Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience for this project are Bachelor of Science in Native Environmental Sciences undergraduate students at Northwest Indian College and unrepresented environmental science graduate students at Western Washington University who are engaging in field or laboratory research in marine science. This project works to engage advanced undergraduates in a nested mentor model with graduate student (overseen by faculty at NWIC, WWU, and partnered at OSU) to design and implement research projects. The results of these student projects are targeted at their peer undergraduates and tribal resource managers in the Pacific Northwest. Changes/Problems:Due to COVID-19 closures, we were not able to offer a summer physical student internship. We were able to offer a remote internship opportunity for one student, and continue to foster the relationship between the PI/Co-I in anticipation of having a graduate student-undergraduate mentorship in summer 2022. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The undergraduate student in the Summer of 2021 was able to work with a writing mentor, and Indigenous faculty member at a R1 school, and a STEAM outreach coordinator 2x weekly during the 8-week internship to develop abstracts, standard operating procedures, and presentations (recorded oral) for research symposia or conferences. This undergraduate student presented her research in a zoom symposia and recorded her experiences, which are not displayed on the Salish Sea Research Center's website. This summer opportunity exposed the student to faculty and researchers at a variety of institutions, including University of Washington, Western Washington University, University of California at Santa Cruz, California State University Monterey Bay, and NOAA personnel in the Seattle Washington area. The student also worked directly with tribal natural resource managers for her project in Alaska, and had the opportunity to present to a cohort of her fellow students. Co-I Hatch and PI Peacock are continuing to work on the nested mentor model. While many opportunities are delayed and closed down because of the ongoing pandemic, Co-I Hatch's new graduate student (Jackelyn Garcia) has met with PI Peacock multiple times and is working on a project related to biotoxins in clams in the Salish Sea and will be working both in the lab at Northwest Indian College and in the field with Northwest Indian College undergraduate students. While we cannot anticipate what this next year will bring, we are planning for a summer internship program and have invited Jackelyn to be a graduate student mentor to at least one undergrad who will work with her in the field during summer 2022. @font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-fareast-}p {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-fareast-}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The student who participated in summer 2021 has recorded her work in a presentation which is available as an undergraduate research experience on the Salish Sea Research Center's website. Both PI Peacock and Co-I Hatch have discussed the project at various professional conferences. Students who have participated have shared their work with their communities as well. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: Undergraduate students at NWIC design and implement an 8-week summer internship project, working with a graduate student from WWU, and the PD/Co-D. During the summer of 2021, students were not able to participate for in person field/lab internships due to COVID-19 restrictions. Consequently, students participated as a group cohort remotely, and via zoom. Previously (2019-2020 academic year) we had hoped to provide a remote internship, if possible, for a student, but our partner universities (WWU and OSU) were also virtual and remote, and this was not possible. In the summer of 2021, one undergraduate student in the Bachelor of Sciences in Native Environmental Sciences program at NWIC as they worked remotely in Alaska on their own project. The student worked with faculty at NWIC to design and implement a project engaged in investigating changes in salinity at a local tidal river, and how that impacted fishing opportunities for marine fish. The faculty at NWIC used lessons learned from the summer in 2019 to help format and build the 8-week summer research internship project. This student participated in 2x weekly zoom meetings with Indigenous faculty at R1 universities, as well as minority graduate students, NWIC undergraduates, and Indigenous research mentors at NWIC. Supplies for the student to complete their project were shipped to Alaska, and the student presented her findings in a 20-minute recorded presentation at the end of the research summer. Students were involved in the designing/implementation of the project, with 1-on-1 help with an NWIC research mentor, and the research collection in the field was supported by the student's uncle, who is a tribal natural resource manager in Alaska. Objective 2: Students will have opportunities to present their research at a local or national conference. The student who participated presented her work through a 20-minute talk at the NWIC undergraduate symposium at the end of the summer. She has not been able to present at a national conference this year, mainly due to travel restrictions and conference cancellations related to the current pandemic, though there is opportunity, and NWIC will provide funding for her to participate if she wishes too. The Salish Sea Research Center at NWIC has permission to display her talk on our webpage, and have done so. @font-face { panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic- mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-fareast-}p {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ; mso-fareast-}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast- mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Hatch, M.B.A (2021) Using Clam Garden Research to Span the Boundary Between Indigenous Communities and Academic Research, Huxley College of the Environment https://vimeo.com/522913958 March 11 2021
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2020
Citation:
Peacock, MB (2020) Allowing room for Indigenous students' voices in the research mentor process. AGU, San Francisco, December 11-18 2020.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Peacock, MB (2021) Cooperative research with Indigenous partners: joining them on their waters. Nature and Human Health conference. Seattle, WA, Feb 2-4 2021.
