Table 2.

Collaboration with the Aleuts in conducting research on potential radionuclide risk from leakage from underground nuclear tests on Amchitka Island, Aleutians, Alaska.

Parameter or phase	Collaboration with Aleuts
Problem-formulation	Initial workshop was held in Fairbanks to listen to the concerns of Aleuts and others. Aleut representatives presented their concerns and perceptions about Amchitka and the risks it might pose. Aleuts contributed to joint meetings with other legally-mandated parties (State of Alaska, DOE) to solving the Amchitka problem.
Research plan	Findings from the initial workshop, and discussions with Aleut representatives (APIA) led to development of a research plan by CRESP scientists (Burger et al., 2005).
Research plan refinement	Research plan was approved by representatives of Aleuts (APIA). The plan was then presented to four of the five Aleut communities visited in their Aleutian villages, and significant refinements were made according to their suggestions (Burger et al., 2007d).
Research and data analysis	Based on comments made by Aleuts in their villages, four members of the Aleut community were members of the scientific expedition to collect specimens for analysis. They collected subsistence foods in their traditional manner (Burger et al., 2006c, 2007e).
Dissemination of research findings	Project resulted in over 15 papers in the peer-reviewed literature, many with Aleuts as co-authors (Burger et al., 2006c, 2007c, e, g, h, in press). Research findings also reported in newspapers in the Aleutians and in Alaska generally; public meetings held in Anchorage, APIA, and in Aleut villages.
Follow-through or path forward	Research findings led to request by Aleuts and others that CRESP write a biomonitoring plan to ensure early warning of future problems in the biota (and subsistence foods) around Amchitka (Burger, 2007c; Burger et al., 2007i).

This table deals only with Aleuts, and others were included in various research phases (see Burger et al., 2007d).