Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/19
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Target Audience:Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science degree program with emphasis in land management. Community education focused on use of buffalo and buffalo by-products. The audience for these short courses and workshop were the tribal community at-large. Changes/Problems:We ran into some problems in going forth and delivering some of our coursework due to changes in personnel and losing some of our work in the process. Alot was lost when our Co-project director retired as she had a lot of the paperwork showing what had been done in moving the coursework through the academic process. While we want to continue to develop our academic programs in the Environmental Science program area, some of our focus became more about short courses on bison for the community- whether it be Ranch Essentials certificates or bison by products art courses like making horse masks with bison hides or parfleche boxes that are being made this summer on campus. We will be seeking accreditation through WINHEC as was stated before as we feel this will benefit us and our students to do so. We spent a lot of time and considerable resources at our Wiwila Wakpala Bison Field Station and the tribe cancelled our lease and we are going to court over the political battle for this property. We put a lot of time and effort into this 26,000 acre ranch and hope not to lose it. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Through our; collaborative efforts we have been able to partner with Sitting Bull College on a couple grants dealing with bison. We also participated in a national bison survey where we sent fecal samples to another university in Texas. We hosted a youth agriculture summit with 25 youth from high school to college aged in partnership with the Indian Ag Council where we provided training on rangeland mgmt issues with NRCS. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Some of the work we are doing is going to be published for others to use in studying bison and working with the herds regarding health. We have attended FALCON conferences and other programs where we share our work with others like AIHC and AISES among others regionally like EPSCOR programs throughout the state. We have also shared it with students, faculty and staff about our work as well as sharing with the Rosebud Sioux Tribe's Natural Resources offices and the RST Game, Fish and Parks. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We plan on continuing to develop our programs for both the academic side and the community education side of our efforts since many of our people are just interested in the knowledge and not so much the degree program. We will continue to develop our bison facilities from handling pens and corrals to developing the bison by products through arts and crafts and utilize as much of the animal as we can to be consistent with our culture in not wasting any part of the animal including the ceremony and spiritual side of relating to the bison.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
We have an 18 month certificate program that is under development. However, we have had issues with adding programs due to the Higer Learning Commission accreditation process that we go through. We will be using the World Indigeneous Nations Higher Education Consortium to accredit some of our programs. We have researched cultural uses of the bison and documented them as well since the Lakota culture is interwoven with lessons from bison behavior. We had lots of changes in personnel with some key people retiring and some faculty moving to different job locations so we weren't able to deliver the courses but we are still developing those programs with our curriculum developer position finally filled. We want to develop our field based experential learning models.We have developed relations with many private bison herd owners, and have volunteers coming to us to help us learn more about bison appreciative inquiry. We were able to partner with SDSU SD State Univ. to have them move a rangeland specialist to our campus from 40 miles away in another town.
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Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/19
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Target Audience:Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science degree program with emphasis in land management. Community education focused on use of buffalo and buffalo by-products for cultural arts. The audience for these short courses and workshops were the tribal community at-large. Changes/Problems:We have had issues with adding academic programs due to the Higer Learning Commission accreditation process that we go through routinely. We will be looking into using the World Indigeneous Nations Higher Education Consortium to accredit some of our programs. We have researched cultural uses of the bison and documented them since the Lakota culture is interwoven with lessons from bison behavior. We had lots of changes in personnel with some key people retiring from our program and some faculty moving to different job locations so we weren't able to deliver the courses but we are still developing programs. We want to develop our field based experential learning models more completely. We have developed relations with many private bison herd owners, and have volunteers coming to us to help us learn more about bison studies or appreciative inquiry. We were able to partner with SDSU (SD State Univ.) to have them move a rangeland specialist to our campus from 40 miles away in another town. He is currently doing studies on land being grazed by bison. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?We have had some volunteers come to help us look at the herd and make suggestions of how to manage going forward. One man comes from out east and sits with the herd for a few days and studies bellowing patterns of bulls during the rut. Another gentleman has made a couple of trips to see our herd spending a few days with our herd manager and has suggested some salt licks to be added. It is hard to find people with expertise in bison management so we appreciate the efforts that have been made here. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We have been asked to give reports on our herd to community members so we have provided a few verbal reports to the tribal members who are interested in the herd and how they have been doing. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
We have an 18 month certificate program that is under development. We will be using the World Indigeneous Nations Higher Education Consortium to accredit some of our programs. We have researched cultural uses of the bison and documented them as well since the Lakota culture is interwoven with lessons from bison behavior. We want to develop our field based experential learning models further. We have developed relations with many private bison herd owners, and have volunteers coming to us to help us learn more about ways of working with our bison relatives. We were able to partner with SD State Univ., our state land grant partner, to have them move a rangeland specialist to our campus from 40 miles away in another town. He has been doing range land assessments in our bison pastures.
