Tribal Regional Workbench Blog

Indigenous Peoples Call for Global Ban on Uranium Mining

2007-02-11T08:44:00.000-08:00

By Brenda Norrell

Indigenous peoples from around the world, victims of uranium mining, nuclear testing, and nuclear dumping, issued a global ban on uranium mining on native lands.

The declaration, signed during the Indigenous World Uranium Summit, held Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2006 on the Navajo Nation in Window Rock, Arizona, brought together Australian aboriginals and villagers from India and Africa. Pacific islanders joined with indigenous peoples from the Americas to take action and halt the cancer, birth defects, and death from uranium and nuclear industries on native lands.

Brenda Norrell is a freelance writer based in Tucson, Arizona, focusing on indigenous rights in the Americas. She has covered Indian country news for 23 years, serving as a staff reporter for the Navajo Times and Indian Country Today and a stringer for the Associated Press. She is a contributor to the IRC Americas Program at www.americaspolicy.org.

See new IRC article online at:
http://americas.irc-online.org/amcit/3963

With printer-friendly pdf version at:
http://americas.irc-online.org/pdf/series/0702Uranium.pdf

EPA delegates Clean Water Act authority to Southern California Tribe

2007-02-02T12:17:00.000-08:00

Release date: 10/31/2006

Contact Information: Mark Merchant, (415) 947-4297

(10/31/06 -- SAN FRANCISCO) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced its approval of the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indian’s application to administer federal Clean Water Act programs on tribal lands.

The announcement was made today at the 14th annual EPA Region 9 tribal conference in San Francisco. The Twenty-Nine Palms Tribe is the 38th tribe out of 563 federally recognized

tribes nationwide with delegated authority over water quality protection programs to administer water quality standards and a certification program.

“The EPA and tribes attending this conference are pleased to celebrate this achievement with the Twenty-Nine Palms Tribe,” said Wayne Nastri, the regional administrator of the EPA’s Pacific Southwest region and host of this year’s conference. “We will continue to work together to protect and restore precious water resources not only on lands belonging to the Twenty-Nine Palms Tribe, but every tribe in the Pacific Southwest.”

The tribe will work with the EPA on a government-to-government basis to develop and adopt water quality standards which, once approved, will form the basis for water quality-based effluent limitations and other requirements for discharges to waters within the tribe’s jurisdiction.

The tribe is also authorized to grant or deny certification for federally permitted or licensed activities that may affect waters within the borders of their lands

Under Clean Water Act requirements, the tribe must be federally recognized, have a governing body to carry out substantial governmental duties and powers, have jurisdiction to administer the programs within the boundaries of its reservation, and be reasonably capable of administering the program.

The Twenty-Nine Palms Tribe has a reservation that consists of two properties, in Riverside County in the city of Coachella and in San Bernardino County between Twenty-Nine Palms and Joshua Tree. There are currently no tribal members residing on the reservations but the tribe wants to ensure that present and future beneficial uses of the water bodies on the reservation are protected from degradation.

Tribal representation signals growing collaboration

2007-01-06T09:26:00.000-08:00

In a move to foster government-to-government collaboration, SANDAG unanimously approved a proposal to add a San Diego County representative from the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association (SCTCA) to its Board of Directors, and Transportation, Regional Planning, and Public Safety Policy Committees. The decision was finalized with an SCTCA vote on December 19, 2006.

A representative from the SCTCA has served as an advisory member on the agency’s Borders Committee since June 2005. This expanded participation at the policy level took effect on January 1, 2007.

The decision to include representatives of this intertribal council as advisory members on the SANDAG Board and its Policy Committees stregthens the growing cooperation and collaboration among the region's jurisdictions and tribal governments.

“San Diego is home to 18 Native American reservations governed by 17 federally-recognized tribal governments – more than any other area in the United States,” said Gary Gallegos, SANDAG Executive Director. “SANDAG has reaffirmed its belief that local Native Nations play a critical role in the growth, prosperity, and cultural landscape of the region.”

The SCTCA is a well-established intertribal consortium of 19 federally-recognized Indian tribes in Southern California (including all of the tribes in San Diego County).

