Solutions for Food, Energy, and Water Challenges Faced by Indigenous Communities

HERE for Climate (hereforclimate.org) Series on Energy, Equity, Health, and Solutions in Relation to Climate Change - Part 1 of 4 sessions On January 14, 2021, we learned from Dr. Karletta Chief, an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Environmental Science at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Chief is a member of a national network of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scientists focusing on climate change impacts to Indigenous peoples. Dr. Chief is Diné and originally from Black Mesa, AZ. She is a member of the Rising Voices, and Climate and Traditional Knowledges Workgroup with a focus on climate impacts to tribal waters. Two of her primary tribal projects are The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Climate Adaptation and Traditional Knowledge and The Navajo Nation Gold King Mine Spill Impacts. Dr. Chief supervises and advises the research of 11 students, 10 of which are Native American working on topics related to tribal environmental issues.