Survey Data for Collecting, Managing and Curating Social Science Data

The aim of this project is to facilitate expansion of current data management protocols to accommodate social science data for the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC) and its regional Climate Science Centers (CSCs). To address this expansion, we (1) identified the best practices and approaches from practitioners/experts through interviews with current curators of social science data, (2) explored the approaches of existing tools and services to determine if they are capable of meeting the needs of the NCCWSC, and (3) conducted a survey of the specific user community, with a focus on social science researchers funded by the NCCWSC and managers of the data within the program. The dataset...

Categories: Data; Tags: National CASC, Science Tools For Managers, Social Science, data collection methodologies, data curation, All tags... data policies, privacy, risk assessment, social data, Fewer tags

Sqigwts 3-D Landscape

The Sqigwts 3-D Landscape is an interactive three-dimensional experience developed to provide an opportunity to effectively learn about the important cultural significance of sqigwts, the water potato (Sagittaria latifolia), to the Schitsu’umsh or Coeur d’Alene Indian Tribe (of the Pacific Northwest USA). The goal is to provide information on the potential vulnerability of this species to climate change and of the Schitsu’umsh living relationship with it. Schitsu’umsh knowledge and practice is called hnkhwelkhwlnet, meaning “our ways of life in the world,” and is conveyed through acts of re-telling oral traditions and stories. For the Schitsu’umsh, storytelling is a living act and can only truly occur in-person...

Categories: Web Site; Types: Application; Tags: Coeur d'Alene Tribal Lands, Data Visualization & Tools, Idaho, Indigenous Peoples, National CASC, All tags... Northwest CASC, Sagittaria latifolia, Science Tools For Managers, Tribes and Tribal Organizations, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, duck-potato, empathetic adaptability, environment, health, hnkhwelkhwlnet, indigenous knowledge, lakes, service, snukwnkhwtskhwts’mi’ls ł stsee’nidmsh, society, sqigwts, traditional knowledge, wapato, water potato, Fewer tags

Collecting and Applying Schitsu’umsh Indigenous Knowledge and Practices to Climate Change Decision Making

The Schitsu'umsh people (Coeur d’Alene Tribe of Idaho) have an intimate relationship with their landscape and a rich knowledge of how to interact with the environment in a way that benefits human, plant, and animal communities alike. Such knowledge and practices can provide valuable insight as to how tribal and non-tribal resource managers, communities, and governments can best respond to the effects of a changing climate. This project was a pilot effort to collect and translate indigenous knowledge and practices into shareable formats. Researchers developed documents, images, lesson plans, and innovative, interactive 3-D virtual reality simulations that effectively convey Schitsu’umsh knowledge and practices and...

Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2014, CASC, Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Completed, Data Visualization & Tools, All tags... Data Visualization & Tools, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples, Landscapes, Landscapes, National CASC, National CASC, Northwest, Northwest, Northwest, Northwest CASC, Northwest Knowledge Network, Other Landscapes, Other Landscapes, Palouse, Plants, Plants, Projects by Region, Science Tools for Managers, Science Tools for Managers, Tribes and Tribal Organizations, Tribes and Tribal Organizations, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, traditional indigenous knowledge, Fewer tags