Table 3.
Opinions about the environmental issues, the connection between conservation and Cherokee culture, and trade-offs for conservation of tribal lands: pre- and post-viewing of the PhotoVoice video
| Opinion | Pre-video % |
Post-video % |
Mean Difference* (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental issues | |||
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| How much health of your community where you live is affected by the condition of the surrounding natural environment | 0.0 (−0.1, 0.2) | ||
| Not at all | 0 | 0 | |
| A little | 6 | 6 | |
| Some | 21 | 16 | |
| A lot | 73 | 78 | |
| If we take care of the land, it will take care of us | 0.0 (−0.2, 0.2) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 5 | 3 | |
| Disagree | 0 | 2 | |
| Agree | 15 | 16 | |
| Strongly agree | 80 | 78 | |
| I am frustrated about the ways industries treat the environment | 0.0 (−0.2, 0.2) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 1 | 2 | |
| Disagree | 3 | 2 | |
| Agree | 30 | 30 | |
| Strongly agree | 66 | 65 | |
| As a Cherokee citizen, I have a moral obligation to protect the natural environment | 0.0 (−0.2, 0.2) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 3 | 2 | |
| Disagree | 0 | 2 | |
| Agree | 37 | 35 | |
| Strongly agree | 60 | 60 | |
| Impact of livestock, such as cattle, on health of the land | 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) | ||
| Not at all | 6 | 2 | |
| A little | 15 | 3 | |
| Some | 33 | 28 | |
| A lot | 47 | 66 | |
| I am concerned about local environmental issues in the Cherokee Nation | 0.2 (0.0, 0.4) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 2 | 0 | |
| Disagree | 8 | 3 | |
| Agree | 45 | 47 | |
| Strongly agree | 45 | 50 | |
| Land conservation, such as preserving tribal lands in their undeveloped condition, should be a tribal priority for the Cherokee Nation | 0.2 (0.0, 0.3) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 1 | 0 | |
| Disagree | 5 | 1 | |
| Agree | 52 | 45 | |
| Strongly agree | 43 | 53 | |
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| Connection between conservation and Cherokee culture | |||
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| Land conservation, such as preserving undeveloped areas, could be connected to the survival of the Cherokee language | 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) | ||
| Not at all | 15 | 5 | |
| A little | 18 | 7 | |
| Some | 37 | 38 | |
| A lot | 30 | 50 | |
| Certain plants will disappear if Cherokees do not continue to use them for cultural purposes | 0.3 (0.1, 0.5) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 6 | 3 | |
| Disagree | 9 | 6 | |
| Agree | 37 | 21 | |
| Strongly agree | 48 | 70 | |
| The Cherokee Nation should buy lands to preserve plants used in our traditional culture in activities such as medicine, ceremony, cooking, or crafts | 0.3 (0.1, 0.4) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 1 | 0 | |
| Disagree | 6 | 2 | |
| Agree | 45 | 29 | |
| Strongly agree | 48 | 69 | |
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| Tradeoffs for conservation of tribal lands | |||
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| Willingness to conserve tribal lands if it meant reducing funding for Cherokee Nation education programs by 10% | 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 9 | 7 | |
| Disagree | 30 | 26 | |
| Agree | 47 | 42 | |
| Strongly agree | 14 | 26 | |
| Willingness to conserve tribal lands if it meant reducing funding for Cherokee Nation education programs by 20% | 0.2 (0.0, 0.3) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 28 | 21 | |
| Disagree | 39 | 40 | |
| Agree | 24 | 26 | |
| Strongly agree | 9 | 14 | |
| Willingness to conserve tribal lands if it meant reducing funding for Cherokee Nation health services by 10% | 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 19 | 15 | |
| Disagree | 42 | 30 | |
| Agree | 28 | 37 | |
| Strongly agree | 11 | 17 | |
| Willingness to conserve tribal lands if it meant reducing funding for Cherokee Nation health services by 20% | 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 38 | 23 | |
| Disagree | 40 | 47 | |
| Agree | 15 | 19 | |
| Strongly agree | 7 | 12 | |
*
Possible mean difference range −3 to 3; a positive value indicates higher agreement in the post- vs. pre-video opinion; CI = confidence interval