Tribal Leaders Urge Lawmakers to Fund Native American Climate Resiliency Projects

On November 22^nd, 2021 PlanetForward.org published an article written by journalist, Delaney Nelson on recent efforts to support funding climate resiliency work by Tribal Nations. A section in the article features comments made by USET’s Climate Change Program Manager, Dr. Casey Thornbrugh. Here is a snippet from that article…

“While Tribal Nations have long been stewards of their land, the climate crisis has forced them to develop new strategies for land and environmental protection based on their traditional knowledge and practices, Fawn Sharp, vice president of the Quinault Indian Nation and president of the National Congress of American Indians, told the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.…Most important, though, is that the federal government provide Native American communities with direct, long-term funding for climate change adaptation while giving Tribes sovereignty over program development, said Casey Thornbrugh of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and climate change program manager at the United South and Eastern Tribes Inc.”

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