We just got finished with the 37th Annual Intertribal Timber Symposium co-hosted by the Menominee Tribe and Stockbridge Munsee Tribe. I am always impressed by the dedication and work done by tribal forest managers. They have a perception of sustainability that integrates social, cultural, environmental, and economic values in service to Read more…
American Indian, Alaskan Natives, and indigenous peoples throughout the world have been concerned about a changing climate and how it will affect the intimate connections between people and the environment. Many indigenous communities view the environment and natural resources as inseparable from community and tribal identity. Some academics have even Read more…
Last week the Terra Institute screened a documentary at the College of Menominee Nation titled, “Legend Lake: A Talking Circle.” The documentary explores land tenure issues and both Menominee and non-Menominee perspectives on the private lake development within the Menominee reservation. The documentary won an award at the Wisconsin film Read more…
There have recently been several news reports about the increase in Amazonian deforestation. This deforestation is most acute in Bolivia. My research shows that many indigenous communities are using sustainable forestry to improve their land tenure status i.e. the legal control of their territories. Lowland indigenous communities marched from the Read more…
“Writing, of any kind, is really a search for roots conducted with words and ideas.” -Vine Deloria, Jr. I read this at the end of my work day. It is from Vine Deloria, Jr. in his essay “Across the Spectrum: Recent Literature on American Indians” published in the the Social Read more…