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Public Law 93-638 Indian Self-Determination & Education Assistance Act, as Amended— Gives Tribes the authority to contract with the federal government to operate programs serving their tribal members and other eligible persons. [Link]
- Tribal Self Governance Act of 1994—Amended P.L. 93-638 to establish a program of Tribal Self-Governance and directed the Secretary of the Interior to enter into annual funding agreements with the governing body of each participating tribe. [Link]
Public Law 108-278 Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004—The rule specifying how Tribes may request to enter into an agreement or contract to carry out a project to protect Indian forest land or rangeland, including a project to restore federal land that borders on or is adjacent to Indian forest land or rangeland. [Link]
Joint Secretarial Order No. 3403 Fulfilling the Trust Responsibility to Indian Tribes in the Stewardship of Federal Lands and Waters (2021)—Establishes how the USDA and USDOI will fulfill their obligations to federally recognized Tribes by directing bureaus and agencies within each Department to take specific actions and make agreements with Tribes to collaborate in co-stewardship of lands, waters, and wildlife. [Link]
U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs: Reserved Treaty Rights to Lands (RTRL) National Implementation (2015)—Establishes BIA policy for the RTRL program and applications for Wildland Fire Management program funding appropriated for treatment and restoration of tribal priority landscapes within and adjacent to ancestral and reserved treaty right lands. [Link]
Presidential Memorandum: Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Federal Decision Making (2021)—Directs Federal agencies to conduct regular, meaningful, and robust consultation with Tribal officials in the development of federal research, policies, and decisions, especially decisions that may affect Tribal Nations and the people they represent. [Link]
Strengthening Tribal Consultations and Nation-to-Nation Relationships: A USDA Forest Service Action Plan [Link]
Good Neighbor Authority—Allows the Forest Service to enter into agreements with State, County, and Tribal agencies to perform forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services on and adjacent to National Forest System lands. The authority allows the Forest Service to enter into up to 10-year agreements with partner agencies that have the mandate to conduct forest and watershed restoration activities, who then perform the activities on behalf of the Forest Service. [Link]
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Tribal Websites
- https://klamathtribes.org/
- https://modocnation.com/
- https://www.karuk.us/index.php
- https://ctuir.org/
- https://www.grandronde.org/
- https://warmsprings-nsn.gov/
- https://pitrivertribe.gov/
- https://www.ctsi.nsn.us/
- https://www.colvilletribes.com/
- https://www.cowcreek-nsn.gov/contact-us/
- https://fmpst.org/
- https://burnspaiute-nsn.gov/
- https://www.tolowa-nsn.gov/
- https://chinooknation.org/
- https://www.hoopa-nsn.gov/
- https://www.yuroktribe.org/
- http://www.qvir.com/
- https://csktribes.org/
- https://shopaitribes.org/spt/
- https://www.cherokee.org/
- https://www.mhanation.com/
- https://www.yakama.com/
- https://www.scat-nsn.gov/
- https://www.coquilletribe.org/
- https://www.hopi-nsn.gov/
- https://washoetribe.us/
- https://www.potawatomi.org/
- https://gidutikadpaiute.com/
- https://www.hawaiiankingdom.org/
- https://www.rmtlc.org/
- https://www.ccthita.org/
- https://hualapai-nsn.gov/
- https://nezperce.org/
- https://sokaogonchippewa.com/
- https://www.kletseldehe.org/
- https://www.navajo-nsn.gov/
- https://ebci.com/
- https://www.semtribe.com/
- https://snoqualmietribe.us/
- https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/
- https://www.sacandfoxks.com/
- https://www.kickapootribeofoklahoma.com/
- https://www.pascuayaqui-nsn.gov/
- http://www.utetribe.com/
- http://navajopeople.org/
- https://mescaleroapachetribe.com/our-culture/
- http://www.shastaindiannation.org/
- https://www.isletapueblo.com/
- https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/
- https://www.kiowatribe.org/
- https://comanchenation.com/
- https://www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov/
- https://blackfootconfederacy.ca/
Culture Night
- Lomakatsi Restoration Project: Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge [Link]
- Native American Round Dance History, Music & Meaning [Link]
- Oregon Public Broadcasting—Modoc people sleep on ancestral lands for first time in almost 150 years [Link]
- Essential Understandings of Native Americans in Oregon [Link]
Panel 1: Tribal Members in Federal Natural Resource Management
