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How can Native innovators in the US use traditional knowledge and technology to meet the social, environmental, and economic goals of their communities?
2021 Indigenous Communities Fellowship
Closed
Submissions are closed
Timeline
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Applications Open
February 11, 2021 9:00am EST -
Solution Deadline
February 11, 2021 9:00am EST -
Challenge Opens
February 11, 2021 9:00am EST -
Deadline to Submit a Solution
June 3, 2021 6:00pm EDT -
Online Judging Begins
August 9, 2021 9:56pm EDT -
Fellow Announcement
September 19, 2021 12:00pm EDT
Solutions
Challenge Leadership Group

Megan Smith
shift7, CEO and Founder

Larry Susskind
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning

Susan Alzner
shift7, Co-founder

Wendolyn Holland
Holland Consulting, LLC, Director

Shelly Lowe
Harvard University Native American Program, Executive Director

Jacob Moore
Arizona State University, Associate Vice President of Tribal Relations, Office of Government & Community Engagement

Prairie Bighorn-Blount
American Indigenous Business Leaders, Executive Director

Nonabah Lane
Navajo Ethno-Agriculture, Co-Founder

Janelle Knox-Hayes
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), Associate Professor of Economic Geography and Planning Head

Luke Bastian
MIT Chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, President

Michele Yatchmeneff
University of Alaska Anchorage, Associate Professor of Engineering

Joseph McNeil
SAGE Development Authority, General Manager
A-dae Romero Briones
First Nations Development Institute, Director of Programs - Native Agriculture and Food Systems