Sensing The Earth: Tribal College Faculty Data Science Experience

A Fall meeting will be held at Haskell Indian Nations University as a follow up from the Sensing The Earth: Tribal Climate Science Partnership Summit held June 15-17, 2022 in Boulder, CO.

TCU Faculty will have funding to support in-person attendance and will gain hands-on experience with LiDAR, accessing local climate and geospatial data, and more and also contribute to strategy sessions to identify pathways for continued faculty training, resources for climate resilience, and revitalizing the Indigenous Peoples’ Climate Change Working Group (IPCCWG) and more. The latest iteration of the Red Bus Charter and inter-institutional resource map and shared framework will be presented with opportunities to build partnerships, along with a share-out useful tools as a takeaway package for TCU partners to share and discuss with their home institutions.

Where: Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas
When: Thursday November 17 - Friday November 18, 2022

Day 1:

• Welcome and Opening Ceremony
• Plenary Session - Strategic Partnerships with TCUs
• Revitalizing the IPCCWG Strategy Session
• Planning for AIHEC Tribal Climate Resilience

Day 2: 

• Introduction to LiDAR and Accessing Big Data Workshop
• Local Climate Forecasting and Modeling Workshop
• Supporting TCU Faculty with Data Skills Strategy Session
• Localizing Data and Building TCU Capacity Strategy Session

For more information, please contact:

Al Kuslikis, AIHEC Strategic Initiatives (akuslikis@aihec.org)
Patrick Freeland, Project Coordinator (patrickfreeland@likenknowledge.org)
Rachael Lackey, Extension Coordinator (rlackey@haskell.edu)