In this paper, we reflect on our collective experiences engaging with Anishinaabe Tribal Nations in the Great Lakes region to support Tribal sovereignty in decision-making for food, energy, and water (FEW) systems. In these diverse experiences, we find common lessons. The first set of lessons contributes new empirical knowledge regarding the challenges and opportunities that rural Great Lakes Tribal Nations navigate for enacting sovereignty in decision-making. Our experiences illustrate that while Tribal Nations benefit from a broad and deep commitment to sovereignty and many cultural strengths, they are often challenged by shortages in administrative capacity; technical support; and embeddedness in economic, socio-cultural, and institutional dynamics that must be further negotiated for Tribes to enact the sovereignty to which they are inherently (and legally) entitled. Productive partnerships struggle when university partners fail to acknowledge these realities. The second set of lessons addresses the potential for, and challenges of, effective engagement processes. We find that engagement with university professionals is often mismatched with the priorities and needs of Tribal Nations. Effective engagement with Tribal Nations requires practical knowledge, applied assistance, and grounded, genuine relationships; these requirements often run counter to the institutional structures and priorities imposed by universities, federal funding agencies, and student recruitment. These findings, associated with both empirical knowledge and lessons on process, highlight shared insights on formidable barriers to effective engagement. Based on our firsthand experience working with rural Tribal Nations on FEW decision-making, we share these reflections with particular focus on lessons learned for professionals who engage, or hope to engage, with Tribal Nations in rural settings and offer opportunities to transform engagement processes to better support the immediate, practical needs of rural Tribal Nations.

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为了生命而参与：对与农村部落国家的伙伴关系和伙伴关系的思考☆

在本文中，我们反思了我们与大湖区阿尼什纳贝部落民族合作的集体经验，以支持部落在粮食、能源和水 (FEW) 系统决策方面的主权。在这些不同的经历中，我们找到了共同的教训。第一组课程提供了关于大湖部落国家在决策中行使主权所面临的挑战和机遇的新经验知识。我们的经验表明，虽然部落国家受益于对主权的广泛而深入的承诺和许多文化优势，但它们常常面临行政能力短缺的挑战；技术支援; 以及嵌入经济、社会文化和制度动态中，部落必须进一步协商这些因素，以颁布他们固有（和法律上）享有的主权。当大学合作伙伴未能承认这些现实时，富有成效的合作伙伴关系就会陷入困境。第二组课程讨论了有效参与流程的潜力和挑战。我们发现，与大学专业人士的接触往往与部落国家的优先事项和需求不匹配。与部落国家的有效接触需要实践知识、实用援助以及扎根、真诚的关系；这些要求往往与大学、联邦资助机构和学生招生所规定的体制结构和优先事项背道而驰。这些发现与经验知识和过程教训相关，突出了对有效参与的巨大障碍的共同见解。根据我们与农村部落国家合作进行 FEW 决策的第一手经验，我们分享这些反思，特别关注那些参与或希望参与农村环境中的部落国家的专业人士所吸取的经验教训，并提供将参与流程转变为更好地支持农村部落民族的直接、实际需求。