Initiative 4: Cultural Empowerment

We commit to learning from cultural knowledge systems and practices of care.

*general or non-local resources

 Local resources to learn from Indigenous communities through collaboration   

• *Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
• *“We Are the Middle of Forever Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth” Edited by: Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth
• UO Tribal Climate Change Project - Tribal Climate Change Guide
• Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
• UW Climate Impacts Group: Tribal Vulnerability Assessment Resources
• UW Climate Impacts Group (CIG) Tribal Climate Tool
• UW Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative - Tribal Coastal Resilience Portfolio
• Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission - State of Our Watershed
• Evergreen Native Case Studies Program
• Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center - United Indians of All Tribes Foundation
• Architecture of the Salish Sea Tribes of the PNW

Local resources to show respect through Land Acknowledgements

• Ecotrust - Call to action for indigenous communities
• Land Acknowledgement Resources from the University of Washington
• UW lecture - From Recognition to Action: Understanding Land Acknowledgements
• Duwamish Tribe, Land Acknowledgement
• Muckleshoot Tribe, Land Acknowledgment

Local resources to plan and design project work with Indigenous peoples

• Headwater People Consulting Firm
• Online Tribal Engagement Training Series built with natural resource practitioners in mind

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