Project Manager:
Garry Bonelli, Communications Director
gbo@sandag.org; (619) 699-1960

Issues in Tribal Environmental Research and Health Promotion

2006-09-26T15:09:00.000-07:00

Novel Approaches for Assessing and Managing Cumulative Risks and Impacts
of Global Climate Change

URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_star_tribal.html

Open Date: 09/25/2006 - Close Date: 01/23/2007

Summary: There is an increased awareness that subsistence tribal populations may be differentially impacted by two ubiquitous phenomena: (1) cumulative chemical exposures and (2) global climactic changes. EPA is interested in supporting community-based participatory research to generate data which identify (a) subsistence resources, (b) sensitive subpopulations within tribal communities, (c) complex chemical exposures from multiple sources and routes, and (d) links between environmental stressors and health outcomes. In addition, EPA is interested in research proposals which develop culturally relevant strategies for exposure mitigation and/or health promotion.

Re-imagining Indian Country: American Indians and Cities in Modern America

2006-02-01T09:56:00.000-08:00

3:00 to 5:00 pm Tuesday, February 7, 2006
338 Administration , UC Irvine

American Indians have increasingly made their way to U.S. cities over the last century, and a majority now live in urban areas. Yet scholars, policymakers, and the general public continue to treat American Indians as a reservation-based people, cut off from the currents of modern life. This presentation is drawn from my current research project, a history of American Indians and cities in modern America. It will focus on the lives of American Indian actors who worked in Hollywood from the 1910s to the 1930s, highlighting broader themes of mobility and migration, racialized power structures, and subaltern agency. The talk will conclude with comments about how this history of American Indians in Hollywood continues to inform present-day struggles over race, labor, identity, and cultural space in America. Nicolas G. Rosenthal received his Ph.D. in American history from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is currently a Kevin Starr Postdoctoral Fellow in California Studies at the UC Humanities Research Institute. His work, which focuses on race and ethnicity, the American West, and American Indian history, appears in several anthologies and journals.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Announcement copied from http://www.uchri.org/main.php

Indigenous Communities Set Border Environment Agenda

2006-01-18T11:22:00.000-08:00

Indigenous Communities Set Border Environment Agenda
By Talli Nauman

Representatives of the first peoples of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States have issued a joint communiqué they hope will set the new year’s agenda for protection of the environment they have shared since long before a national border separated them. Negotiators for 26 Mexican indigenous communities and U.S. tribes who felt their concerns were sidelined in a 2005 binational declaration on border environment, released their own statement in response. Last year marked the first time the Indian populations participated in the U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 National Coordinators Meeting, where they had a voice in the cross-boundary programs sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency. Yet they deemed it necessary to distinguish their priorities from those outlined at the meeting by the representatives of other jurisdictions in the 2,000-mile-long border area. The Native American leaders put forward recommendations for conservation of land, air, and water. Some of the counsel differs from that given by non-Indian citizens, while some of it reflects worries held in common.

This article originally appeared in The Herald Mexico / El Universal on Jan. 8, 2006. Talli Nauman is the IRC Americas Program Associate and editor at large (online at americas.irc-online.org).

American Indian Heritage month programming

2005-12-23T23:25:00.000-08:00

"SHELLMOUND" will air this Sunday, November 6th at 6:30pm on KQED-TV, channel 9 as part of American Indian Heritage month programming. http://www.kqed.org/topics/history/heritage/amerindian/tv.jsp
"SHELLMOUND" examines the decisions made during the toxic cleanup, excavation, and construction through the eyes of the City, the developer, the archaeologists, and the native Californians who worked on the site.www.shellmoundthemovie.com

Integrating Superfund Science and Traditional Environmental Knowledge

2005-10-21T09:15:00.000-07:00

Richard Marciano, Co-PI of the SBRP Community Outreach Core will be presenting at the upcoming 13th Annual Tribal EPA Conference with the U.S. EPA, Region 9 Office (October 26-28, 2005, at Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino in Coarsegold, California).

The Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians and the Central Valley Tribal Environmental Consortium are co-hosting the event. The conference provides the Regions Tribal environmental programs with information on environmental issues affecting Indian country today.

