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It is critically important that Congress consider not only supporting and honoring our treaty and trust responsibility, but the economic agenda that tribal nations see for providing the resources that we should be doing as an attribute of…
Please join us in sending this message that domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, stalking and trafficking will not be tolerated on our tribal lands.
The idea that a Tribal nation, like any other governmental body, should have a decisive say over our land, territories, and resources is an international standard that transcends national borders.
Tribal nations should have a decisive say, through free prior and informed consent, on all Federal actions.
I look forward to working with members of this Committee and other members of Congress to identify climate adaptation strategies that incorporate traditional ecological knowledge and respect tribal sovereignty and self-determination.
We can't take selective science to advance political objectives that benefit multinational corporations.
We have to return to our traditional life ways that the indigenous peoples of this continent have exercised for millennia.
adaptation funding is simply not enough. And we need additional resources to begin to not only adapt with new and emerging science...
It is necessary to re-engage and honor the relationship that the United States has with the Tribal Nations going forward if we are going to continue to work through this issue in a way that ensures the trust responsibility is upheld.