Discovery of Indigenous Publication Records by using USGS Geology Research Tools

This session will provide an overview of USGS geology library tools to help indigenous researchers and to obtain publications by indigenous authors for humanities and natural science librarians, students, faculty and researchers. The learning objectives for this webinar include the following:

• Deepen an awareness of geographic, geologic, hydrologic names for indigenous communities.
• Explore geology and hydrology maps.
• Find historical land-use information in geology publications.
• Obtain environmental history of indigenous sustainability practices for historical research.
• Learn the geographic name change proposal process.
• Deepen an awareness of geographic, geologic, hydrologic names for indigenous communities. Explore geology and hydrology maps. Find historical land-use information in geology publications. Obtain environmental history of indigenous sustainability practices for historical research. Learn the geographic name change proposal process.