COVID-19 has claimed the lives of three million people worldwide, with over 500,000 of those deaths in the United States (Johns Hopkins, 2021). Tribal communities have been unequivocally impacted by the pandemic, often being left on their own to address the crisis (Curtice & Choo, 2020). Limited access to healthcare, lack of resources, and potential underlying conditions have heightened tribal community vulnerability to COVID-19, resulting in increased concern from community members (Smith, 2020).
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, students from Oglala Lakota College (OLC) in Kyle, South Dakota, and United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) in Bismarck, North Dakota, partnered virtually with the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder Earth Lab through an NSF grant aimed at building capacity to teach Earth data science skills. Through workshops, webinars, and assignments, students also learned valuable computer science skills. With the pandemic heavy on their minds, students took the o
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