See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333803251 PRESENTATION: Recent advances in environmental science research at Oglala Lakota College Presentation · April 2014 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.31708.64647 CITATIONS READS 0 2 2 authors , including: Hannan LaGarry Council for Responsible Mining 753 PUBLICATIONS 339 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Surface and subsurface transport pathways for toxic heavy metal contamination in northwestern Nebraska and adjacent parts of South Dakota. View project Geologic mapping and lithostratigraphic revision, O'Neill 1 x 2 USGS Quadangle, Nebraska View project All content following this page was uploaded by Hannan LaGarry on 15 June 2019. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file.
RECENT ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AT OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE Hannan E. LaGarry and Alessandra Higa Department of Math, Science, & Technology, Oglala Lakota College
Pine Ridge Reservation OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE and the PINE RIDGE RESERVATION
4-YEAR, ESTABLISHED IN 1970 MA, BS, BSW, AA, AA/RN, AAS DEGREES STUDENTS (~1600 in 2013-2014) 90% Native American, 60% Female, 50% Non-traditional DECENTRALIZED DELIVERY 67 non-tenured faculty, 95 adjuncts Piya Wiconi Administrative Center (offices, library, laboratories) College Centers (9) on Pine Ridge Reservation College Center on Cheyenne River Reservation College Center in Rapid City, SD ACCREDITATION Higher Learning Commission NCACS
ESTABLISHED IN 1999 DEGREES AA Life Sciences (pre-medicine) AA Science, Engineering, & Math (pre-engineering) AAS & BS Information Technology BS Natural Science (Conservation Biology, Earth Science) STUDENTS 90 declared majors, 18 paid interns (2013-2014) FACULTY 6 Teaching Faculty (full-time instruction) 5 Research Staff (half-time instruction) 2 Outreach Staff (part time instruction) 4 Support Staff (part-time instruction) 10 Adjuncts (part-time instruction)
DEPARTMENT OF MATH, SCIENCE, & TECHNOLOGY Piya Wiconi Administrative Campus
CONSTRUCTIVISM Creating knowledge while exploring the world through meaningful (research) experiences Bodner (1986) Kroll (2004) Bodner & others (2001) Latour (2003) Coburn (1993) Lucero (2006) Coburn (1996) Phillips (1995) Duit & Treagust (1995) Speed (1991) Gijbels & others (2005) Stauffacher & others (2006) Gordon (2009) Strommen & Lincoln (1992) Hay & Barab (2001) Terwell (1999) (And yet we’re still objective empirical reductionists…)
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR US? (since realigning the science curriculum in 2008) PLACE-BASED Research on reservation and vicinity establishes local expertise SELF-SELECTED Promotes continued engagement and personal responsibility SERVICE LEARNING & RESEARCH Establishes relevance and promotes program visibility CULTURAL PRESERVATION Maintains focus on OLC Vision and Lakota worldview NON-ABANDONMENT Demonstrates departmental commitment and promotes completion
LOWER DIVISION CLASSES GENERAL STUDIES CLASSES Basic content knowledge Theoretical background 100-LEVEL CLASSES Survey of OLC MST research programs Recruitment tool for OLC MST degrees 200-LEVEL CLASSES emphasize the scientific method technical writing guided research experience
UPPER DIVISION CLASSES 300-LEVEL CLASSES Project-based assignments Mentor-selected research projects In-house dissemination 400-LEVEL CLASSES Research-oriented assignments Self-selected research projects Professional dissemination (abstracts & papers)
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CAPSTONE SEQUENCE NSci 273 Scientific Writing NSci 393 Research Methods NSci 493 Senior Research IN PRACTICAL, SIMPLE TERMS 1) Pick a research topic that you like and find interesting 2) Meet with a mentor to get started and for continued guidance 3) Internships aren’t required, but get one if you can 4) Pick your classes and spin their work towards your research 5) Spend as much time in the field or lab as you can 6) Go to meetings and present as often as you can 7) If you change your mind, repeat 1-2 8) STAY BUSY!
