Cross-Border Collaborations

APLU 2016, Austin TX

Steven B. Daley-Laursen University of Idaho and US DoI NW Climate Science Center

Kyle Powys Whyte, Michigan State Univ; Don Sampson, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians; Arwen Bird, Woven Strategies LLC; Sharon Ziegler Chong, Univ of Hawai’i System

Trans-National Engagement

A Boundary-Crossing Collaboration among Universities, US Agencies, Tribes

• International. Native American Sovereign Nations’ Revival; UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2007. Emergence of Native American Law. Treaty Rights.

• Tribal Communities. Climate Change Effects Become Real and Cultural. 3rd National Climate Assessment declares tribes especially vulnerable.

• US Government. DoI Mission to Serve Tribes; BIA, emergent Climate Science Centers.

• Research-Education Culture. Make science useful to management and policy; If a tree falls and no one’s there…?

Columbia River Basin Tribes

Climate Change

Capacity Assessment

As a Matter of Community Development and Workforce Development

• Trans-national; US to Native Sovereigns • Trans-disciplinary; Disciplines woven, Tool-Box • Trans-sector; Researcher-Practitioner Iteration, Boundary Organizations,

Knowledge Co-Production • Trans-knowledge; Empirical, Traditional, Experiential. Rational-Literate,

Intuitive-Emotional; Sqigwts 3-D Virtual

Pacific Islands Climate Boot

Camp

Northwest Climate Boot

Camp

Learning Objectives/Outcomes for Teams: 1. Tribes’ cultural norms-values relative to environment and impacts of

climate on their tribe’s customs and norms

2. Knowledge base in climate science applicable to local conditions

3. Community Development: Capacity to lead culturally-relevant adaptation process: Fund-raising, Youth-Elder synergy, Public engagement, X-department planning,, Policy and Governance skills.

4. Workforce development: Grad Research Assts, Tribal Teams, Gov’t