VISION
Provide guidance in developing and implementing administrative and legislative actions related to Indigenous Peoples and climate change.
Climate Change Program Overview
- Best practices and approaches to address climate change impacts to Tribes and tribal communities
- Strategies to protect Tribal treaty rights and trust resources
- Need for immediate government-government consultation on climate impacts and programs
- Tribes must be consulted with on funding and allocation to better meet tribal needs
Our Program Goals
ATNI, in partnership with the Institute for Tribal Government, established the ATNI Climate Change Project in June, 2014
- Ensure ATNI member Tribes are engaged and aware of the federal/state/tribal climate change programs;
- Serve as a clearing house for and coordinator of tribal and intertribal efforts;
- Support ATNI’s participation in regional, national, and international climate policy, adaptation, and mitigation efforts
- Support ATNI member Tribes in identifying and securing Climate Change funding to build tribal capacity
Upcoming Events
Traditional Knowledge
Exploring the role of traditional knowledges in respectfully and appropriately addressing contemporary environmental change
Advancing Policy
Identifying effective policy strategies to continue studying our environments and plan for a resilient future
Cultural Resources
Revealing experience on the land by discussing the shifting ranges and calendars of important resources
Becoming Resilient
Assessing vulnerability to environmental change and moving ahead with plans and adaptation actions
A Call to Community
Tribal Climate Camp
Goals and Objectives are based in understanding Native climate sensitivity
Native communities are among the most climate-sensitive groups within the Northwest, Southern and Eastern regions of the United States.
ATNI Office
P.O Box 66209
Portland, OR 97290
(503) 249 5770
climate@atnitribes.org