne Sociology Chippewa
Dr. Emily Haozous, (Apache)
Dr. Fred_Begay (Navajo)
Dr. Gilbert John, Microbiologist
Dr. Glenabah Martinez, (Taos/Diné)
Dr. Gregory Cajete
Dr. Healani Chang, Clinical Behavioral Scientist/Pacific Biosciences
Dr. Hillary Weaver
Dr. Ian Thompson Choctaw
Dr. Jace Weaver
Dr. Jacquelyn Bolman, Environmental Scientist and Academic Advisor
Dr. Jani Ingram, Chemist
Dr. Jay Hansford C Vest, Saponi-Monacan, UNC-P
Dr. Jean O’Brien, History, UMN White Earth Ojibiwe
Dr. Jeff Means History Lakota
Dr. Jennifer Denetdale (Diné), Associate Professor of American Studies,
Dr. Jennifer McAlpin Navajo
Dr. Jennifer Nez Denetdale History Navajo
Dr. Jerrel Yakel, Neuroscientist
Dr. Jim Northrup
Dr. Joan Esnayra, Geneticist
Dr. Joanne Barker
Dr. Jodi Byrd English Chickasaw
Dr. John Spence, retired;
Dr. K. Tsianina Lomawaima, Anthropology, Creek
Dr. Karen Magnus, Biophysicist
Dr. Karina Walters,
Dr. Ken Ridgway, Geologist
Dr. Kimberly Huyser, (Diné)
Dr. Kimberly Roppolo http://www.nativewiki.org/Kimberly_Roppolo
Dr. Lee Anne Howe, Literature, Choctaw, UI-Champain-Urbana
Dr. Lee Bitsóí, Educator
Dr. Leola Tsinnajinnie, (Diné)
Dr. Linda Burhansstipanov, Public Health Educator
Dr. Linda E. Oxendine, History emeritus, UNC-P Lumbee
Dr. Lloyd L. Lee (Diné), Assistant Professor of Native American Studies
Dr. Lorenda Belone, (Diné)
Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery, History, UNC-Chapel Hill Lumbee
Dr. Mandy Fretts, U of Wash first Nations Mik’maq
Dr. Marcus Cloud Briggs Divinity from Harvard Miccasukee (sp?),
Dr. Margaret Hiza, Geologist
Dr. Margaret Nelson Cherokee 90 years young!
Dr. Maria Tenario,
Dr. Maria Yellow Horse Braveheart,
Dr. Marigold Linton, Cognitive Psychologist
Dr. Mary Alice Tsosie (Diné), Director of Oral History Project, University Libraries, IFAIR Board
Dr. Mary Ann Jacobs, History UNC-P, Lumbee
Dr. Mattie Harper Ethnic Studies Anishinabe
Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua Ethnic Studies Chamorro
Dr. Michael Yellow Bird (Arikara/Hidatsa), Professor of Social Work, Humboldt State University
Dr. Monica Tsethlikai, Psychologist
Dr. Nancy Jackson, Chemist
Dr. Natchee Blu Barnd Ethnic Studies Anishinabe
Dr. Ned Blackhawk History Shoshone
Dr. Philip Deloria History Lakota
Dr. Rebecca Garcia, Mathematician
Dr. Reyna Ramirez Anthropology Ho Chunk
Dr. Rina Swentzell http://www.nativewiki.org/Rina_Swentzell

Dr. Robert Megginson, Mathematician
Dr. Robert Perez Ethnic Studies Apache
Dr. Robin Kimmerer, Plant Ecologist
Dr. Robyn Hannigan, Environmental Scientist
Dr. Rodney C. Haring
Dr. Russell Stands-Over-Bull, Geologist
Dr. Scott Richard Lyons English Ojibwe
Dr. Scottie Henderson (Navajo) Scottie worked with me on tribal water quality codes before going on to marine biology
Dr. Stacy Leeds Cherokee
Dr. Steven Crum History Western Shoshone
Dr. Tassy Parker, (Seneca)
Dr. Theresa Gregor English Santa Isabel
Dr. Thomas Crofoot,
Dr. Tiffany Lee, (Diné)
Dr. Tom Ball (Klamath/Modoc), University of Oregon;
Dr. Vibrina Coronado, Performance Studies, independent scholar, Lumbee
Dr. Vincent Werito, (Diné)
Dr. Waziyatawin Angela Wilson PHD History Dakota
Dr. Wilfred Foster Denetclaw, Zoologist
Dr. William Bauer History Round Valley

Please add names to the comments and whether Alaska Native or American Indian. I’ll update the listing.