Marciano will be giving an invited presentation titled: Integrating Superfund, Science and Traditional Environmental Knowledge: A Tribal Regional Workbench Approach
http://www.chukchansigold.net/workshops.html

Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action

2005-10-20T19:30:00.000-07:00

San Diego Public Library to Screen Documentary Film
"Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action" on Nov. 13
Screening in Celebration of Native American Indian Heritage Month

SAN DIEGO - The City of San Diego Public Library, in partnership with the Institute of American Indian Life and in celebration of Native American Indian Heritage Month, will screen the documentary film "Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action." This film won the coveted Grand Teton Award (Best of Festival) at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. The screening will take place Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. in the third floor auditorium of the Central Library, located at 820 E St. in downtown San Diego.

"Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action," produced by the Katahdin Foundation, is a powerful documentary telling the story of some of the most grievous but little-known environmental violations in America today. It is the first feature documentary to take an in-depth look at the environmental hazards that threaten nearly all Indian nations across America, and at the handful of activists who are fighting back in these new Indian Wars. With the support of their communities, these leaders are actively rejecting the devastating affronts of multinational energy companies and the current dismantling of 30 years of environmental laws. They are dedicated to forcing change - to save their land, preserve their sovereignty and ensure the cultural survival of their people.

Framed by the ecological and spiritual wisdom of Winona LaDuke, "Homeland" presents a vision of how people all over the world can turn around the destructive policies of thoughtless resource plundering and create a new paradigm in which people can live healthier lives with greater understanding of, and respect for, the planet and all of its inhabitants. For more information, call the Central Library at 619-236-5800 or visit the Library on the City's Web site at http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library.

Border 2012 - NATIONAL COORDINATORS MEETING

2005-10-20T17:11:00.000-07:00

SAVE THE DATE
Border 2012 - NATIONAL COORDINATORS MEETING
The federal and state environmental agencies of the United States and Mexico and US border tribes participating in the US-Mexico Border 2012 Program, announce the 2006 National Coordinators Meeting to be held in Ensenda, Baja California on April 26 and 27, 2006.

Indigenous Planning

2005-10-19T19:27:00.000-07:00

From the American Planning Association Web Site:
http://www.planning.org/indigenous/

The Indigenous Planning Division advocates community development based on land-tenure principles and informed by the distinctive worldviews of indigenous peoples. Members are committed to social, economic, and political change and welcome all those interested in sustaining traditional indigenous approaches to planning. The division provides it members with a forum for exchanging ideas and solutions and making connections with peers. The long-term goals include developing a resource manual, a certification program in indigenous planning, and an internship network for students interested in working with indigenous communities.

Our bid to create the Indigenous Planning Division was approved by the APA Board of Directors during the 2004 APA National Planning Conference. This effort has been long forthcoming and is the result of many years of discussions among tribal planners and indigenous practitioners throughout the country. It has been established to fill a critical void that exists among professionals and will serve to bring visibility and give credibility to the unique and necessary planning approaches that have evolved on indigenous lands and among their communities.

Because we are the new kid on the block, our site is presently under development. As we gain momentum, we will be adding a number of interesting and important features that will lend to the collaborative and collective mission of our IP Division.

Your membership will help build diversity to the myriad voices represented among indigenous communities. And although, on first-blink, it may appear that this division is limited to native people only, the purpose is far more inclusive. We consider this a place for anyone who is interested and involved with communities that sustain traditions that are tied to land-tenure and cultural identity.

Lannan Foundation: Funding Opportunity for Tribal Organizations

2005-10-09T09:42:00.000-07:00

Funding for projects in indigenous communities supports the resolve of Native people to renew their communities through their own institutions and traditions. Funding priority is given to rural community projects that are consistent with traditional values in the areas of environmental protection and advocacy, legal rights, language revitalization, traditional culture, and education. The criteria used to award grants in indigenous communities include whether there is a wide range of community representation on the applicant organization’s board and staff, the organization’s role within the context of the whole community, and the organization’s stability. Grant awards are made to organizations that are Native-led and benefit a significant portion of the community.
http://ee.lannan.org/lf/about/funding-areas/

Part Time Program Assistant for Rincon Environmental Department

2005-10-03T22:47:00.000-07:00

Part Time Program Assistant for Rincon Environmental Department
SALARY: $10-15.00/hr to start depending on experience and qualifications

GENERAL: This position is responsible for staff support to meet the Environmental goals and objectives for the Rincon Band of Indians; under the direction of the Tribal Environmental Director and in coordination of the USEPA. This position is responsible for the day to day operations of the Rincon Environmental Department Office.

