United States: U.S. Geological Survey Activities Related To American Indians And Alaska ...

United States: U.S. Geological Survey Activities Related To American Indians And Alaska Natives—Fiscal Years 2007 And 2008 Susan M. Marcus, 2010   In the late 1800s, John Wesley Powell, the second director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), followed his interest in the tribes of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau and studied their cultures, languages, and surroundings. From that early time, the USGS has recognized the importance of Native knowledge and living in harmony with nature as...

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