NSF listing (sans names) is http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/sed/2011/data_table.cfm

US Senate hearing in Bethel, Thursday, on rural energy prices

This is the extent of any notice I can find. I did contact the Senator through her website about when, where, who, format, etc. There hasn’t been any local notice that I am aware of, but usually these things are not well advertised.

Supposed to be Thursday, the 28th of August 2008.

Energy meeting set for Thursday
The Associated Press

Published: August 24th, 2008 02:02 AM
Last Modified: August 24th, 2008 02:02 AM

BETHEL — Sen. Lisa Murkowski has scheduled a hearing in Bethel this week to explore the impact of soaring energy prices in rural Alaska.

The Alaska Republican says the Thursday hearing will be before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

Murkowski’s office says panel participants will include Native leaders as well as federal and state officials.

Topics to be discussed include the impact of high energy costs on the future of traditional lifestyles and whether the federal government is doing enough to support the development of energy resources in rural parts of the state.
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/503490.html

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Witches britches and Alaska tumbleweeds

Just in the past couple of weeks, some of those in Bethel got appalled at the number of plastic grocery bags they have trapped in the bushes around the city dump [ Massive trashy tundra clean up effort planned]

Beautiful Bethel beaches (Sadowski & Froehlich) is the same city that refused to ban the little fly-by-nights a couple of years ago because a few folks ordering delivery lunch wanted them. This is the same public works that ordered new dumpsters that are too tall for folks to use, especially children. This is the same landfill, adjacent to the giant septic pond unlined sewage lagoon, which for years did not use daily cover; the same dump/pond which feeds the gulls and the ravens all year round.

see related entries–

• solid+waste
• Manuals Available to Assist Communities with Solid Waste Planning and Education
• Take ugly butts home
• Interim rural solid waste management IV
• Toilets and Trash sanitation in the frontier
• Solid waste management in emergencies
• SWMP flying anuk
• Trash money available SWMP
• SWMP EPA grants
• Trash into electricity– Tactical biorefinery

China targets plastic bags http://link.latimes.com/r/0Q7X8Z/A75RX/S1MZ9L/6245/NPR1J/LE/h
By Mark Magnier
A ban on the thinnest goes into effect in June. Some wonder how effective it will be.

Earth Matters: Bags don’t have to be ubiquitous
Mona Blaber | The New Mexican1/25/2008 – 1/26/08

Last summer, I decided to go bag-neutral. Armed with a mountain of sacks from previous purchases, I vowed never to take another bag.

It went well until I actually bought something. I walked into a salon intending to buy just a brush and walked out with a brush, two jumbo bottles of shampoo and conditioner and one plastic bag. Before the day was out, I slipped up again, forgetting until it was too late that a Subway sandwich means a plastic bag unless you speak up.

Plastic bags are convenient and difficult to avoid; conservation groups estimate that between 80 billion and 100 billion are given to consumers every year in the United States. Those 100 billion bags require about 12 million barrels of oil to manufacture and take up to 1,000 years to break down. Standard plastic bags don’t biodegrade. They photodegrade, … Even when properly disposed of, the sacks can fly away and sully the landscape. In South Africa, where they’re now banned, they’re so ubiquitous as litter they’re called the national flower…

The industry also argues that plastic bags are more environmentally friendly than paper, because paper uses trees and requires more energy in manufacture and transport, which is true, according to a study by the Institute for Lifecycle Environmental Assessment. That’s the point: If we use our own bags, we don’t need either. Paper and plastic both use precious resources and energy, contributing to carbon emissions and climate change. [...]

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/HealthandScience/Bags_don_t_have_to_be_ubiquitous

Old shipping crates reborn as Taloyoak garbage bins
Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2008 CBC News

A Nunavut community has found an innovative use for discarded wooden crates from barge shipments: make them into badly needed garbage bins for residents… Covers on the new bins prevent ravens and dogs from getting into people’s garbage, a major problem… [...]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/01/25/tal-boxes.html?ref=rss

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Review of a disaster preparedness training for tribal leaders

Disaster Preparedness Training for Tribal Leaders http://www.occup-med.com/content/pdf/1745-6673-3-2.pdf (pdf file format)

Describes a disaster preparedness training program for tribal leaders conducted in Arizona. Discusses the role of cultural competency, respect for tribal sovereignty, solicitation of historical examples of indigenous preparedness, and incorporation of tribal community networks in the success of the program.

