page_title: List of Alaska Native inventors and scientists
hierarchical_section_title: List of Alaska Native inventors and scientists
caption_attribution_description: English: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Alaska Region staff visited with Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) students at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus Jan. 22 to highlight BSEE’s continued efforts in the Arctic.
context_page_description: The following list of Alaska Native inventors and scientists begins to document Alaska Natives with deep historical and ecological knowledge about system-wide health, knowledge that in many cases precedes and exceeds discoveries published in the scientific literature.
  For more than century, Alaska Native naturalists have entered into collaborative relationships with scientists working in the field or in their communities. Their many contributions extend from indigenous ways of knowing to practical and applied inventions needed to subsist from the land, air, and waters.
  As institutions strive to decolonize, indigenous-settler relationships remain contentious and marked by structural inequities. In the history of the New World, Old World explorers and settlers often relied for their survival on the knowledge and wisdom of indigenous peoples.
  While this list focuses on individual biographies, it is worth noting the many exemplary collaborative projects.
context_section_description: The following list of Alaska Native inventors and scientists begins to document Alaska Natives with deep historical and ecological knowledge about system-wide health, knowledge that in many cases precedes and exceeds discoveries published in the scientific literature.
  For more than century, Alaska Native naturalists have entered into collaborative relationships with scientists working in the field or in their communities (International Polar Year (IPY), Native Contributions to Arctic Science, Barrow Arctic Research Center). Their many contributions extend from indigenous ways of knowing to practical and applied inventions needed to subsist from the land, air, and waters (Sharing Knowledge Smithsonian Exhibit).
  As institutions strive to decolonize, indigenous-settler relationships remain contentious and marked by structural inequities. In the history of the New World, Old World explorers and settlers often relied for their survival on the knowledge and wisdom of indigenous peoples.
  While this list focuses on individual biographies, it is worth noting the many exemplary collaborative projects (e.g., Barrow Arctic Research Center). In addition to recognizing community-based participatory research (CBPR), this list credits the organizations that develop and advocate for the education of future indigenous scientists and engineers, young scholars who will increase the number of indigenous scientists and engineers earning degrees. According to a 2019 report from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, fewer than 1% of bachelor’s degrees in science and engineering programs go to American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islanders. These organizations include American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) and Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP).
caption: Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program
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