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ERIC Number: EJ665160
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-6463
Science and Culture in a Curriculum for Tribal Environmental Management: The TENRM Program at the Northwest Indian College.
Berardi, Gigi; Burns, Dan; Duran, Phillip H.; Gonzalez-Plaza, Roberto; Kinley, Sharon; Robbins, Lynn; Williams, Ted; Woods, Wayne
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, v26 n3 p47-64 2002
The National Science Foundation funds a two-year course in environmental resources management at Northwest Indian College on the Lummi Reservation (Washington). The course emphasizes co-articulation of tribal and Western knowledge, a non-abandonment policy toward students, an interdisciplinary approach, and developmental education that begins at the incoming student's level. The program is team-taught with a strong focus on student retention. (TD)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Associate Degrees, College Curriculum, Culturally Relevant Education, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach, Partnerships in Education, Program Descriptions, Student College Relationship, Tribally Controlled Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Lummi (Tribe); Northwest Indian College WA; Resource Management
Note: Program funded largely by National Science Foundation grant DUE-9752076.