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Progress 09/01/17 to 08/31/18
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Target Audience:Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science degree program with emphasis in land management. Community education focused on use of buffalo and buffalo by-products. The audience for these short courses and workshop were the tribal community at large. Changes/Problems:The primary goal of this project was to develop an 18-month certificate program in Bison Ranch Management. This remains a work in progress. There were several challenges in the University's efforts. Accreditation was a barrier that effected the University's ability to seek approval for new certificate programs. The potential change was that the program would be offered as a non-credit Community Education certificate. Another challenge was the loss of cultural knowledge/expertise in the SGU Lakota Studies department due to faculty transitions. This impacted the validation of cultural philosophy, mission and integration of traditional knowledge in the proposed curricula. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Workshops in cultural buffalo arts were offered in collaboration with the Extension project. The SDSU Rosebud Extension Project offered workshops on small farm and ranch development, hosted a training for SGU staff and students on bison ranching and co-sponsored Leadership training for students. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We plan to develop short courses in Ranch Essentials with a short term certificate for each course. Revise the Tribal Lands Management emphasis in the A.S. in Environmental Science to Range Ecology and Management.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The University developed key partnerships with South Dakota State University and the National Bison Association to access technical assistance for common educational, extension and research goals. SGU offered Extension presentation to assess community-based workshops in traditional Lakota arts based on bison culture. The program review of the Environmental Sciences program has contributed to exploring how range land management education could be shaped including the bison.
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Progress 09/01/16 to 08/31/17
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Target Audience:Professional staff and interns working in developing curriculum for Buffalo Ranch Management/Wildlife management. Changes/Problems:The major change will be that the Buffalo Ranch Certificate will be a non-credit program. A certificate will be awarded upon the completion of the program outcomes by Sinte Gleska University Community Education Programs. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?#1: Complete the site of the Buffalo herd and have facilities ready for students in the Fall, 2017.. #1: Complete the curriculum guide and assessments for the certificate program by Fall, 2017.. #2: Recruit a cohort of 5 students and deliver the curricula beginning in the Fall, 2017. .
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What was accomplished under these goals?
#1: Work continues on development of class outlines/syllabi for Buffalo Ranch project. #1: Establishing an outdoor classroom/ranch area for training students. #1: Developed a collaboration with SDSU to develop rangelands and buffalo herd health classes. #2: Delivered baseline/general classes with 6 interns.
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Progress 09/01/15 to 08/31/16
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Target Audience:Target audience for the project in the second year was professional staff and interns interested in Buffalo Ranch operations and curriculum. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The Advisory Committee received training in developing course outlines and reviewing materials for the coursework Buffalo ranch management personnel received trianing in harvesting and reclaiming buffalo by-products for use in Traditional Lakota Arts All personnel received training in the Lakota Spiritual beliefts and care of the buffalo How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Obtain approval of the Buffalo Ranch Management Certificate Program through the University processes Submit to Higher Learning Commission for approval Recruit up to 10 students into the Buffalo Ranch Managment Certificate Program Deliver the first semester classes to the students in the classes
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Goal #1 Developed courses for Buffalo Ranch Management Program Part-time staff hired to develop syllabi Partnered with Traditional Buffalo Arts Project to teach participants to utilize buffalo by-products in the produciton of art products. Faculty committee reviewed curricula and referred back to program for further development Four interns are working with instrucitonal staff to test syllabi and revise
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Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/15
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Target Audience:The target audience during this year of the project is the curriculum development committee, tribal land committee and technical staff. These are the people that are working on developing the Certificate Program course for the program and the content of the classes that will be offered in the program. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Workshops and Seminars were offered to the curriculum developers and the Certificate degree program development team to familiarize them with various aspect of raising buffalo, land use principles and cultural significance of the buffalo to the Lakota people. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?The project plans to complete the Certificate Program course requirements, develop the syllabi for the courses, identify instructional staff needed to deliver the program, and determine the cost of the program. Survey the tribal community to determine the number of potential students and cost effectiveness of the Certificate Program. The Certficate Program in Buffalo Ranch Management will be submitted to the Department Chairs Committee for approval. If approved, then will be submitted to the Faculty Senate, the President's Council and then to the Board of Regents for final approval. If the program is not approved at any level, further development will take place based on the comments from the level which disapproved the program. Once corrections are made, it will be re-submitted.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Goal #1: Committees were formed to gather data and research materials and review for inclusion in the content of the Certificate Program. A draft of the course requirements and course descriptions was developed for review by experts in ranch management and other bison ranchers. Meetings with committees were held monthly. Review of the literature about buffalo management and the cultural aspects of the buffalo are in the process of review. Goal #2: The project is not at the point of being able to offer the Certificate Program at this time.
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