United South & Eastern Tribes

Chickasaw woman gets USDA post, one in a string of Indigenous nominees

September 9, 2021

Janie Simms Hipp, the founding CEO of the Native American Agriculture Fund, is the most recent confirmation to the general counsel for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Hipp is just…

Northeast CASC Contributes to NOAA’s Efforts to Support Right Whale Conservation

September 9, 2021

Northeast CASC Science Coordinator Michelle Staudinger participated in a scenario planning activity led by NOAA Fisheries supporting future recovery efforts of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Through a…

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2021 Report on Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States

September 9, 2021

Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impacts Climate change affects all Americans—regardless of socioeconomic status—and many impacts are projected to worsen. But individuals will…

Update to the Tribal Climate Adaptation Guidebook

September 9, 2021

The Oregon Climate Change Research Institute and Adaptation International are updating the Tribal Climate Adaptation Guidebook into an online, interactive format. They are recruiting beta testers to provide feedback on…

2021 Shifting Seasons Summit Event Site Now Open to the Public

September 9, 2021

The College of Menominee Nation - Sustainable Development Institute and the Northeast Indigenous Climate Resilience Network would like to announce that the 3rd Shifting Seasons Summit that occurred April 19-21…

In the Infrastructure Bill, a Recognition: Climate Change Is a Crisis

September 9, 2021

Christopher Flavelle published an article in the New York Times discussing the infrastructure bill that recently passed through the Senate and has moved on to the House of Representatives. Being…

From Consultation to Consent

September 8, 2021

From Consultation to Consent Published in Tribal Business Journal, December 2016 Kitcki A. Carroll and Liz Malerba In its early formative years, the United States often took action within our…

Disaster and Emergency Response

September 3, 2021

Resources FEMA 9/2: Recovery Resource Fact Sheet / Transitional Sheltering Assistance FAQ FEMA Advisory 9/2: FEMA Revamps Individual Assistance Policies to Advance Equity for Disaster SurvivorsFEMA 9/1: Hurricane Ida Recovery…

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

September 2, 2021

The Declaration emphasizes the rights of indigenous peoples to maintain and strengthen their own institutions, cultures and traditions and to pursue their development in keeping with their own needs and…

POSTPONED: Build and Broaden Indigenous Food Sovereignty Symposium & Festival

September 1, 2021

Due to increasing pandemic numbers, the Food Sovereignty Symposium & Festival scheduled for September 19-21 is being postponed until late spring 2022. The decision was made after significant deliberation on…

Digital Storytelling: Writing Our Stories is Righting Our Stories – Sept. 14

August 20, 2021

Native Youth will complete a guided illustration activity after which they will learn to tell a meaningful story that takes ownership of and connects them back to their culture. In…

USDA Requests Tribal Nation Flags

August 17, 2021

In recognition of the diplomatic nation-to-nation relationship, between tribes and the federal government, we are creating a USDA Hall of Tribal Nations, akin to our sister agency the Department of…

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