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	Indigenous Sisterhood of Interdisciplinary Scholars

Indigenous Sisterhood of Interdisciplinary Scholars (ISIS) is a bonded group of Native American women attending community colleges and universities in Northern Arizona. Through ecological research experience set on the Kaibab Paiute Reservation and weekly peer and faculty mentor meetings, these women create and sustain an important support group in a university college setting away from their home lands. ISIS supports incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge into our college studies regardless of the discipline.

Native American Women for Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Science!

Members: Melinda Arviso, Leanna Begay,

Annette McCabe-Begay, Danny Bulletts,

Raelynn Cachini, Raven Brianne Commanda,

Colleen Cooley, Amanda Manzo, Marcy Seaton,

Philandrian Tree, Vachera Yazzie

Sally Alcoze, and Thom Alcoze.

ISIS Favorite Links

Native American students for research experience!

GREAT NEWS!!!

ISIS presented a two hour symposium at Native American Pathways: Research & Careers in Ecology, Environmental Issues and Conservation Conference hosted at Haskell University in Lawrence, Kansas on November 11, 2005.

Presentations:

Raelynn Cachini (ZUNI, Wildlife Biologist) did a fantastic job introducing the group!

Philandrian Tree (Dine', AIS and Psychology) spoke about her soils research internship in the linear accelerator laboratory at Purdue University.

Vachera Yazzie (Dine', Nursing Science) discussed issues of uranium and nuclear test sites on and near reservation lands.

Raven Brianne Commanda (Ojibwe and Cherokee, Traditional Medicine) Presented on many uses of medicinal plants and integrating them into contemporary native lifestyles.

Marcy Seaton (Dine', Hotel and Restaurant Management) discussed the practice of eco-hotel and water conservation issues in hotel restaurant management.

Amanda Manzo (Forestry and Wildlife Ecology) discussed the results from the summer field session, and how these research experiences have impacted ISIS.

Photo Album

Quotes from the Sisters:

"This program gives us a chance to include traditional knowledge in mainstream academia." Philandrian Tree

Check out the ISIS photo gallery! See this Sisterhood in action catching bats, surveying burned vegetation plots, and much, much more!

"Women don't have to be in leadership positions to be leaders!" Amanda Manzo

"We all respect each other, and value one another's opinion. We are like Knights at the round table, only our table is square." Marcy Seaton

"There is a mutual respect between the tribe and our group. We take direction from the tribe in what we research.” Raven Brianne Commanda

"The sisters are skyrockets!!!" Sally Alcoze

This site was last updated 02/01/06 This html was created by Amanda Manzo