Date: 2008
Journal: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology Volume: 3 Issue: 2

from The Rural Assistance Center– a collaborative effort of the University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health, and the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) funded by a grant through HRSA’s Office of Rural Health Policy. All listings contained in this e-mail can also be accessed from the Rural Assistance Center Web site, Go to http://www.raconline.org/listserv/health/011708.html

• http://www.raconline.org

The Challenges section is very important– pointing out the disadvantages of the “usual approach” to working with tribes (and why grassroots science or community-based programs would be better)

Challenges
There were several challenges to implementing the trainings in the field. These were mostly created by the very short timeline for the project due to funding restrictions. This meant there was little time to visit in the field with key stakeholders and to further encourage participation. As a result, the identification of the training participants was left almost entirely to the BT Coordinator for each tribe. Given the newness of many of these individuals to a newly created role, not all of these coordinators were well integrated into their local public health system. Some were not based within their health programs, but rather operated out of their emergency management departments. As a result several trainings had limited public health personnel participation.

Additionally the scope of the project was very broad as it encompassed all five regions within the state, and required cooperation between tribal, county and federal agency counterparts. Fragmentation within each local public health system resulted in some communication breakdowns and last minute requests.

Other challenges to participation in the training included limited resources available to the tribes. In some cases there were no travel funds for relevant personnel to attend the training session. In other instances, public health emergency preparedness and issues of bioterrorism were not considered priorities particularly compared other competing needs facing under-funded tribal health programs. Subsequently, there were several of the tribes whose BT coordinators and public health personnel were not represented at the training.

In regards to the curriculum, a “one-size fits all” approach created some challenges to meeting the needs of the audience. Due to the diverse backgrounds, roles and skills sets of the participants it was difficult to find the right pitch for all. For some it was too basic and for others too advanced. The content areas required for each module were very broad and it was difficult to present all the content comfortably in three half-day sessions.

Related content (off-site)–
Cooperative Extension Work in Indian Country
Public involvement how-to readings
Developing Minority Community Capacity in Environmental Health & Hazardous Substances
Biocultural Dimensions of Environment and Health

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More emergency and disaster preparedness (special populations)

Special Populations: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness

from the great Bringing Health Information to Communities (see sidebar, BHIC)

A new Web page that addresses emergency and disaster preparedness and special populations has been added to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Enviro-Health Links to selected Web sites featuring emergency preparedness for special populations. This includes people with disabilities, people with visual or hearing impairments, senior citizens, children, and women. Links to information in languages other than English are also provided.

• Special Populations: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
  http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/specialpopulationsanddisasters.html

* Disabled
* Seniors
* Hearing Impaired
* Visually Impaired
* Women and Gender
* Pregnancy
* Children
* Diabetes
* Native Americans
* Foreign Language Materials
* Información en Español
* Guidance for Organizations and Governments
* Guidance for Employers
* Law and Policy
* Lessons Learned from Prior Disasters
* Searches from the National Library of Medicine

See related resources
Top 50 reading list for emergency managementFederal toolkit to promote local pandemic preparedness

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Law school report: Native Communities and Climate Change

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Native Communities and Climate Change: Protecting Tribal Resources as Part of National Climate Policy

Only the executive summary seems available and maybe or maybe not the entire report will be available to those not in Congress. If governmental action responds to reports, then a report is needed before any assistance can be provided. On the other hand, there were lots of reports on dumps in Indian Country and despite years of work by Americans for Indian Opportunity (LaDonna Harris) and other groups, tribal governments are often left out of enabling legislation.

Report: Climate shift to hit Indians hard
Droughts could set off water wars among Southwest tribes, and rising seas may flood Indian lands in Florida and Alaska, the study says.
By Katy Human, Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Launched: 09/18/2007 01:00:00 AM MDT
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_6921868

Climate change likely will hit American Indians especially hard as rising seas flood Miccosukee and Seminole lands in Florida and droughts trigger water wars between Southwestern tribes and others, according to a new report.

Among the hardest hit will be Alaska’s native people, University of Colorado at Boulder law professors and scientists said Monday in the report.

The study – “Native Communities and Climate Change, Protecting Tribal Resources as Part of National Climate Policy” – has been sent to members of the U.S. Congress.

An executive summary of the report has been sent to members of the U.S. Congress; to the directors and deputy directors of the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and other appropriate federal agencies and interest groups; and to the leadership of American Indian tribes. A final report will be completed in a few weeks….

