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ATNI Fall Annual Convention 2019
ATNI Fall Annual Convention 2019
ATNI Conventions are where members convene for discussion, presentations and the work of the committees in regard to policy, legislation, and the future of Indian Country in the Northwest.
When: Monday, October 7, 2019 -to- Thursday, October 10, 2019
Hosted By: Suquamish Tribe
Where: Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort
Register Today! Register Online | Download Registration Form
2019 Tribes and First Nations Climate Change Summit
July 30-31, 2019
Northern Quest Casino (Airway Heights, WA near the Spokane Airport)
To Register: Click here
Summit Overview
This summit will convene leaders from Tribes and First Nations throughout the Pacific Northwest and North America to advance tribal climate change policy and action. The summit will focus on tribal climate change resiliency, protecting and applying Traditional Knowledges in climate change initiatives, and implementing a unified tribal climate change policy agenda. The Summit will also include a tour of the Spokane Tribal Housing Program solar project.
The Summit will be held at the Northern Quest Casino and is co-sponsored by the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in partnership with the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative(NPLCC), PNW Tribal Climate Change Network, and the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center. An Agenda for the conference will be made available soon!
Key links:
- Summit Regisration: please click here
ATNI Mid Year Convention 2019
ATNI Conventions are where members convene for discussion, presentations and the work of the committees in regard to policy, legislation, and the future of Indian Country in the Northwest.
When: Monday, May 20, 2019 -to- Thursday, May 23, 2019
Hosted By: Kalispel Tribe of Indians
Agenda | Resolution Template
Changing Currents: Tribal Youth Water Summit 2019
Empowering Clean Minds for Cleaner Water
AUGUST 10-16, 2019 @ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
APPLY HERE
Join us in Eugene, Oregon at the University of Oregon for a week-long leadership and education experience for tribal youth. Leadership comes in all forms, from speaking out to being an active citizen in your community. At the Changing Currents: Tribal Youth Water Summit, we will be exploring what it means to be the next generation of water leaders. The summit is intended to bring together like-minded tribal youth with a passion for water, natural resources, education and social action.
Topics and Activities include:
- Tribal Worldview of Water: Explore Our Relationship Water
- Other Uses of Water: Technical, Ground Water, Surface Water Business, Agriculture, and Power Generation
- Water as Medicine
- Legal Complexity of Water: Tribal Rights, Law, Stewardship Responsibilities, Ancestral Rights, Treaty Rights
- Social & Environmental Justice: What’s Your Response?
Field trips to water resource sites, including water reservoirs, a wildlife refuge, and to the beautiful Oregon Coast.
The Changing Currents Program will select 20-25 tribal youth ages 15-19 years old from Pacific Northwest tribes. The participants will be exposed to university life, classroom learning, and tribal water culture. The participants will also take field trips to water resources sites. Participants will be housed at the Native American Studies section and in the Kalapuya Illahi Residence Hall. Housing and meals will be provided for the selected participants, travel costs to and from the Tribal Youth Water Summit are on your own.
Changing Currents is a program of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI). The Tribal Youth Water Summit is funded by private foundations. Later this year, ATNI will be hosting a Tribal Leaders Water Summit in September 2019.
Applications are due June 25, 2019
Contact: Shirod Younker (Coquille/Coos) - syounker@kanimllc.com - 503.789.6094
ATNI Tribal Climate Camp 2019
JUNE 16-21
LOCATION
Flathead Lake Bio Station, Polson, MT
HOST TRIBE
Confederated Tribes of Salish Kootenai, Pablo, MT
In 2019, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland State University’s Institute for Tribal Government, the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, Michigan State University, University of Idaho, and the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center have partnered to offer the Tribal Climate Camp (TCC) to support teams of tribal leaders, climate change coordinators, planners, and program managers to build skills, gather information, and develop tribal policy needed to address climate change impacts.
For More Info: http://atnitribes.org/climatechange/tribal-climate-camp/
Oregon Clean Energy Jobs bill (HB 2020)
Please urge your legislators to pass the Clean Energy Jobs bill (HB 2020) as quickly as possible!
Oregon Clean Energy Jobs is --
A cap and price on climate pollution from the largest polluters, which will reduce millions of tons of greenhouse gases over time to combat global warming.
Investment into Oregon’s clean energy economy to create good-paying jobs and make our air cleaner.
Putting Oregonians to work by making clean power like solar available to more people, upgrading homes and businesses to use energy more efficiently and save people money, investing in more transportation options, and protecting forests from wildfire and farmers from drought.
https://reneworegon.good.do/tellyourreptosupportcleanenergyjobs/cej-commitment/
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