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Photos by Ammon Cluff and Taylor Marie, with additional photos by Lomakatsi staff
Nearly 300 attendees spent two-and-a-half days discussing how to elevate tribal partnerships in collaborative forest and watershed restoration initiatives.
Burner Bob® sits down with the Mountaintop Drum group from Duck Valley Indian Reservation, the host drum throughout the Summit. River Blacksun, a Klamath tribal youth from Chiloquin, Oregon, shared his voice along with the Mountaintop Drum group throughout the event.
Panel: ITEK and Ecocultural Stewardship, from left: Elizabeth Azzuz, Jefferson Greene, Marley Smith.
Participants meet each other at the Culture Night Welcome Ceremony November 14, 2023.
Keynote speaker Dr. Homer Wilkes, USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment
Klamath dancers Candi Lane Usesarrow and Aiyana Reyes performed traditional dance during Culture Night.
Young participants exploring the basket weaving activity.
Dr. Homer Wilkes, USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment with Elleni Hernandez and Jay Hernandez, who are Northern Paiute and Rosebud Sioux
Daranda Hinkey speaking on the Emerging Leaders: Tribal Youth Voices Panel. Daranda is a member of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes and works for the Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources as Programmatic Operations Coordinator.
Lorri O'Neill, Chippewa Cree of Rocky Boy; Indigenous Organizer with Unite Oregon.
Burner Bob®, the prescribed fire mascot of the Southeast, with Christina Friehauf and Terry Fairbanks.
Keynote speaker Merv George Jr., Hoopa Valley tribal member, USFS Deputy Regional Forester PNW Region
Matchstick forest demonstration by Dallas Yellowhammer Soliz, enrolled member of The Klamath Tribes and descendant of the Modoc, Apache, Dine, Ute and Yaqui; Tribal Crew Support Associate with Lomakatsi.
Some members of the Inter-Tribal Summit Planning Team from left: Allayana Darrow, Saraya Hamidi, Amanda Rose, Christina Friehauf, Serina Fast Horse, Jalene Littlejohn, and Marley Smith.
Klamath ceremonial dancers and Mountaintop Drum group during the Culture Night Welcome Ceremony November 14, 2023.
Lomakatsi Executive Director Marko Bey moderates the panel on Converging Perspectives for Indigenous Ecological Stewardship featuring Dr. Frank Lake, Dr. David Lewis, Dr. James O’Connell, and Dr. Kerry Metlen.
This historic event brought together tribal leaders, elders, and cultural practitioners—representing 17 tribes from within and around Oregon—with regional and national state and federal agency and nonprofit leadership.
Panel: Tribal Members in Federal Natural Resource Management, from left: Nolan Colegrove, Rowena Yeahquo, Bodie Shaw, Eldon Brown, Merv George (moderator).
Southern Oregon Fire Ecology Education demonstration with Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative, Lomakatsi, and City of Ashland Forest Resiliency.
Mountaintop Drum Group and Klamath tribal dancers perform during Culture Night.
Panel: Tribal Members in Federal Natural Resource Management, from left: Nolan Colegrove, Rowena Yeahquo, Bodie Shaw, Eldon Brown.
Youth were honored at the Summit as the next generation of environmental stewards and leaders.
The Fireside Chat room was available for strategic conversations between tribes, agencies, and NGO. Pictured here are: Dr. Homer Wilkes, USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, Liz Hernandez (Tribal Council), Meldrick One Horse Meza (Tribal Council) and Duwaine Boone (Tribal Administrator) with the Fort Bidwell Indian Tribe, and Marko Bey (Executive Director) and Belinda Brown (Tribal Partnerships Director) with Lomakatsi.
The Mountaintop Drum group served as the host drum throughout the Summit—blessing the space with songs and the heartbeat of the Earth.
Panel: A Model for Tribal-Led Collaborative Stewardship, from left: Liz Hernandez, Erin Borla, Kevin Lo, Belinda Brown.
USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment Dr. Homer Wilkes meets Burner Bob®, the prescribed fire mascot of the Southeast.
