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Master Food Preserver
Flathead Nutrition and Physical Activity
MSU Flathead Reservation Extension Office partnered with MSU Lake County Extension to offer the first Master Food Preserver class in Montana in over 25 years.  With the increase in gardening...
Extension Program 2 years 1 week ago
"Health and Traditions among Hopi/Tewa Women."
Hopi Tribe Community Resources and Economic Development
Abstract:  This paper is based on participatory action research over a 6-year period with the Hopi non-profit,   Pu’tavi, and the Hopi tribal government.  Discussing the functions...
Publication 2 years 3 weeks ago
Agriculture and Natural Resource Management
Colorado River Indian Tribes Agriculture, Water, Crops, Community Resources and Economic Development, Environment and Natural Resources
Educational Field Days and demonstration trials were used to help Identify problems facing the production of established crops (alfalfa, cotton, seed crops and vegetables) and to determine...
Extension Program 2 years 8 weeks ago
Health and Nutrition
Colorado River Indian Tribes Community Resources and Economic Development, Nutrition and Physical Activity
Health and Nutrition programming is combined with both of the above outlined Agriculture and 4-H Program areas. Any opportunity available is used to promote healthier lifestyles and increased...
Extension Program 2 years 8 weeks ago
Irrigation Water Measurement
Colorado River Indian Tribes Water
Agriculture on the Colorado River Indian Reservation is predominately flood irrigated with water delivered from the Colorado River via an extensive irrigation ditch system that extends over most of...
Extension Program 2 years 8 weeks ago
4-H Youth Development
Colorado River Indian Tribes 4-H
The 4-H Youth Development program focuses on increasing youth perceptions of self worth, providing skills and knowledge for decision making that promote healthy lifestyles and the development of...
Extension Program 2 years 8 weeks ago
Roundup Ready Alfalfa - Tolerance and Sedge Studies
Colorado River Indian Tribes Agriculture
Specialists from the Univerity of Arizona are cooperating with the CRIT Agent on two studies involving Roundup Ready alfalfa. One study is evaluating herbicides for their efficacy in controlling...
Extension Program 2 years 8 weeks ago
Arrow weed Control Program
Colorado River Indian Tribes Environment and Natural Resources
The CRIT Agent is cooperating with Dr. William McCloskey - University of Arizona Extension Weed Specialist - on a study testing environmentally sensitive methods of controlling Arrowweed along...
Extension Program 2 years 8 weeks ago
Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) and Producer Implications
Fort Hall Agriculture, Crops, Community Resources and Economic Development, USDA
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has announced that the final rule making comment period for Country of Origin Labeling or COOL, will end on September 30, 2008. The program will also be...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) and Producer Implications
Fort Hall Agriculture, Crops, Community Resources and Economic Development, USDA
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has announced that the final rule making comment period for Country of Origin Labeling or COOL, will end on September 30, 2008. The program will also be...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
The Hualapai Reservation and Extension Programs
Hualapai Nation Agriculture, Community Resources and Economic Development, Environment and Natural Resources
This article gives an overview of extension programs on the Hualapai Reservation.  It addresses the geographical, social, and economic setting, communities, language, schools, and economic...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
The Hopi Reservation and Extension Programs
Hopi Tribe Agriculture, Community Resources and Economic Development, Environment and Natural Resources
This article gives an overview of the extension programs on the Hopi Reservation.   It covers the geographical, social and economic setting, Tribal government, communities, language,...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Extension Programs on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation
Colorado River Indian Tribes Agriculture, Community Resources and Economic Development, Environment and Natural Resources
Thsi article gives an overview of exension programs on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation. The following information is provided for use by potential researchers and others who are...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
The Navajo Nation and Extension Programs
Navajo Nation Agriculture, Community Resources and Economic Development, Environment and Natural Resources
This article gives and overview of extension programs on the Navajo Reservation.  It covers the geographic, social, and  economic setting, communities, language, education, and economic...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Conducting Research on the Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation Community Resources and Economic Development
The Navajo Nation has developed a detailed research process; the reservation actually has an Institutional Review Board (IRB), called the Navajo Human Research Review Board.