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Progress 09/01/19 to 08/31/20
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience are Native Northwest Indian College Environmental Science undergraduate students and minority Western Washington University Department of Environmental Science graduate students. This project works with advanced undergraduate and graduate students using a nested mentor model to have students participate in all aspects of developing, implementing, completing, and presenting a research project. Results from this project are targeted toward Pacific Northwest tribal natural resources and the scientific community at large. Changes/Problems:Due to COVID-19 closures, we were not able to offer a summer physical student internship. We hope to offer either (1) an academic-year internship, and/or a (2) remote learning opportunity for the undergraduate/graduate students. The PD/CoD are meeting to determine the feasibility and best option in the next few weeks. We will ask for a 1-year NCE to provide the opportunity for a student and complete our objectives for this project. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Undergraduate students in the Summer of 2019 were able to work with a writing mentor and a STEAM outreach coordinator weekly during the 8-week internship to develop abstracts, standard operating procedures, and presentations (oral and posters) for research symposia or conferences. Both undergraduate students for that project submitted conference abstracts to SACNAS in anticipation of presenting data at the national meeting in October 2019 (and one student did). Both Hatch and WWU graduate student Cruz, participated in an Indigenous Aquaculture workshop in Hawaii. This workshop brought together clam gardeners and fish pond practitioners to share experiences and results around rekindling Indigenous Aquaculture around the Pacific. We anticipate additional training opportunities for students this year, depending on remote opportunities as we navigate school/conference/training shut downs due to COVID-19. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Tribal community members from British Columbia actively participated on the project with the students, including meetings and field work. Dissemination was provided through research symposium and national conferences. Western Washington University had a film crew join for one day of field work in the summer of 2019. This footage will be used for three products to be shared with the WWU community and the boarder population. The WWU communications office and the WWU Salish Sea Institute will both release a video highlighting the faculty- student mentoring relationship at the type of research we do. Additionally, the footage will be used for the first in a series of international research travel documentaries released by Spark Science. Spark Science is a science communication platform at WWU and focuses on under-represented people in science doing non-traditional science. The Spark Science video will be released in late 2020, but the audio has been released as a podcast. WWU Communications has included some of the footage in the 50th Anniversary of Huxley and more videos will be released in late 2020. Podcast released on Spark Science: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pssrm-e2de5d?utm_campaign=u_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=u_share Partnership footage included in this video: https://vimeo.com/388549997/2af14f2b75?utm_source=Western+Today+distribution&utm_campaign=11b100d0e9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_14_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bd027a69be-11b100d0e9-222654965 What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Our physical internship for the summer of 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19. We will be asking for a 1-year NCE to continue the project through the year. We anticipated having an academic year internship, which may or may not happened depending on the decisions of the Northwest Indian College, Western Washington University, and the tribal nations and state governments that we are working with, and requirements for sheltering in place and/or reopening phases. By October 1 2020, the PD/Co-D will make a decision about the feasibility of an academic year physical internship. Should this not be possible, we are already in discussions to have a remote learning internship for the students.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: Undergraduate students at NWIC design and implement an 8-week summer internship project, working with a graduate student from WWU, and the PD/Co-D. During the academic year (2019 - 2020) the PD/CoD worked with the same graduate student mentor who participated in summer 2019 to design and implement a summer project with two NWIC undergraduates. Due to COVID-19 school, state, and tribal closures, NWIC is not able to hold a physical internship program in summer 2020. We hope that we may be able to provide a modified academic year internship in the near future (winter or spring quarter) to fulfill the internship objective, and are working on a contingency plan for a remote learning situation if that is not possible. In summer 2019, the graduate research mentor, Octavio Cruz, Co-D Marco Hatch, and the NIFA supported NWIC undergraduate internship student from, and a Native Alaskan undergraduate from WWU (funded by Hatch) investigated fatty acid content in traditional foods on Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada. The NWIC student and graduate student mentor participated in the field research and were part of an all Indigenous research team, including members from the Cape Mudge Band (where the field work was happening), Bella Bella, BC, Alaska and Coast Salish communities. Samples collected from this field experience were processed at the land-grant participating partner, Oregon State University, during the academic year. Students were involved in the designing/implementation of the project, the research collection in the field, participation in cultural outreach with tribal members at Lummi Nation and British Columbia, Canada. Objective 2: Students will have opportunities to present their research at a local or national conference. Both undergraduate students, as well as the graduate student on this project submitted conference abstracts to Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) to present in October/November 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii. One undergraduate student was able to present their research at a joint WWU-NWIC summer research symposium in mid-August 2019, and the NWIC Summer Intern Symposium, as well as at SACNAS. Reid, S., O. Cruz., M.B.A. Hatch. 