[CED/CD/EAT] FW: Launching the Indigenous Resilience Center: Dr. Robbins' Perspective

Wed Feb 2 19:42:53 MST 2022

I listened to it today!  Great 8-minute interview!!

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Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 10:38 AM
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Subject: [CED/CD/EAT] FW: Launching the Indigenous Resilience Center: Dr. Robbins' Perspective

Directors,

I hope you had a chance to listen to this conversation.  Karletta put Extension front and center.

Ed

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From: President Robert C. Robbins <president at comms.arizona.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2022 10:38 AM
To: Martin, Edward C - (ecmartin) <ecmartin at arizona.edu>
Subject: Launching the Indigenous Resilience Center: Dr. Robbins' Perspective

A conversation with the IRC's inaugural director, Dr. Karletta Chief (Diné)

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Launching the Indigenous Resilience Center
A Conversation with the IRC's inaugural director, Dr. Karletta Chief (Diné)
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Dear Friends,
As we close the first month of 2022, I am very pleased to share with you a conversation I had with Dr. Karletta Chief (Diné), Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Environmental Science, University Distinguished Outreach Faculty, and Director of the new Indigenous Resilience Center (IRC)<https://click.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=0a75e8711fc2c51897327ea24599b5cf10642c9ee30115d3f8ae72298a9f569b4a81e6c7e172ef03c9df6b43f3f4567de61829642286dc6dd27ab5fd26982256>.

Dr. Chief is an expert in watershed hydrology and arid environments, and her commitment to serving others, especially Native Nations and students, exemplifies our mission as Arizona’s land-grant university. For instance, Dr. Chief’s research into the impacts of the 2015 Gold King Mine Spill<https://click.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=0a75e8711fc2c518e5b04621c29402b6989f7fd28f3928bd5a7c1216c3e4b84cb28da54cf9a1efe76189bff7d9ed21cc41f16ba5dbca9b24d4c1701c25d3eb06> and leadership in the response to the Spill<https://click.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=0a75e8711fc2c518987599223af7be65f21ab16e291c706925d6834fd44ec392d5e0f4f1250b140269e0ed647898fc739a3f0c8f7bc1929a28b7782d9ffeb920> demonstrate how University of Arizona research and its application benefit the people of our state and region.

Equally important, Dr. Chief’s work and leadership bring Indigenous knowledge to bear on our most critical global problems such as the climate crisis. The IRC will bring together experts across the university, prioritizing collaboration with tribal leaders and Native Nations so that, as she put it in a UA News story on the creation of the IRC<https://click.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=0a75e8711fc2c518c68e149f6101ee6ac0b44b4e48483f1df9b5841d3ff4247c4ac5949ab3be96e8a7d5f2d48da16b991cc153a88949fd6d50ecdb286534e47c>, “Native Nations drive the research questions based on their priorities and long-standing local knowledge.” In doing so, the IRC both will advance the work of the university’s Cooperative Extension, which works to serve rural and other underserved communities, and will contribute to the impact of the Arizona Institutes for Resilience (AIR)<https://click.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=0a75e8711fc2c518e3205205994297dd0208b9fe1750a9dff30822180f5d311ddbf828989cafd1115500ae8accf65dc5253470b14da74f096c420a5708771e71>, of which it is a part.

In addition, Dr. Chief works closely with the Native American Faculty Group<https://click.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=0a75e8711fc2c5185313dab7512289569b7d099e11d08bd9cbde12586c98fc4ab8cdfb3df2955cc9cce97ef65b8be6a81cfcb03d912a8c8f218ac6a81f44e30f> on campus that promotes the research of our Indigenous faculty and works to support recruitment and retention of Native American and Indigenous faculty. I always have strongly believed that having the right mentor can make a world of difference in a student’s education, and I am very glad we have Dr. Chief leading the IRC as a means of pursuing that goal.

I thoroughly enjoyed speaking with Dr. Chief and learning about her leadership and impact building trust and strengthening community partnerships with the Native Nations of Arizona. I encourage you to watch our conversation<https://click.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=0a75e8711fc2c5181f672f9d5331a710db19219e36e6110f398a582673c2f0666d8128e7f5690476cf2850b0382b7f81ac2ad56b71b6413372961c5a458add27> to learn more.

Bear Down,

Robert C. Robbins, M.D.

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Hear from Dr. Chief
See the video with Karletta Chief discussing the launch of the Indigenous Resilience Center, its mission, and its expected impact.

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[Dr. Karletta Chief in an irrigation canal. The ground is sandy and portions are wet. She is pounding a white soil sample tube into the ground with a hammer. Tan cliffs are behind her, with blue sky and some clouds beyond.]
Read more about the IRC
UA News covered the launch of the Indigenous Resilience Center, which will work directly with Native American nations to address environmental challenges in ways that respect Native and Indigenous sovereignty and knowledge.

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