OLC MST’s RESEARCH-BASED CURRICULUM Conservation Earth GENERAL EDUCATION CORE Biology Science electives electives 100 LEVEL NATURAL SCIENCE CORE 100 LEVEL NSci 273 SCIENCE WRITING 200 LEVEL 200 LEVEL 300 LEVEL NSci 393 RESEARCH METHODS 300 LEVEL 400 LEVEL NSci 493 SENIOR RESEARCH 400 LEVEL BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in NATURAL SCIENCE
EXTERNAL FUNDING 2009 NSF TCUP Phase III (Tinant & LaGarry) 2009 NSF SD EPSCoR RII T1 (LaGarry) 2009 NIH SD BRIN (Sandoval) 2010 NSF PEEC (Tinant & LaGarry) 2011 USDA NIFA TRP (Higa) 2012 NSF RIG (Higa) 2012 NASA SD EPSCoR Wireless (Dudek) Among others (19 total) (works out to about $1.5 M per year on average)
INFRASTRUCTURE GIS Laboratory with computers, scanners, and plotters 2 High-Capacity Sun Computer Workstations Atomic Absorption Mass Spectrometer (acetylene flame) Atomic Absorption Mass Spectrometer (graphite furnace) ICP Emission Photospectrometer (housed at SDSU) X-Ray Diffractometer Hand-held and Benchtop X-Ray Flourospectrometers High Performance Liquid Chromatograph Ion Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer Microbiology Laboratory with Autoclaves and Incubators Geoprobe with Field Laboratory Trailer LiDAR Camera and Portable Power Supplies Tribal Specimen Repository and Natural History Collections 2 4WD Field Vehicles and an ATV w/Trailer And all the field notebooks we could possibly want
PRE-ENGINEERING
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
EARTH SCIENCE
CHEMISTRY
CULTURAL RESOURCES
DISSEMINATION RATES (since the start of longitudinal tracking) 16 12 8 4 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 (so far) PRESENTATIONS PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS PAPERS
GRADUATION RATES (since the start of longitudinal tracking) 14 NSF GRF 11 7 REALIGNMENT 4 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 BS AA/AAS
SINCE 2008… GRADUATES 13 students graduated from our AA programs 22 students graduated from BS programs 67% matriculation rate (46% OLC as a whole) PLACEMENT OF BS GRADUATES 21 of 22 (96%) in graduate school or workforce 5 of 22 (23%) currently in graduate school 16 of 22 (73%) currently in the workforce 11 of 16 (69%) employed on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Data from NSF TCUP III YR Annual Report 7/15/2013
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE RESEARCH 2012-2014 Chadron State College Oglala Lakota College South Dakota School of Mines University of Illinois University of Wisconsin University of Michigan South Dakota State University
AFTER GATHERING PILOT DATA (2008-2011) • Types of natural contaminants • Distributions of natural contaminants • Contaminant movement pathways • Risks to Reservation communities • Impacts on Reservation communities • Available means of mitigation QUESTIONS
Scenic Custer Interior OLC/SDSMT SHANNON 79 CO. 73 TUD Hot IWL Springs BENNETT CO. 79 385 18 18 Oelrichs Martin Wounded UWW Knee Pine Ridge 73 Ardmore River CHERRY CO. Whiteclay 20 Merriman Niobrara River SDSU Chadron White CSC Harrison Crawford Fort Robinson MAP AREA EXPLANATION White River Group undiff. Quaternary eolian deposits Precambrian undifferentiated Arikaree Group undifferentiated Fault (ball on downthrown side) Major throughflowing river Cretaceous undifferentiated Ogallala Group undifferentiated
OPEN-PIT URANIUM MINE SE OF EDGEMONT, SD ~2,200 in South Dakota and adjacent states
FIELD OBSERVATIONS bedrock exposures surficial deposits soils & buried soils paleontology LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY archeology FINAL FIELD MAP TEST MAP (TRANSCRIBED & DIGITIZED)
OPEN-PIT URANIUM MINE SE OF EDGEMONT, SD YELLOW CAKE AT THE LAND SURFACE
OPEN-PIT URANIUM MINE SE OF EDGEMONT, SD Characterization of seepage begun in 2012 waste pile open pit
URANIUM Uranium movement 40-38 Ma Raymond & others (1976) Terry & LaGarry (1998)
STRATA EXPOSED AT SURFACE nr. Oglala, South Dakota Uranium Selenium Arsenic
HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER ALONG GRASS CREEK nr. MANDERSON Uranium also present, along with barium
Joanita Kant (2013) dissertation Uranium Arsenic Selenium Barium
ARIKAREE FORT ROBINSON BEDS Monroe Creek beds WATER MOVEMENT ALONG FAULTS
FAULTS NEAR CHADRON, NEBRASKA
FAULTS NEAR CHADRON, NEBRASKA Black Hills tectonism continuous through the present day
FAULTS NEAR PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA Mapping uranium in surface and subsurface
SURFACE WATER TESTS
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