GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado

Session No. 8
Sunday, 9 October 2022: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 1D (Colorado Convention Center)

T71. Challenges to Tribal Water Resources and the Health of Indigenous Communities in North America

GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division; GSA Limnogeology Division

 

Margaret Redsteer, Malcolm Siegel and Abhishek RoyChowdhury, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8-1
8:05 AM
8-2
8:25 AM
GROUNDWATER RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE SOUTHERN FORT BELKNAP RESERVATION, NORTH-CENTRAL MONTANA
SWIERC, James, KINSEY, Michael, GONE, Victor, BLACKWOLF, Beau and YELLOWSTONE, Truan, Nic Mni Water Center, Aaniiih Nakoda College, PO Box 159, Harlem, MT 59526
8-3
8:40 AM
Withdrawn
 
8:55 AM
Introduction of GSA President's Medal by Barbara Dutrow
8-4
9:00 AM
GSA PRESIDENT'S MEDAL: WATER AND COAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS ON THE NAVAJO NATION ASSESSED BY THE INTERDISCIPLINARY LAKE POWELL RESEARCH PROJECT 1971-1977
GREW, Priscilla, University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska Hall W 436, Lincoln, NE 68588-0550
8-5
9:20 AM
ELEMENTAL CONTAMINATION OF NAVAJO UNREGULATED WATER SOURCES
INGRAM, Jani C., Northern Arizona University, P. O. Box 5698, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
8-6
9:35 AM
HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS LEADING TO PRESENT DAY URANIUM ISSUES ON INDIGENOUS LANDS
BRUGGE, Doug, Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, CT 06032
 
9:50 AM
Break
8-7
10:05 AM
HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF CONTAMINATED WATER ON THE NAVAJO NATION
MONESTERSKY, Marsha, Forgotten People, P.O. Box 415, Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039 and SEBASTIAN, Rita, Forgotten People, P.O. Box 1024, Campton, NH 03223
8-8
10:20 AM
CONNECTION BETWEEN DECADES LONG WATER ISSUES AND SPREAD OF A PANDEMIC: A NAVAJO NATION CASE STUDY
ROYCHOWDHURY, Abhishek, Environmental Science and Natural Resources, Navajo Technical University, Lowerpoint RD/State HWY 371, Crownpoint, NM 87313-0849
8-9
10:35 AM
HOW NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FILL THE ‘WATER GAP’ IN PARTS OF THE NAVAJO NATION
SIEGEL, Malcolm1, MONESTERSKY, Marsha2, YECHIELI, Amir1, JAEGER-SIEGEL, Leora1 and MILLER, Rob3, (1)Water Resources Action Project, 28 Lakeview Dr, POB 915, Sandia Park, NM 87047, (2)Forgotten People, P.O. Box 415, Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039, (3)Global Access 2030, 3001 Brighton Blvd, Suite 310, Denver, CO 80216
10:50 AM
IMPORTANCE OF WATER EDUCATION IN A SOUTHWEST-BASED, CULTURALLY INFUSED EARTH SCIENCE COURSE
SEMKEN, Steve, PhD, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 876004, Tempe, AZ 85287-6004 and EMERSON, Hozhoo, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, POB 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
11:05 AM
“LUXURY” LIVING IN TWO WAYS OF KNOWING – TRADITIONAL AND WESTERN WORLDS
FRANCIS, Juanita, Navajo Technical University, Lowerpoint Road, State Hwy 371, Crownpoint, NM 87313
 
11:20 AM
Lightning Talks
 
11:40 AM
Discussion
 
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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