Tribal College and University Conference 2004, Pasadena, CA

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Tribal College and University Conference 2004,
Pasadena, CA
Sinte Gleska University NASA Initiatives
Leland Bordeaux, VP Academic Affairs Jhon Goes
In Center, Sicangu Policy Institute
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Present Day Indian Reservations
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Another America
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Approximately 890,00Acres
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Sinte Gleska (Spotted Tail)
Strengthening the Sicangu Lakota Oyate through
Education
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Partnerships
SGU Partnerships
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A Model for Relationship Building
SGU USGS Memorandum of Understanding October
2000
Wolakota A new way of doing business
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Sinte Gleska University- USGS Memorandum of
Understanding

• Authorities
• Executive Order 13021, Tribal Colleges and
  Universities, October 19, 1996
• Executive Order 13096, American Indian and Alaska
  Native Education, August 6, 1998
• P.L. 95-47, Tribally Controlled College and
  University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 280
  et seq.)
• P.L. 103-227, Goals 2000Educate America Act,
  March 31, 1994
• P.L. 95-47, Tribally Controlled College and
  University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 280
  et seq.)
• P.L. 103-382, The Improving American Schools Act
  of 1994, Title IX, Indian Education
• Executive Order 13084, Consultation and
  Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments
• Survey Manual Sec. 4.1, Policy on Employee
  Responsibility Towards American Indians and
  Alaska Natives
• Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S.
  Department of the Interior and the American
  Indian Higher Education Consortium.

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Sinte Gleska University- USGS Memorandum of
Understanding

• MOU will accomplish
• The MOU between SGU and the USGS will help
  strengthen the ability of the Sicangu Lakota
  Nation in the areas of
• self-governance,
• management,
• land restoration and use,
• human resource development,
• education curriculum development,
• and geographic information systems/remote
  sensing initiatives.
• This relationship is in keeping with the 1996
  White House Executive Order 13021 which aims to
  increase tribal college access to Federal
  opportunities and expand their participation in
  Federal programs nationwide.

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Sinte Gleska University Geospatial Projects
NativeView, a national Tribal College initiative
led by SGU and the USGS http//www.sinte.edu/na
tiveview Project start 2000
National Science Foundation, Partners for
Innovation a 2Yr project NativeView, A
Geospatial Curriculum for Native Nation Building
Project start 2002
NASA REASoN CAN Project 2003 Award, A Geospatial
Extension to the NASA Information
Power Grid a 5Yr use NASA Data and technology
for land management policies and practice on the
Rosebud Reservation
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NativeView

• http//www.sinte.edu/nativeview

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CAN-020-OES-01
NASA Earth Science REASoN-CAN
Research Education Applications Solutions Network
A Geospatial Extension to the NASA Information
Power Grid
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• develop management decision tools for a single
  component of tribal land management, rangelands,
  using existing NASA technology as a basis
• employ the NASA Information Power Grid to move
  and process data
• utilize Landsat, MODIS and meteorological and
  commercial satellite data and aerial data
• provide education to tribal members in the use of
  emerging
• geospatial technologies with a dual focus of
  technology integration into tribal decision
  making and job creation

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• establish a self-sustaining tribal enterprise,
  Earth Science INtegrated into Tribal Enterprise
  (eSinte), utilizing our decision support system
  to provide services and products to other tribal
  and rural governments in support of their
  resource management activities, and
• leverage the contributions of commercial and
  government partners to assure maximum benefits
  from existing NASA technologies.

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REASoN CAN Partners
Sinte Gleska University NASA Ames USGS- EROS Data
Center Global Science and Technology EarthSat
Corporation
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• REASoN CAN Rewrite

• Enable young hearts and minds to succeed through
  the use of practical technology tools and
  innovative science math educational programs
• Catalyze development and understanding of
  decision support systems for use by tribal
  leadership for economic development and the
  management of tribal lands and resources
• Create an innovative and practical model for
  uplifting Native American communities on a
  national scale

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• REASoN CAN Rewrite Activities

• SGU faculty and students assist tribal rangeland
  managers to monitor rangeland productivity
  and identify indigenous and invasive plant
  species.
• Develop a K-12 learning culture that supports
  systemic change in the ways of mathematics and
  science are taught and integrated with
  technology.
• Provide Earth Science data to students in K-12
  classrooms to perform field studies, look at
  environmental change and assist in ground-truth
  activities.

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• REASoN CAN Rewrite

4. Share findings with the Rosebud Sioux Tribe,
the greater education and Native American
communities. -Presentations at NASA
Pre-service Teacher Conferences for
minority educators. - Presentations with Tribal
Leaders - National Native American mtgs. -
National Science Teachers Association NIEA
NCAI
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A Consortium of Universities Partnering with
Tribal Colleges
George Seielstad
Associate Dean for Research and Innovative
Projects at the John D. Odegard School of
Aerospace Sciences of the University of North
Dakota
James Rattling Leaf
Director of Lands and Resources, Sicangu Policy
Institute, Sinte Gleska University
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Map by Amos Bad Heart Bull Oglala
Lakota, Ca. 1890
Photo by Astronaut John B. Herrington,
Chickasaw, 2002