Haskell Indian Nations University/Gorno-Altaisk State University
Country:
Russia
Award Date:
1999
Award Amount:
$99,658.00
Cost Share:
$84,171.00
Other Funds:
$225,893.00
Other Partners:
University of Kansas; Kansas State University
This partnership developed a model program for community-based water quality monitoring in remote villages in the Altai Republic in Siberia. The partnership provided training to Russian and U.S. partner institutions in water quality assessment methodology, and captured and interpreted traditional ecological knowledge. As a result of this partnership, eight new institutional programs, policies, and curricula were developed at both the U.S. and the Russian institutions. With supplemental funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the partnership created and distributed 100 water-testing kits for public schools and community groups in the Altai Republic and in Kansas. The partnership has leveraged extra funding in the form of grants from the Environmental Protection Agency, United States Department of Agriculture, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Security Education Program, and the Education and Employment Training Department of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe, Fort Hall, Idaho. One of the most positive outcomes of this partnership was the exchange between faculty and students who share an indigenous heritage and who are confronted with similar environmental concerns.