Partnerships
As a foundation, we partner with Tribes, universities, and other organizations to provide educational and research opportunities to American Indian students (K-gray) with the sole purpose of encouraging life-long learning and sharing. Please enjoy learning about what we've been up to with our partners and contact us if you'd like to form a partnership.
Beaver as Educator: A Summer Program for Native American YouthThis essay seeks to understand the many “ways” or modalities that American Indian students and the community learns and understand new concepts. We provide insights into the reasons of “why” and “how” American Indian people gain new knowledge. We provide an examination of four days of instruction to American Indian students on the Duck Valley reservation in Southern Idaho and Norther Nevada. The first educational objective was to understand the process to capture some “problem” beavers in live traps and move them to a more suitable stream on the mountains of the reservation. Our second educational objective introduced students to the methods of measuring water quality and reporting these findings. To build these American Indian students understanding of water analysis, students investigated the water quality of the beaver habitat and compared these results to the water quality in their homes. Inherent in these objectives was the appropriate and safe handling of the beavers, both for the sake of the beaver as well as the safety of the students. We provide evidence that learning can occur both in an outside and inside a classroom. Through the learning process of “Two-Eyed Seeing” it becomes clear that the consideration of Indigenous World Views and Western Science methods can lead to richer understandings.
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Montana American Indian Math and ScienceThe Montana American Indian in Math and Science (MT-AIMS) program is requesting funding through the Education Innovation and Research competition to support an Early Phase grant. This project is a partnership between the North American Native Research and Education Foundation (NANREF) and the University of Montana (UM) to serve Native American students from 6th – 10th grade, our identified high need student population. The project Demonstrates a Rationale and will utilize Field Initiated Innovations in improving and expanding STEM learning and engagement (Absolute Priorities 1 and 2). MT-AIMS will develop a STEM learning program targeting Montana’s Native American youth that will increase their competency and persistence in STEM fields. The long-term vision of the AIMS program is to provide linked STEM programming to Native American students across the country, from sixth grade through their freshman year in college, and continued support through pursuit of a Ph.D. This project will implement the first, early phase of development towards this vision by creating learning experiences for students in grades 6 through 10 in Montana. The project will address the significant gap in participation of Native Americans in STEM fields by increasing the number of Native students who are prepared to succeed in STEM at the university level.
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TerraGraphics International Foundation (TIFO)An interdisciplinary team of scientists who apply environmental cleanup and health intervention methodologies developed in US mining districts to hazardous sites in low and middle-income countries. These include artisanal mining and recycling sites, industrial operations, and legacy sites.
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Robert Wood Johnson Grant
Dr. Abrar Khan donated $1000 to NANREF for student scholarships. He felt compelled to encourage young Native American students to pursue higher education. The encouragement for the students is a necessity. In his work as a Critical Care and Emergency Medicine physician in Arizona he frequently encounters Native American patients. He finds their social and family values very similar to those of his own.
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