Community Engagement Events
Past Meetings
Tribal-University Collaboration to Address Tribal Exposures to PAHs and Improve Community Health
April 27th, 2012
Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)
Tribal-University Collaboration to Address Tribal Exposures to PAHs and Improve Community Health
Tribal Advisory Committee Meeting
Corvallis, OR
October 5-6, 2010
Agenda (pdf) | Meeting Minutes (pdf)
Conducting Research in Tribal Communities
LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University
April 7, 2010
9 AM - 2 PM
The Oregon State University Superfund Research Program and Environmental Health Sciences Center are pleased to present this mini-symposium on important issues related to working with tribal communities. Anyone currently or planning to partner with tribal communities is welcome to participate.
Presentations and Speaker Details
The Tribal Legal Context: Honoring Tribes’ Rights in Practice - part 1 | part 2 | part 3 [pdf]
Catherine O’Neill, J.D., Associate Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law
Tribal Perspectives and Indigenous/Western Science in a Native Sovereign Nation [pdf]
Stuart A. Harris, B.S., Director of the Department of Science and Engineering for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Research Ethics and Informed Tribal Consent [pdf]
Barbara L. Harper, Ph.D., DABT, Environmental Health Program Manager for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; Associate Research Professor, Department of Public Health, OSU
Integration of Socio-Cultural Health Indicators in Tribal Risk Research: Doing it the Right Way [pdf]
Jamie Donatuto, PhD., Environmental Specialist, Swinomish Indian Tribal Office of Planning and Community Development. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Related Articles
- Indian Tribe Wins Fight to Limit Research of Its DNA - NY times, 4-21-10
- Harper, B.L., Harris, S.G., A possible approach for setting a mercury risk-based action level based on tribal fish ingestion rates. Environm. Res. (2007), doi:10.1016/j.envres.2007.05.008
- Risk Avoidance, Cultural Discrimination, and Environmental Justice for Indigenous Peoples by Catherine O'Neill
- Emerging Trends in Environmental Law by Catherine O'Neill
- Research Regulation in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities: A Guide to Reviewing Research Studies and Policy and Practice Considerations - Two papers from The National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center
Tribal-University Collaboration to Address Tribal Exposures to PAHs and
Improve Community Health
Advisory Committee Meeting
Pendleton, Oregon
February 4-5, 2010
Meeting Flier (pdf)| Meeting Agenda (pdf) | Meeting Minutes (pdf)