- BIA Office of Trust Services Strategic Plan for FY 2023-2026 [Link]
- BIA Pacific Region Tribal Climate Resilience Program: Funded Strategies, Example Projects & Climate Scenarios [Link]
- BIA Branch of Climate Resilience Regional Assessment Report (2022) [Link]
- BIA Pacific Region Strategic Plan (2015-2019) [Link]
- BIA Reserved Treaty Rights Lands Plan (2015) [Link]
- BLM Permanent Instruction Memorandum Regarding Co-Stewardship [Link]
- National Indian Forest Resources Management Act (1990) [Link]
- NPS Policy Memorandum Regarding Co-Stewardship [Link]
- Tribal Action Plan in action: Strengthening tribal relations within Indian Country [Link]
- USDA and USDOI Joint Secretarial Order 3403: Fulfilling the Trust Responsibility to Indian Tribes in the Stewardship of Federal Lands and Waters [Link]
- USFS Tribal Relations Strategic Plan for Pacific Southwest Region 5 (2023-2028) [Link]
- USFS Research & Development Tribal Engagement Roadmap (2015) [Link]
- USFS Tribal Relations Strategic Plan (2019-2022) [Link]
- USFWS Native American Policy [Link]
- USFWS Director’s Order 227: Fulfilling Trust Responsibility [Link]
- Wildland Fire Management: The National Fire Plan [Link]
Panel 2: Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) and Ecocultural Stewardship
- Columbia River Insititute for Indigenous Development [Link]
- CommUnity Guidelines for Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit (2023) [Link]
- Cultural Fire Management Council [Link]
- Indigenous Peoples Burning Network [Link]
- Presidential Memorandum: Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Federal Decision Making (2021) [Link]
- Strengthening Tribal Consultations & Nation-to-Nation Relationships: A USDA Forest Service Action Plan [Link]
- USDA Forest Service Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Tribal Relations [Link]
Panel 3: Co-Stewardship for Resilient Communities, Ecosystems & Economies
- Catching Fire: Prescribed Burning in Northern CA (Video) [Link]
- Council for Tribal Employment Rights: FAQs about TERO [Link]
- Good Fire: Current Barriers to the Expansion of Cultural Burning and Prescribed Fire in CA and Recommended Solutions [Link]
- Intertribal Timber Council [Link]
- Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources Ecocultural Resources Management Plan [Link]
- Karuk Climate Adaptation Plan [Link]
- Karuk Tribe Westside Fire Recovery Project [Link]
- Klamath Basin Food System Assessment: Karuk Tribe Data [Link]
- Yakama Forest Products [Link]
Panel 4: Converging Perspectives for Indigenous Ecological Stewardship
- Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 [Link]
- Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project [Link]
- Indigenous Knowledge, Research, and Data Sovereignty: Challenges & Opportunities [Link]
- Karuk Traditional Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge Sovereignty [Link]
- Karuk-UC Berkeley Collaborative [Link]
- Oregon Department of Forestry Landscape Resiliency Program Final Report [Link]
- PSW Ecologist Frank Lake Shares How Indigenous Knowledge Promotes Healthy Forests [Link]
- Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley by David G. Lewis [Link]
Panel 5: Government-to-Government Collaborative Stewardship
- Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and BLM Medford District MOU Regarding Co-Stewardship on BLM-Managed Lands [Link]
- Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Presentation to the Oregon Board of Agriculture (2023) [Link]
- Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 [Link]
- Interior Department Issues Guidance to Strengthen Tribal Co-Stewardship of Public Lands and Waters [Link]
- Portland State University Certificate in Tribal Relations – Program Overview [Link]
- Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 [Link]
- USDOI Annual Report on Co-Stewardship [Link]
- USDOI Guidance on Co-Stewardship [Link]
Panel 7: Emerging Leaders: Tribal Youth Voices
Keynote Speaker: Katherine Minthorn
Intertribal Agriculture Council [Link]
Keynote Speaker: Doug Grafe
- Executive Order No. 96-30: State/Tribal Government-to-Government Relations [Link]
- Government-to-Government: Working with Oregon’s Tribes [Link]
- Oregon 20-year Landscape Resiliency Strategy [Link]
- Oregon 20-year Landscape Resiliency Strategy Progress Report (2023) [Link]
- Oregon Approach to State-Tribal Relations (2013) [Link]
- Oregon Department of Education: Tribal History/Shared History [Link]
- Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Tribal Relations [Link]
- Oregon Department of Health & Human Services Office of Tribal Affairs [Link]
- Oregon Secretary of State Agency Policy on Tribal Relations [Link]
- Oregon State Legislature Commission on Indian Services [Link]
- Senate Bill 13—Developing a curriculum relating to Native American experience in Oregon [Link]