Event emcee Belinda Brown, Pit River, Northern Paiute, Isleta Pueblo; Lomakatsi Tribal Partnerships Director and Chair of the Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership
CalLee Davenport and Jalene Littlejohn of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with Burner Bob®, the prescribed fire mascot of the Southeast.
Merv George Jr., Hoopa Valley tribal member, USFS Deputy Regional Forester PNW Region
Keynote speaker Doug Grafe, Wildfire & Military Advisor, Office of Governor Tina Kotek
During the Summit, the Blue Forest team shared about the new Forest Resilience Bond and partnership with Lomakatsi through the Rogue Valley I FRB.
Nearly 300 people came from near and far to join the Summit and share in peer to peer learning and to support tribal inclusion in forest and watershed restoration.
Southern Oregon Fire Ecology Education demonstration with Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative, Lomakatsi, and City of Ashland Forest Resiliency.
Nearly 300 people came from near and far to join the Summit and share in peer to peer learning and to support tribal inclusion in forest and watershed restoration.
Participants meet each other at the Culture Night Welcome Ceremony November 14, 2023.
Jeremiah Pinto (Navajo), U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Research Plant Physiologist/Tribal Nursery Specialist.
Meldrick One Horse Meza, elected Tribal Council member for the Fort Bidwell Indian Tribe.
The Mountaintop Drum group served as the host drum throughout the Summit—blessing the space with songs and the heartbeat of the Earth.
Photo by Taylor Marie | Lomakatsi Founder & Executive Director Marko Bey
Throughout the Summit, tribal elders and cultural practitioners shared prayers, heartfelt words of wisdom, storytelling, song, and dance.
Storytelling facilitator Dan Wahpepah, member of the Anishinaabe, Kickapoo, and Sac & Fox Tribes
Meghan Montgomery, Forest Resource Conservationist with Jackson Soil & Water Conservation District.
Members of Lomakatsi's Tribal Ecological Forestry Crew
Panel: A Model for Tribal-Led Collaborative Stewardship, from left: Liz Hernandez, Erin Borla, Kevin Lo, Belinda Brown, and Marko Bey (Moderator).
The Mountaintop Drum group served as the host drum throughout the Summit—blessing the space with songs and the heartbeat of the Earth.
The event threaded keynote talks and presentations spanning the integration of Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge into restoration initiatives, the importance of cultural fire, government-to-government relationships and legal frameworks for partnering with sovereign Tribal Nations, and empowering the next generation of ecological and cultural stewards.
Dr. Homer Wilkes (Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment) of the USDA, with Liz Hernandez (Tribal Council), Meldrick One Horse Meza (Tribal Council) with the Fort Bidwell Indian Tribe.
Tule O'Rourke speaking on the Emerging Leaders: Tribal Youth Voices Panel. Tule is a Yurok tribal member and Silviculture Forester for the Yurok Tribe Forestry Department.
The Summit opened with an evening Cultural Celebration and welcome featuring heartfelt words of wisdom, storytelling, song, and dance from tribal elders and cultural practitioners.
A heartfelt moment: Merv George Jr. (Hoopa), USFS Deputy Regional Forester PNW Region was honored and gifted a blanket with designs depicting fire and the balance of humans and the land by Lomakatsi leadership. Merv was wrapped in the blanked by Dr. Homer Wilkes USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment and Nolan Colegrove Sr. (Hoopa), USFS Six Rivers National Forest; Lower Trinity, Orleans, and Ukonom, District Ranger. Dan Wahpepah (Anishinaabe, Kickapoo, and Sac & Fox Tribes) performs a traditional song to honor Merv and his leadership.
Nearly 300 tribal leaders, elders, and cultural practitioners, and regional and national leadership from federal and state agencies and nonprofit organizations gathered in Sunriver, Oregon for the first Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit.
The Mountaintop Drum group served as the host drum throughout the Summit—blessing the space with songs and the heartbeat of the Earth.
Youth were honored at the Summit as the next generation of environmental stewards and leaders.
Presenter stage
ITEK & Ecocultural Stewardship Panelists Marley Smith (left) and Jefferson Greene (right).
