- Research Paper: A 7-page academic analysis of your AI topic.
https://navajotransit.navajo-nsn.gov/Portals/0/PDF/2024-Route-Schedules/Rt.5_Gallup.pdf
The Navajo Nation transit website gives information of their coverage for public transportation. The Navajo Nation transit covers 110 chapters but only a portion of those chapters actually receive services. There are 17 different routes which 9 are running. This website is important to my research because it shows the lack of resources available on a large scale that could possibly be covered.
Carr, L. (2024). Indigenizing geospatial data knowledge systems to empower Native American communities. MIT SOLVE. https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/2024-indigenous-communities/solutions/89700
This website/journal was written by university students located in Tucson AZ, with the emphasis of data collection with AI on the Navajo Nation, with a particular community of Tuba City. The study shows the lack of data available for services and in particular transportation was named. This AI is related to a prototype to be utilized in Tuba City, which is one of the larger communities with ability to grow.
Davis, J., Pijawka, K., Wentz, E., Hale, M., & King, D. (2021). Evaluating Geodesign for community-based tribal planning: The role of Plann…: Discovery service for dine college. https://eds.p.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=4&sid=42bb7f7e-c7d8-4f0e-a682-e8fe24124cd4%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=152675792&db=asu.
targets Native American reservations community planning with an emphasis on community engagement. The article makes great points about data collection and the scarcity of data for remote areas as Indian reservations. The article is relevant because there is an emphasis on the lack of data, but utilizing community planning helps to promote issues in rural Indian Reservation with potential solutions that can come from the community itself.
Hong, Y., Bizon, C., Borland, D., Watson, M., Satusky, M., Rittmuller, R., Radwan, R., Srinivasan, R., & Krishnamurthy, A. (2021). Accelerating Rural Road Safety Using Artificial Intelligence to Unlock Predictive Insights from Videolog Data, RP2021-20. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60425
Horning, M. (2016). National Lawyers Guild Review. BORDER TOWN BULLIES: THE BAD AUTO DEAL AND SUBPRIME LENDING PROBLEM AMONG NAVAJO NATION CAR BUYERS, 73(4), 193-231.
(n.d.). Navajo Nation Council | Empowering Our People, Preserving Our Culture. https://www.navajonationcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/OPVP-SONN-Presented_to_the_NN_Council-22JAN2024.pdf
Tribes and Transportation Policy Challenges and Opportunities. (n.d.). https://civilrightsdocs.info/pdf/reports/Tribes_and_Transportation_Report.pdf
Wang, H. (2021). Why the Navajo Nation was hit so hard by coronavirus: Understanding the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Applied Geography, 134.
This article shows how large the Navajo Nation is covering four states. The struggles the nation has faced in most recent times of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and how the Navajo people struggle with just trying to deal with the essentials of everyday living. At one point in the article the author mentions how it can take several hours just to drive to the nearest chain store.