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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Palmer, M.H., Elmore, R.D., Watson, M.J., Kloesel, K., and Palmer, K., 2009,
We thank two anonymous reviewers and GSA Today editor Steven Xoa:dau to Maunkaui: Integrating indigenous knowledge into an
Whitmeyer for constructive reviews. This research was supported by NSF undergraduate earth systems science course: Journal of Geoscience
grant GEO-0914555. We also appreciate discussions with colleagues who were Education, v. 57, no. 2, p. 137–144, doi: 10.5408/1.3544247.
part of the METALS project on how to better make earth science accessible to
underrepresented students and their communities. Riggs, E.M., 2005, Field-based education and indigenous knowledge: Essential
components of geoscience education for Native American communities:
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