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Regina Thunderhawk
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Nebraska & South Dakota |
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Profession or Area of Expertise
Applied Anthropology/Restoration Ecology
Personal Statement
I am an older native student in anthropology/restoration ecology ...in
Nebraska...via South Dakota. I am currently in the preliminary stages of
designing a project which will address overgrazing and related land damage
on plains indian reservations. I hope to establish a working team with a
variety of people in an attempt to assess and reduce the over grazing, and
the reintroduction of native species of grasses and wildlife in an effort
to reduce soil loss, erosion, and imbalances in the wildlife populations
as they currently stand. A segment of this plan would include encouraging
the tribes to engage in these issues from a more community based proactive
stance, with less reliance on remote and cumbersome outside entities. The
plan is to develop a method with them for educating their communities
about the possibilities which exist for working on restoring the land
systems. Engaging the communities in reclaiming more physical
environmental control over their own land base, a large portion of which
is leased out for grazing to people who have little personal understanding
or investment in the issues related to protecting the long term viability
of tribal lands. As an outgrowth of the process, I would like work towards
developing a sustainable land use system which would allow for
conservation and recovery, as well as some planned productivity of the
lands. This might allow for a greater, more immediate, and less damaging
return on the use of the lands , in terms of support via that
productivity, to the people on the reservations.
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