First research hub at UMass will blend Western and Indigenous knowledge to address environmental issues
The research center is the largest NSF grant in UMass history and the first of its kind.
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The research center is the largest NSF grant in UMass history and the first of its kind.
Atalay’s work of reclamation began following the establishment of the U.S. Federal NAGPRA law in 1990.
Effort mirrors similar efforts in Canada and New Zealand, and attracts corresponding doubts about whether the pursuit promises meaningful value to research
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have been selected by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to help lead the newly announced NSF Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS) – a five-year, $30 million in
UC Santa Cruz anthropology faculty members Tsim Schneider and Jon Daehnke received a more than $500,000 subaward through a new National Science Foundation (NSF) center that aims to address climate change by equitably combining insights from Indigenous knowledges and mainstream "Western" sciences.