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
The San Carlos Apache Reservation and Extension Programs
San Carlos Apache Community Resources and Economic Development
This article gives an overview of the extension programs on the San Carlos Apache Reservation.  It covers the geographic, social, and economic setting, communities, language, education and...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Quick Facts - San Carlos Apache Reservation
San Carlos Apache Agriculture, Community Resources and Economic Development, Environment and Natural Resources
CommunitiesThe total tribal enrollment includes 13,246 people, with the enrolled tribal membership in residence on the reservation at 10,709 people. There are three main communities, San Carlos (...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Quick Facts - The Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation Agriculture, Community Resources and Economic Development, Environment and Natural Resources
Consisting of 27,000 square miles in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, the Navajo Nation, geographically, is the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. The area of the reservation...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Quick Facts - The Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation (C.R.I.T.)
Colorado River Indian Tribes Agriculture, Community Resources and Economic Development, Environment and Natural Resources
This article give quick facts about the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation.
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Quick Facts - The Hopi Reservation
Hopi Tribe Agriculture, Community Resources and Economic Development, Environment and Natural Resources
Quick facts about the Hopi Indian Reservation. Located on the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona, the Hopi people trace their history in Arizona to more than 2,000 years, but their history as a...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Quick Facts - The Hualapai Reservation
Hualapai Nation Agriculture, Community Resources and Economic Development, Environment and Natural Resources
Quick facts about the Hualapai Reservation. The Hualapai Nation encompasses over 1,000,000 acres of land extending across parts of three counties: Mohave, Coconino and Yavapai. The Reservation land...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Research in Indian Country
Colorado River Indian Tribes, Hopi Tribe, Hualapai Nation, Navajo Nation, San Carlos Apache Community Resources and Economic Development
A general overview of research in Indian country, with emphasis on tribes in Arizona. Part A:  Setting Part B:  History of Extension on Indian Country Part C:  Research on Tribal...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Conducting Research on the C.R.I.T. Reservation in Arizona
Colorado River Indian Tribes Community Resources and Economic Development
This article explains process for conducting research on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation.  Conducting research on Native American Reservation lands demands a unique protocol that...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Conducting Research on the Hopi Reservation
Hopi Tribe Community Resources and Economic Development
This article explains the process for conducting research on the Hopi Reservation.   Tribal Priorities The Hopi Tribe is interested in research that benefits the Hopi community and supports the...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Conducting Research on the Hualapai Reservation
Hualapai Nation Community Resources and Economic Development
This article explains the process for conducting research on the Hualapai Reservation. Conducting research on Native American Reservation lands demands a unique protocol that prospective researchers...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Survey of Hopi Farmer attitudes in 2003
Hopi Tribe Agriculture, Crops, Community Resources and Economic Development
In 2003, the Hopi Pu’tavi Project conducted a survey of farmers’ needs on Hopi. Representatives for the project interviewed seventy-seven farmers. The information was entered into a...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Conducting Research on the San Carlos Apache Reservation
San Carlos Apache Community Resources and Economic Development
Conducting research on Native American Reservation lands demands a unique protocol that prospective researchers need to understand and respect in order to proceed in an ethical and culturally...
Publication 2 years 9 weeks ago
Beef and Buffalo Production
Fort Hall Animals, 4-H, Community Resources and Economic Development, Environment and Natural Resources, Gardening
The Fort Hall Reservation Tribal and non-Tribal members run approximately 10,000 head of cattle on the expansive rangelands of the reservation.  There is a great need for education in the area...
Extension Program 2 years 9 weeks ago
Seminole Tribal Cattle Program
Seminole Tribe Animals, Environment and Natural Resources
The tribal cattle program, one of the largest US cattle producers, has demonstrated considerable proficiency. After a 15 year development program, the tribe has arrived with genetic lines optimized...
Extension Program 2 years 10 weeks ago
General Economic Development
Seminole Tribe Agriculture, Community Resources and Economic Development
The Seminole tribal leaders continuously evaluate new economic development approaches to their traditional agricultural operations. In 2005, the MacArthur Foundation with the assistance of FRTEP...
Extension Program 2 years 10 weeks ago