QUALIFICATIONS: 2-3 years college w/related experience. Strong Administration Skills needed.

HIRING PROCESS: Accepting resumes from October 1-10, 2005 -- email resume to epa@rincontribe.org

Contact info: Kristie Orosco, Environmental Director
Rincon Luiseño Band of Indians
Office: (760) 749-1051
Fax: (760) 749-8901

Tour of Palmer Taylor's lab for community partners

2005-08-26T11:53:00.000-07:00

Thursday, August 25, 2005
Dr. Palmer Taylor and Dr. Soran Radic gave a tour of Dr. Taylor's lab to community-based and tribal partners collaborating in our SBRP Research Translation Core, and Community Outreach Core. The participants are listed below:

Hiram Sarabia, Scientist for the Baykeeper
Dr. Richard Marciano, SALT lab, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Dr. Keith Pezzoli, Urban Studies and Planning
Dr. Marshall Cheung, Director 29 Palms Tribal science lab
Dr. Palmer Taylor
Dr. Zoran Radic

The agenda:
1. Status of Palmer Taylor's SBRP research concerning pesticides
2. Potential application of Dr. Taylor's research (biomarkers, biosensors) to field applications concerning pesticide exposure
3. Tour of Dr. Taylor's lab.

Communique of the US Tribes and Mexico Indigenous Peoples

2005-08-16T21:39:00.000-07:00

The following message was copied from theBorder Environment Cooperation Comm & N. Amer. Dev. Bank Listserve.

Representatives of the 26 U.S. tribes and Mexican indigenous communities in the border region have issued a joint communiqué to express their environmental issues, accomplishments and priorities. The communique stems from the National Coordinators' Meeting held in Tucson, Arizona, (March 2006). A pdf version of the Communique is available on line at: http://www.naepc.com/Tribal2005.pdf

For more information on the Tribal Communique, please contact Nina Hapner, California Tribal Border Coordinator with the Native American Environmental Protection Coalition (NAEPC) at (951) 296-5595; or, Ty Canez, Arizona Tribal Border Coordinator, at (480) 820-1426. For information about NAEPC and Tribes in the Border, please visit NAEPC's
website at http://www.naepc.com/.

For more information on the Border 2012 Program, please visit EPA's website: http://www.epa.gov/usmexicoborder. For questions about EPA's Tribal Border program, please contact Linda Reeves at (415) 972-3445 or reeves.linda@epa.gov

Dr. Marshall Cheung visits Tukey Lab at UCSD

2005-07-29T09:54:00.000-07:00

Dr. Marshall Cheung, director of the 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians Tribal Science lab, visited UCSD on July 28th. Dr. Robert Tukey, the director of UCSD's Superfund Basic Research Program, gave Dr. Cheung a tour of his lab and an overview of the SBRP program at UCSD. Others who also took part in the tour include staff from the 29 Palms EPA lab, Ian Kanair (the

Environmental and Natural Resources Director for theSnoqualmie Tribe), Richard Marciano (SDSC) and Keith Pezzoli (Urban Studies and Planning).

29 Palms EPA Laboratory web site: http://www.tepa29.org/index.html

SBRP Community Outreach Core and Research Translation Core Exhibit

2005-07-19T12:19:00.000-07:00

UCSD's SBRP Community Outreach Core and Research Translation Core will be on display in the San Diego Convention Center at the ESRI International Users Conference (July 25-29). It is one of the world's premier showcases of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Any UCSD faculty member can get a one day free pass; it is well worth exploring to see the use of GIS in environmental health applications. A Map gallery opens to the public on Monday evening. The conference web site is at:
http://www.esri.com/events/uc/index.html

