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Cross-Border Collaborations
APLU 2016, Austin TX
Steven B. Daley-Laursen University of Idaho and US DoI NW Climate Science Center
Kyle Powys Whyte, Michigan State Univ; Don Sampson, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians; Arwen Bird, Woven Strategies LLC; Sharon Ziegler Chong, Univ of Hawai’i System
• International. Native American Sovereign Nations’ Revival; UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2007. Emergence of Native American Law. Treaty Rights.
• Tribal Communities. Climate Change Effects Become Real and Cultural. 3rd National Climate Assessment declares tribes especially vulnerable.
• US Government. DoI Mission to Serve Tribes; BIA, emergent Climate Science Centers.
• Research-Education Culture. Make science useful to management and policy; If a tree falls and no one’s there…?
Columbia River Basin Tribes
Climate Change
Capacity Assessment
As a Matter of Community Development and Workforce Development
• Trans-national; US to Native Sovereigns • Trans-disciplinary; Disciplines woven, Tool-Box • Trans-sector; Researcher-Practitioner Iteration, Boundary Organizations,
Knowledge Co-Production • Trans-knowledge; Empirical, Traditional, Experiential. Rational-Literate,
Intuitive-Emotional; Sqigwts 3-D Virtual
Pacific Islands Climate Boot
Camp
Northwest Climate Boot
Camp
Learning Objectives/Outcomes for Teams: 1. Tribes’ cultural norms-values relative to environment and impacts of
climate on their tribe’s customs and norms
2. Knowledge base in climate science applicable to local conditions
3. Community Development: Capacity to lead culturally-relevant adaptation process: Fund-raising, Youth-Elder synergy, Public engagement, X-department planning,, Policy and Governance skills.
4. Workforce development: Grad Research Assts, Tribal Teams, Gov’t