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Increasing the diversity of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is more than a noble goal. The richness of ideas and experiences from many cultural perspectives can help to move science forward. To help pave pathways to higher education and STEM careers, we have been working with schools and communities that serve Native American students. Part of this engagement has been to educate students about plants used by Native people of the Great Plains with the help of an ethnobotany booklet. A second approach has been using aquaponics, the coproduction of fish and plants in an ecosystem, to teach aspects of basic agriculture, fish anatomy, and water systems that may, at scale, help ease the food deserts in many Native American and underserved communities. Here, we describe our efforts to engage Native American students in STEM education by using ethnobotany and aquaponics to generate excitement for these fields.
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Great Plains Research publishes original research and scholarly reviews of important advances in the natural and social sciences with relevance to and special emphases on environmental, economic and social issues in the Great Plains. It includes reviews of books and reports on symposia and conferences that included sessions on topics pertaining to the Great Plains. Papers must be comprehensible to a multidisciplinary community of scholars and lay readers who share interest in the region. Stimulating review and synthesis articles will be published if they inform, educate, and highlight both current status and further research directions.
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