Tribal Science

2005-07-16T01:29:00.000-07:00

The Twenty-nine Palms Band of Mission Indians in Coachella, California has developed a state accredited environmental laboratory that has been providing a much needed service to tribes throughout southern California and beyond. The lab, which has separate departments for microbiology, organic and inorganic chemistry and pesticides analysis, includes an aggressive quality assurance program to ensure accuracy and integrity. On July 14, 2005 the co-leaders of UCSD's SBRP Community Outreach Core (Keith Pezzoli, David Pellow and Richard Marciano) met with Dr. Marshall Cheung (the Director of the 29 Palms Tribal EPA lab). Dr. Cheung is also the representative for National EPA-Tribal Science Council (TSC), Region 9:

http://www.epa.gov/osp/tribes/tribal/who.htm

Administration for Native Americans Makes Available $1.2 Million for Environmental Mitigation Grants

2005-06-13T23:11:00.000-07:00

The Administration for Native Americans (ANA), within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), announces the availability of funds to eligible applicants to mitigate environmental impacts on Native American lands due to Department of Defense (DOD) activities on Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS). Projects that identify the disruption of subsistence activities due to contamination of the food chain or the development of a remediation plan to address subsistence contamination; conduct a comprehensive environmental assessment; conduct site inspections and remedial investigation to identify problems and causes related to DOD activities; identify approaches and methodologies to be undertaken in mitigation activities; and develop a mitigation strategy plan to address problem areas identified, such as land use restoration, clean-up processes, and the resources necessary to implement clean-up actions are of interest. Native American tribes and tribal organizations are eligible to apply. The anticipated total priority area funding amount will be $1.2 million. It is anticipated that 8 to 10 awards will be given. Up to $125,000 will be given for an individual award for the 12-month budget and project period. Applications are due July 8, 2005. http://fr.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20050607a122

National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC) annual meeting

2005-05-25T01:26:00.000-07:00

http://www.ntec.org/Events/NTEC%20Conference/ntec_conference.htm
The 12th National Tribal Environmental Council conference was held in Green Bay, Wisconsin, May 3rd through May 5th.

Representing the UCSD Superfund Basic Research Program COC (Community Outreach Core), Richard Marciano was able to attend the conference. Notable Southern Californian speakers included "The Honorable Mike Connolly, Tribal Council Treasurer, Campo Band of Kumeyaay Indians", "Jill Sherman-Wame, Director, Pechanga Environmental Department", "Louis Guassac, Sycuan Tribal Consultant/Exe. Dir. Kumeyaay Border Task Force", and "The Honorable Chris Devers, Chairman, Pauma Band of Mission Indians".

The conference featured speakers such as Lisa Gover (NTEC Superfund Program) and David Conrad (NTEC Executive Director), as well as many interesting breakout sessions on Air, Land, Water, People. For instance "People" sessions included panels on "Sustainable Development Dialogue-Using Our Gifts Wisely", "Sacred Sites Dialogue-Tools Tribes are Using", "Coalition Building to Deal Effectively with Federal Constraints On Our Rivers", and finally "Climate Change-How We Protect Our Interests? Evidence And Impacts".

Digital Ethnography: The Empowering Potentials of New Media

2005-04-28T10:29:00.000-07:00

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY
Spring 2005 Colloquium Series: Race and Diaspora

Wednesday, May 4
3:00 pm
Social Science Building, room 107

"Digital Ethnography: The Empowering Potentials of New Media Toward
Preservation and Historical Dislocation"

Ramesh Srinivasan, Design Department, Harvard University

Ramesh Srinivasan has worked with a variety of global communities focusing on the mechanisms by which communities can truly author and design their own media systems and electronic media systems. He will present two projects, Village Voice and Tribal Peace, created as part of his ethnographic work with a Somali refugee community and a set of Native
American Reservations within San Diego County. This presentation will indicate the means by which an information system and electronic archive can be integrated within an ethnographic process to re-energize communities that have been disadvantaged by dynamics of fragmentation and dispersion. He argues that the electronic archive can begin to address the deep temporal and spatial disconnections faced by such communities and situates this research in an interesting set of theoretical discussions around postcolonial theory, cultural geography, indigenous media (visual anthropology), and science studies/linguistic relativity.