“The federal trust responsibility requires the government to protect tribal land and resources, and is rooted in the numerous treaties, statutes, executive orders and judicial opinions recognizing the very tribal rights at risk from climate change,” [emphasis added] said CU-Boulder law Professor Sarah Krakoff, a contributor to the report

http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2007/356.html

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Alaska Tribal Conference On Environmental Management, Oct 15-17 2007

from WHAT’S UP – September 5., 2007 – Compiled Weekly by Peg Tileston
On behalf of the Alaska Women’s Environmental Network (AWEN), Alaska Center for the Environment (ACE), and Alaska Conservation Alliance (ACA)

**October 15 – 17
ANCHORAGE – The 13TH ANNUAL ALASKA TRIBAL CONFERENCE on ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (ATCEM) will be held at the downtown Marriott Hotel, 820 W. 7th Ave. This year’s theme is “HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, HEALTHY PEOPLE.” Session Topics include: Planning and Preparing for Environmental Action, Outreach and Education: Getting Communities Involved, and Implementation: Hands on Demonstrations. Also included will be Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Indian General Assistance Program (IGAP) training. For more information, contact the Rural Alaska Sanitation Coalition (RASC) Coordinator at 1-800-560-8637 or email us: atcemgroup @ anthc . org

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Aboriginal Canada Portal

9. Aboriginal Canada Portal [Macromedia Flash Player]

• http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/en/index.html

Learning about native peoples in Canada has never been so easy as with this compelling website created by the government of Canada, who worked in partnership with the Assembly of First Nations and other stakeholders to create this site. Visitors can search the entire site’s contents through a handy search feature on the homepage, or they can click around within such thematic areas as education, claims and treaties, justice and policing, and employment. The site also offers information organized by other themes, such as “Elders”, “Women”, “Youth”, and “Kids”. Also, there is a very impressive and frequently updated searchable calendar of aboriginal events and news updates. The site is rounded out by a nice “Virtual Tour of Aboriginal Canada”, which allows visitors to learn about daily life within these different communities. [KMG]

>From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007 (see sidebar)

• http://scout.wisc.edu/

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3 things pocket card

A more attractive pocket card , if your local governments are still unresponsive to your requests to help plan. Whether municipal or tribal, governments seem to be resistant to the naked truth.

If anyone has better ideas, let me know and I can put them up here.

The birds are genuine, a cross-breed of featherless chickens

• BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Bald chicken ‘needs no plucking’
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2000003.stm
• Featherless chicken creates a flap – 21 May 2002 – New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2307

Right click to download (save as) 3 Things front bizcard (MS Word format) [The template (table) is complete, however because the design had to be completed in MS Publisher then inserted as an image into the Word document, it was too large to fill in all business card cells. Copy the first cell (card) and paste it into the other cells (blank cards) on your own computer.]

right click to download (save as) 3 Things back bizcard (MS Word format)

Sing in English
Song to time hand washing for hygiene and disease prevention

or Yup’ik Eskimo (yugstun)
Song in Yup’ik to time handwashing

[revised] 2007-10-17
Don’t forget your Condom Amulets
Knit A Condom Amulet

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Canada revised plan

• http://tinyurl.com/udbek

Updated pandemic flu plan released
Dec. 9, 2006. HELEN BRANSWELL, CANADIAN PRESS

The federal government released the latest version of Canada’s pandemic influenza plan Saturday, the first official update of the plan in nearly two years….

“The fear was if we’re doing our planning without First Nation involvement, that could pose a public health problem,” Clement said at a news conference following the end of the meeting.

The plan is located here

• http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cpip-pclcpi/

and available as a pdf file or files

• http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cpip-pclcpi/pdf-e/CPIP-2006_e.pdf

Annex A: Planning Checklists
Annex B: Pandemic Influenza Planning Considerations in On-Reserve First Nations Communities
Annex C: Pandemic Influenza Laboratory Preparedness Plan
Annex D: Recommendations for the Priortized Use of Pandemic Vaccine
Annex E: Planning Recommendations for the Use of Anti-Influenza (Antiviral) Drugs in Canada During a Pandemic
Annex F: Infection Control and Occupational Health Guidelines During Pandemic Influenza in Traditional and Non-Traditional Health Care Settings
Annex G: Health Services: Clinical Care Guidelines and Tools
Annex H: Resource Management Guidelines for Health Care Facilities During an Influenza Pandemic
Annex I: Guidelines for the Management of Mass Fatalities During an Influenza Pandemic
Annex J: Guidelines for Non-Traditional Sites and Workers
Annex K: Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan for the Health Sector: Communications Annex
Annex L: Federal Emergency Preparedness and Response System
Annex M: Public Health Measures
Annex N: Pandemic Influenza Surveillance Guidelines
Glossary of Terms and List of Acronyms