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Item Traditional knowledge systems and tribal water governance on Fort Peck Indian Reservation, MT(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2017) Zoanni, Dionne Kae; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Jamie McEvoy; Jamie McEvoy, Julia Haggerty and Elizabeth Rink were co-authors of the article, 'All the answers are in our culture': integrating traditional knowledge systems into tribal water governance on Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana' submitted to the journal 'Geoforum' which is contained within this thesis.The Fort Peck Indian Reservation is located in northeast Montana and is home to the Assiniboine (Nakona) and Sioux (Dakota) Tribes. Conventional oil and gas development and the disposal of produced water has led to the contamination of 15-37 billion gallons of groundwater within the aquifer that had historically been the only source of drinking water for reservation community members. Although the tribes are aware of the contamination plume, exploiting newly accessible shale resources has become a viable option as the tribes continue to try to alleviate the high unemployment and poverty rates of tribal members. Even so, tribal members and authorities also understand the importance of ecological health in fostering a healthy community. A strong movement of cultural resurgence has been in motion, with tribal members looking to traditional stories and lessons in order to guide the future of the community and create community cohesion. Traditional knowledge systems (TKS) have been heralded throughout contemporary Indigenous governance literature as an important dynamic resource for indigenous communities that deal with difficult decisions involving resource management. Using a TKS framework and interviews with tribal members, this research seeks to answer the following questions: 1) What are the TKS that surrounds water and its use for the Nakona and Dakota tribes? 2) What are some of the opportunities and barriers that exist for the successful incorporation of TKS into tribal water governance structures at Fort Peck? Challenges to validity, process, and relevance due to political histories and power imbalances, as well as diverse intertribal knowledge systems, may impede the successful integration of Indigenous knowledge in collaborative water governance initiatives with outside interests. The internal knowledge sharing process has the potential to enhance cultural revitalization efforts on the reservation -- which represent an organic solution that takes place from within the community itself. In addition, TKS-based tribal policies may uphold the expression of tribal self-determination, i.e. the 'governance-value' of traditional knowledge systems.Item Development of GIS/GPS methodology of minesite soil salvaging(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1994) Lindberg, Steven Dennis; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: D. J. DollhopfItem Rehabilitation of pronghorn habitat on surface mines of the northern Great Plains(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1983) Zimmerman, George MichaelItem The potential for dryland alfalfa on minesoils in southeastern Montana(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1985) Postle, Robert CairnsItem Geochemical characteristics of a waste rock repository at a western gold mine(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1997) Outlaw, Jason DwayneItem Hydrology of a waste rock repository capping system at the Zortman Mine(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1997) Warnemuende, E. A.Item Hydrologic evaluation of tailings covers at the Golden Sunlight Mine(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1994) Strong, Murray RandalItem Evaluation of amendments for a topsoil substitute at the Stillwater Mine(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1995) Kaiser, Heidi JillItem Geochemical characterization of sulfide mineral weathering for remediation of acid producing mine wastes(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1993) Jennings, Stuart Russell; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Douglas J. DollhopfThe generation of acid mine drainage as a consequence of sulfide mineral oxidation is a widespread source of resource degradation. The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the influence of sulfide mineral weatherability on acid generation processes. In addition to acid generation by pyrite, the weathering characteristics of common sulfide minerals was investigated and correlated to detection by acid-base account (ABA) methodologies. The influence of particle morphology, and not particle size, was found to exert the dominant control on mineral weathering processes. Massive morphology particles generated acid at a significantly greater rate than euhedral morphology samples. Acid generation was a consequence of mineral dissolution which occurred nonuniformly across the surface of minerals during oxidation. Mineral surface weathering occurred at sites of excess energy including grain edges, steps, defects, microcracks and inclusions, resulting in the formation of etch pits. Massive morphology particles exhibited the greatest density of crystalline defect, and had the greatest rate of oxidation. Sulfide minerals found to be acid generating, in addition to pyrite, include marcasite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite. Minerals containing sulfur in the atomic structure which were not acid producing include barite, anhydrite, gypsum, anglesite, jarosite, chalcocite and galena. Delineation of acid producing and nonacid producing sulfur forms by ABA extraction methods, a standard operating procedure used in the United States, was determined to be ineffective. Effective mineral classification, particle morphology identification and observation of mineral weathering processes were accomplished by scanning electron microscopy. Accurate assessment of sulfur form distribution and sulfide mineral weathering characteristics are required for effective remediation of sites impacted by mining.Item Growth of some range plant species in response to boron concentration in a sand culture(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1993) Wallander, Roseann Therese