April 19 Science of Environmental Justice Seminar at EPA in San Francisco

2005-03-28T08:53:00.000-08:00

US EPA Region 9 Environmental Justice Program and the Regional Science
Council Present a NEW Seminar Series on The Science of Environmental Justice

Come learn about how Cumulative Impacts and Community-Based Participatory Research Concepts are being applied to real life projects

The first speaker in this seminar series: Dr. Rajiv Bhatia
Occupational and Environmental Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health

Dr. Bhatia directs programs on Occupational and Environmental Health for the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Under his leadership, the Department has begun new initiatives to improve neighborhood and housing conditions, to support worker labor rights, to enhance urban food quality, and to integrate public health and urban planning practices. The initiatives rely on extensive collaboration with public agencies and community organizations and make use of participatory research principles and methods.

Tuesday, April 19 from 11:30 am 1pm
75 Hawthorne Street, 1st floor conference rooms (Guam/Marianas)
San Francisco, California

Please RSVP to Debbie Lowe at lowe.debbie@epa.gov or 415-947-4155

ABSTRACT: Health promotion and environmental justice requires public policy to reflect an understanding of the cumulative effects of human environments on health as well as transparent, inclusive, and accountable public processes. Health impact assessment (HIA) is an emerging practice defined as “procedures or methods by which a proposed policy or program may be judged as to the effect(s) it may have on the health of a population.” HIA can advance healthful and equitable public policy by systematically accounting for the direct and indirect human health consequences of public policies and by supporting public participation. Internationally, Practitioners have applied HIA in diverse settings including land use and transportation planning. This presentation describes how a local public health agency has raised health issues in the Environmental Impact Assessment process in California. This work has occurred in collaboration with community organizations in order to highlight the health consequences of land use development decisions. The presentation informs several questions relevant to public health’s role in urban planning: How do policy makers view societal-level health determinants? What can public health contribute to urban planning, policy analysis, and decision-making? Who are the community and agency partners necessary for HIA efforts? Can HIA develop effectively within the framework of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)?

For more information on this seminar series,
contact Debbie Lowe at 415-947-4155 or lowe.debbie@epa.gov

Tribal Governance in San Diego County

2005-02-19T11:49:00.000-08:00

Borders Committee / Tribal Session
Meeting Date: 2/18/05, Time: 12:30 p.m.
Agenda highlights include Tribal Governance in San Diego County, Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association Update, and Reservation Transportation Authority Update.
Downloads: Agenda [PDF, 2053 KB]
Visit the Borders Committee home page.

Software Tools for Indigenous Knowledge Managemen

2005-02-13T23:27:00.000-08:00

Jane Hunter, DSTC Pty Ltd; Bevan Koopman, University of Queensland, Australia; and Jane Sledge, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, USA

Abstract

Indigenous communities are beginning to realize the potential benefits digital technologies can offer with regard to the documentation and preservation of their histories and cultures. However, they are also coming to understand the opportunities for knowledge misuse and misappropriation of their knowledge which may accompany digitization. In this paper we describe a set of open source software tools designed to enable indigenous communities to protect unique cultural knowledge and materials preserved through digitization. The software tools described here enable authorized members of communities to define and control the rights, accessibility and reuse of their digital resources; uphold traditional laws pertaining to secret/sacred knowledge or objects; prevent the misuse of indigenous heritage in culturally inappropriate or insensitive ways; ensure proper attribution to the traditional owners; and enable indigenous communities to describe their resources in their own words. Hopefully the deployment of such tools will contribute to the self-determination and empowerment of indigenous communities through the revitalization of their cultures and knowledge which colonization, western laws, western cultures and globalization have eroded.
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2003/papers/hunter/hunter.html

Keywords: Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Rights, Rights Management Software

Project: Native American Participation in Community-Based Collaborative Planning

2005-02-12T21:20:00.000-08:00

Native American Participation in Community-Based Collaborative Planning, New Mexico and Wisconsin: This research project will address collaborative land and resource planning processes that includes Native Americans and other interested parties. The research results will hopefully improve institutional and policy responses to land and resource issues involving Native Americans. [more]