THIPSINNA DAKHOD WICHOHAN WAKHAN – ‘TURNIP DAKHOTA WAY OF LIFE IS SACRED’: A DAKHOTA MODEL FOR K-12 PEDAGOGY AND CURRICULUM

The term “cultural place-based” is used to ground this research—a specific spiritual place linked to cultural and language-based education within the homelands of the Dakȟóta, Nakoda, and Lakota peoples who inhabit territories in Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Canada: The Native people regard these as their homelands. In the Dakȟóta language, itȟáŋčhaŋ translates to “a leader, boss, person in charge, position of authority, office, management, and political power,” (Lakota Language Consortium, Llc., 2013). The author utilizes the word itȟáŋčhaŋ as the cultural–educational leadership view in creating a cultural place-based model. This research identifies the impact indicators of implementing a culturally place-based education for Native students to benefit academic success and well-being. A longstanding public education problem has not been addressed and changes appropriately implemented, so education fits culturally with Native students (Wilson & Yellow Bird, 2005, p. 14). The methodology in this thesis is qualitative (Creswell, 2013), utilizing narrative storytelling through interviews, and the use of other historical and relevant artifacts, along with a literature review to explore the research question of how placed-based cultural education can increase student learning. Bryan Brayboy\u27s theoretical framework in “TribalCrit in Critical Race Theory” provides three tenets framing this research: (1) Indigenous people desire to obtain and forge tribal sovereignty, tribal autonomy, self-determination, and self-identification; (2) culture, knowledge, and power concepts create new meaning when examined through an Indigenous lens; and (3) Tribal philosophies beliefs, customs, traditions, and visions for the future are central to understanding the lived realities of Indigenous peoples (Brayboy, 2005, p. 430). Fourteen (14) participants were interviewed, and their oral Tribal history contributed to developing the Tribal cultural placebased model. The methodology was completed through: (1) interviews with people from the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires people) and Nakoda people; (2) transcriptions of interviews; (3) analysis for validity with interviewees; and (4) development of a K–12 culturally place-based Dakȟóta educational model. The Thípsiŋna Dakȟód Wičhóhaŋ Wakȟáŋ, ‘Turnip Dakȟóta Way of Life Is Sacred’ Model was created and developed with ten main themes for K– 12 curricular implementation. An engaged view of education geared toward rebuilding Tribal nations and preparing Native Americans and other students for the twenty-first-century future guides this research

Opportunities to Increase Water Productivity in Agriculture with Special Reference to Africa and South Asia. Stockholm Environment Institute, Project Report - 2009

Our primary goal in this paper is to describe how improvements in water and land management can increase the productivity of water in agriculture, which, broadly defined, means getting more value or benefit from the volume of water used to produce crops, fish, forests and livestock (Kijne et al., 2003). We begin by reviewing water scarcity and water productivity at the global level. We then describe ten Key Messages regarding efforts to improve water productivity in agriculture, with emphasis on Africa and South Asia

Assessing poverty‐alleviation outcomes of an enterprise‐led approach to sanitation

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Canadian infants' nutrient intakes from complementary foods during the first year of life

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Complementary feeding is currently recommended after six months of age, when the nutrients in breast milk alone are no longer adequate to support growth. Few studies have examined macro- and micro-nutrient intakes from complementary foods (CF) only. Our purpose was to assess the sources and nutritional contribution of CF over the first year of life.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>In July 2003, a cross-sectional survey was conducted on a nationally representative sample of mothers with infants aged three to 12 months. The survey was administered evenly across all regions of the country and included a four-day dietary record to assess infants' CF intakes in household (tablespoon) measures (breast milk and formula intakes excluded). Records from 2,663 infants were analyzed for nutrient and CF food intake according to 12 categories. Mean daily intakes for infants at each month of age from CF were pooled and compared to the Dietary Reference Intakes for the respective age range.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>At three months of age, 83% of infants were already consuming infant cereals. Fruits and vegetables were among the most common foods consumed by infants at all ages, while meats were least common at all ages except 12 months. Macro- and micro-nutrient intakes from CF generally increased with age. All mean nutrient intakes, except vitamin D and iron, met CF recommendations at seven to 12 months.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Complementary foods were introduced earlier than recommended. Although mean nutrient intakes from CF at six to 12 months appear to be adequate among Canadian infants, further attention to iron and vitamin D intakes and sources may be warranted.</p