A family with Burner Bob®, the prescribed fire mascot of the Southeast.
The event program.
Dr. Homer Wilkes, USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, catches up with the Lomakatsi Tribal Ecological Forestry Crew at the Summit.
Tribal Partnerships Director Belinda Brown honors the Summit planning team with gifts.
Keynote speaker Dr. Homer Wilkes, USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment
Presentations focused on how to better partner with Tribal Nations and tribal communities to further ecocultural restoration and work toward more resilient ecosystems and communities.
This historic event brought together tribal leaders, elders, and cultural practitioners—representing 17 tribes from within and around Oregon—with regional and national state and federal agency and nonprofit leadership.
This historic event brought together tribal leaders, elders, and cultural practitioners—representing 17 tribes from within and around Oregon—with regional and national state and federal agency and nonprofit leadership.
Nearly 300 people came from near and far to join the Summit and share in peer to peer learning and to support tribal inclusion in forest and watershed restoration.
Nearly 300 tribal leaders, elders, and cultural practitioners, and regional and national leadership from federal and state agencies and nonprofit organizations gathered in Sunriver, Oregon for the first Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit.
Lomakatsi Communications Team: Communications Director Tom Greco (left) and Communications Associate Allayana Darrow (right)
The Mountaintop Drum group served as the host drum throughout the Summit—blessing the space with songs and the heartbeat of the Earth.
Anita Williams, Founder of Mt. Bidwell California Indian Day Celebration
Nearly 300 tribal leaders, elders, and cultural practitioners, and regional and national leadership from federal and state agencies and nonprofit organizations gathered in Sunriver, Oregon for the first Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit.
Josiah Jacobs, Kosealekte Band of Pit River Tribe, Tribal Employment Rights Officer, speaks on the panel: Co-Stewardship for Resilient Communities, Ecosystems & Economies. From left: Analisa Tripp, Steve Rigdon, Marko Bey (standing), Phil Rigdon, Josiah Jacobs.
Southern Oregon Fire Ecology Education demonstration with Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative, Lomakatsi, and City of Ashland Forest Resiliency.
Lomakatsi 2023-24 Tribal Ecological Forestry Training Crew
Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit 2023
Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit 2023
Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit 2023
Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit 2023
Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit 2023
Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit 2023
Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit 2023
Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit 2023
Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit 2023
Photo by Taylor Marie
Photo by Taylor Marie | Southern Oregon Fire Ecology Education demonstration with Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative, Lomakatsi, and City of Ashland Forest Resiliency.
Photo by Taylor Marie | Southern Oregon Fire Ecology Education demonstration with Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative, Lomakatsi, and City of Ashland Forest Resiliency.
Photo by Taylor Marie | Demonstration from Southern Oregon Fire Ecology Education Curriculum with Lomakatsi, Ashland Forest Resiliency, and Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative.
Photo by Taylor Marie | Seneca Hescock, The Klamath Tribes, Ecocultural Practitioner and Tribal Crew Member with Lomakatsi leading Southern Oregon Fire Ecology Education demonstration with Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative, Lomakatsi, and City of Ashland Forest Resiliency.
Photo by Taylor Marie | Sofia Maciel, Education Coordinator with Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative
Photo by Taylor Marie | Ecocultural Practitioners and Lomakatsi Tribal Staff Dallas Yellowhammer Soliz and Seneca Hescock leading Southern Oregon Fire Ecology Education demonstration with Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative, Lomakatsi, and City of Ashland Forest Resiliency.
Photo by Taylor Marie | Serina Fast Horse (left) and Allayana Darrow (right), members of the planning team.
Photo by Taylor Marie
Photo by Taylor Marie | Blue Forest Team
Photo by Taylor Marie
Photo by Taylor Marie
Participants were invited to share thoughts and drawings on vision boards that evolved throughout the Summit.
Participants were invited to share thoughts and drawings on vision boards that evolved throughout the Summit.
Participants were invited to share thoughts and drawings on vision boards that evolved throughout the Summit.
Participants were invited to share thoughts and drawings on vision boards that evolved throughout the Summit.
Participants were invited to share thoughts and drawings on vision boards that evolved throughout the Summit.