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The Digital Home for Applied Indigenous Resilience
The IRes Hub is a living platform for community-driven environmental solutions shaped by Indigenous knowledge, science, and practice. We curate and share tools, trainings, and case studies that support food, water, and energy security for Tribal Nations across the Southwest and beyond, always centering community leadership and local expertise.
Rooted in the core values of relationship, respect, reciprocity, and responsibility, the Hub bridges research with action. Our resources are designed to be practical, accessible, and adaptable to local contexts, helping communities build capacity and lead their own resilience pathways.
Whether you’re a community member, student, educator, or research partner, the Hub offers a space to learn, collaborate, and implement meaningful change, grounded in tradition, guided by data, and shaped by Indigenous futures.
Dr. Karletta Chief
— Director, Indigenous Resilience Center
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“I don’t do this work alone. Outreach occurs as a team effort with my community partners, faculty, staff and students who work alongside me. My commitment to communities comes through my passion to give back to Indigenous communities and Diné communities”.
TRIBAL NATIONS SERVED
AFFILIATED FACULTY & PARTNERS
ACTIVE PROJECTS
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Our Work
Focus Areas of the IRes Hub
COMMUNITY RESEARCH
We support long-term partnerships with Tribal Nations through ethical, community-driven research that strengthens sovereignty and resilience.
DATA GOVERNANCE
We provide culturally grounded guidance on Indigenous data sovereignty, ensuring research and policy respect community authority and priorities.
HEALTH & WATER
We advance solutions for safe water access and environmental health, supporting community-led advocacy and off-grid system innovation.
SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
We work with communities on clean energy, transportation, and infrastructure models that restore jurisdiction and support resilience.
NÍHÍ LAB
Níhí Lab is the first Diné- and woman-led chemical and environmental engineering laboratory at the University of Arizona.
LAND & FOOD SYSTEMS
We support regenerative agriculture, food sovereignty, and land stewardship with tools and training designed for Indigenous priorities.
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The Future Is Community-Led
The IRes Hub is where Indigenous knowledge meets applied action. Grounded in the strengths of Tribal Nations, we build tools, share stories, and support lasting solutions in food, water, energy, and education, because resilience starts with relationships.
Rooted in Indigenous values and guided by community priorities, the IRes Hub brings together people, projects, and possibilities. We believe that long-term solutions emerge from mutual respect, shared leadership, and culturally grounded approaches to science and sustainability.
Our programs support collaboration across Nations, institutions, and generations, transforming research into resilience. From local planning tools to national training networks, the Hub connects community knowledge with actionable pathways forward. This is where innovation grows from the land, and the future is shaped together.
Email Us
INFO@IRESHUB.ORG
Address
TUCSON, ARIZONA
Call Us
+1 (520) XXX-XXXX