Credit Surety Fund: A Credit Innovation for Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Philippines

Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises are a backbone of the Philippine economy. One factor that hinders the growth of these enterprises is their difficulty in accessing finance from banks and other financial institutions. The Credit Surety Fund (CSF) was established to help these enterprises and other organizations become creditworthy and bankable. The CSF is a credit guarantee program initiated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas that enables enterprises and cooperatives to gain easier access to loans from banks without providing collateral. The CSF pools contributions from cooperatives and nongovernment organizations, local government units, institutions such as the Development Bank of the Philippines, the Land Bank of the Philippines, the Industrial Guarantee and Loan Fund, and other organizations. In this way, it is a public-private partnership that links the key players of the economy to empower enterprises and cooperatives

Adaptive and Bounded Investment Returns Promote Cooperation in Spatial Public Goods Games

The public goods game is one of the most famous models for studying the evolution of cooperation in sizable groups. The multiplication factor in this game can characterize the investment return from the public good, which may be variable depending on the interactive environment in realistic situations. Instead of using the same universal value, here we consider that the multiplication factor in each group is updated based on the differences between the local and global interactive environments in the spatial public goods game, but meanwhile limited to within a certain range. We find that the adaptive and bounded investment returns can significantly promote cooperation. In particular, full cooperation can be achieved for high feedback strength when appropriate limitation is set for the investment return. Also, we show that the fraction of cooperators in the whole population can become larger if the lower and upper limits of the multiplication factor are increased. Furthermore, in comparison to the traditionally spatial public goods game where the multiplication factor in each group is identical and fixed, we find that cooperation can be better promoted if the multiplication factor is constrained to adjust between one and the group size in our model. Our results highlight the importance of the locally adaptive and bounded investment returns for the emergence and dominance of cooperative behavior in structured populations

Novel insights to the anti-proliferative activity of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) co-treatment

The aim of this study was to characterize volatile and non-volatile compounds of rosemary from the North Adriatic region and to determine its antiproliferative activity, alone or in combination with radiomimetic bleomycin (BLM) on three malignant and one non-transformed human cell line. Chemical analysis of the volatile compounds revealed the presence of monoterpenes (93.8%), in which 1.8-cineol (32.9%) and camphor (15.5%) were the dominant compounds. Also, obtained results showed that the major polyphenolic constituents in rosemary extract were phenolic acids (rosmarinic acid and its derivatives up to 69.2 mg 100 g-1), as well as flavones and flavonols in the following order: luteolin>isorhamnetin>quercetin>kaempferol>apigenin. Cell growth test showed that rosemary extract alone exerted moderate antiproliferative activity, as well as a synergistic antiproliferative effect with bleomycin (EC50 344.3-461.5 µg mL-1 and 58.6-292 µg mL-1, respectively). The anti-tumor effect of rosemary extract in combination with BLM was much stronger, compared to BLM itself on the breast cancer cells. Through their proposed sensitizing effect, rosemary extracts, in combination with the standard chemotherapeutics, could be used for the investigations of possible therapeutic modalities

Tatanka Nunpa Win: Dakota/Nakoda Women's Oral Testimony and Beaded Histories

This project examines Dakota/Nakoda women’s artistic practice as a decolonial method within cultural and historical knowledges. By examining alternative forms of Indigenous knowledges and histories, this work contributes to the avenues in which Indigenous people seek their sovereign rights of history. Specifically, this work implores oral history and beadwork methodology to prove Fort Peck Dakota/Nakoda women have always been tribal historians. Beaded histories offers a template to assert Indigenous women’s agency as history keepers, knowledge keepers, and pillars within our communities. The time periods studied in this project span pre-colonial interactions, colonial expansion, reservation establishment, to contemporary Indigeneity. These expansive time periods help solidify history keeping—through beadwork practices—as a Dakota/Nakoda women’s tradition and throughout colonialization our women have maintained these responsibilities. To assist with contemporary narrations, I implore oral history methodologies with my grandmother, Joyce Growing Thunder, whom is a renowned beadwork artist, to stress examples from her work that have kept tribal history. This project challenges colonial perceptions of Dakota/Nakoda women, our history, and the significance of our knowledge systems. Seeking alternative and creative forms of knowledge contributes to growing community-based decolonial work, Native American and Indigenous studies, history, art studies, and feminist studies