Archaeology Pathways for Native Learners

September 10th, 2003 - June 30th, 2007 | PROJECT

The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center will implement a three-year, research-based community program entitled "Archeology Pathways for Native Learners." This comprehensive program consists of four components or pathways that are designed to increase participation of Native Americans in science. Pathway #1 invites students and teachers from New Haven Public Schools to participate in archaeology field research, which expands to include youth throughout the northeastern US. Students will be involved with site excavation, documentation and analysis of findings in an archaeology laboratory, working with scientists to interpret findings, and communicating the results of research to their peers and through the project Web site. Concurrently, in the first year of the project, Pathway #2 will focus on the expansion of museum programs for youth and community members in addition to the creation of related professional development programs for educators. Pathway #3 calls for replication of the research model at Navajo sites in New Mexico and Arizona during year three, while Pathway #4 emphasizes leadership training workshops for Native Americans from over 50 tribal communities. Workshops will focus on the creation of research-based youth programs in native communities across the country, using a train-the-trainer model to disseminate the model. It is anticipated that this project will reach more than 60,000 youth and community members, in addition to over 450,000 individuals via the Archeology Pathways website.

Project Website(s)

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Project Products

http://www.pequotmuseum.org/default.aspx

Team Members

Kevin McBride, Principal Investigator, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
Marc Blosveren, Co-Principal Investigator, New Haven Public Schools
Elizabeth Theobald, Co-Principal Investigator, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
Geoffrey Brown, Co-Principal Investigator
Trudie Lamb-Richmond, Co-Principal Investigator, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0307858
Funding Amount: 1851063

Tags

Audience: Educators | Teachers | General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: General STEM | Geoscience and geography | Social science and psychology
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Citizen Science Programs | Community Outreach Programs | Informal | Formal Connections | K-12 Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Professional Development and Workshops | Public Programs