2019. Effects of fatty acid composition on Littleneck clam (Leukoma staminea) condition indices gathered from Quadra Island clam gardens and beaches. Northwest Indian College Summer Research Symposium Reid, S., O. Cruz., M.B.A. Hatch. 2019. Effects of fatty acid composition on Littleneck clam (Leukoma staminea) condition indices gathered from Quadra Island clam gardens and beaches. SACNAS, Honolulu Hawaii, October 29-Nov1 2019. Objective 3: Undergraduate students will interact with faculty from Oregon State University. One undergraduate student and the grad mentor was able to participate and travel to Oregon State University in September 2019 to work with our faculty partner at OSU to complete the analysis of their summer research project on fatty acids.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Secaira, M. (2019). Digging for Indigenous Science in 3,000 year-old Clam Beds. https://crosscut.com/2019/03/digging-indigenous-science-3000-year-old-clam-beds
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Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/19
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience are Native Northwest Indian College Environmental Science undergraduate students and minority Western Washington University Department of Environmental Science graduate students. This project works with advanced undergraduate and graduate students using a nested mentor model to have students participate in all aspects of developing, implementing, completing, and presenting a research project. Results from this project are targeted toward Pacific Northwest tribal natural resources and the scientific community at large. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Students work with a writing mentor and a STEAM outreach coordinator weekly during the 8-week internship to develop abstracts, standard operating procedures, and presentations (oral and posters) for research symposia or conferences. Both undergraduate students for this project have submitted conference abstracts to SACNAS in anticipation of presenting data at the national meeting in October 2019. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Tribal community members from British Columbia are actively participating on the project with the students, including meetings and field work. Dissemination is expected in the near future through research symposium and national conferences. Western Washington University had a film crew join for one day of field work. This footage will be used for three products to be shared with the WWU community the boarder population. The WWU communications office and the WWU Salish Sea Institute will both release a video highlighting the faculty- student mentoring relationship at the type of research we do. Additionally, the footage will be used for the first in a series of international research travel documentaries released by Spark Science. Spark Science is a science communication platform at WWU and focuses on under-represented people in science doing non-traditional science. The release date for all of three of these products in early to mid 2020. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Undergraduate and graduate researchers will participate in laboratory analysis at Oregon State University, and a new cohort of undergraduate students will be participating in research projects in Summer 2020. The graduate mentor on this project will continue working toward his Master's degree in Environmental Science, and students will work with faculty at NWIC, WWU, and OSU on their projects. Students will also attend the SACNAS conference in October 2019.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: Undergraduate students at NWIC design and implement an 8-week summer internship project, working with a graduate student from WWU, and the PD/Co-D. This summer (2019) we have two undergraduate students working with a graduate student mentor from Western Washington University along with the PD/Co-D on a project to investigate fatty acid content in traditional foods on Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada. Students have been involved in the designing/implementation of the project, the research collection in the field, participation in cultural outreach with tribal members at Lummi Nation and British Columbia, Canada, and will be completing lab work in the coming month to finish out their 8-week summer internship. Students have completed an 8-day field portion of the research project, and have completed lab work over the next few weeks. In early September the students will travel to OSU to analysis the fatty acid samples with the OSU Co-D. Students that participated in the field research where part of an all Indigenous research team, including members from the Cape Mudge Band (where the field work was happening), Bella Bella, BC, Alaska and Coast Salish. Objective 2: Students will have opportunities to present their research at a local or national conference. Both undergraduate students, as well as the graduate student on this project have submitted conference abstracts to Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) to present in October/November 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Both undergraduate students will present their research at a joint WWU-NWIC summer research symposium in mid-August 2019, and the NWIC Summer Intern Symposium. Objective 3: Undergraduate students will interact with faculty from Oregon State University. Undergraduate students will travel to Oregon State University in early September 2019 to work with our faculty partners at OSU to complete the analysis of their summer research project.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Hillaire, J., Jr.;O. Cruz; Reid, S., Hatch, M.B.A. (2019). Quantifying the Effects of Physical Beach Characteristics on Leukoma Staminea (Littleneck clams) condition within Laich-Kwil-Tach & We Wai Kai Nations Clam Gardens. SACNAS conference 2019. Honolulu, HI
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Cruz, O., Hatch, M.B.A. (2019). Health Condition of Littleneck Clams found in Indigenous Clams Gardens of Kanish Bay: An assessment of fatty acid and Isotopic variation of First Foods. SACNAS conference 2019. Honolulu, HI.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Reid, S.; Cruz. O.; Hatch, M.B.A. (2019). Effects of fatty acid composition on Littleneck clam (Leukoma staminea) condition indices gathered from Quadra Island clam gardens and beaches. SACNAS conference 2019. Honolulu, HI.
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