Indigenous and First Peoples Studies

Cooperative and collaborative partnerships and Federal land co-management between Federal agencies and Tribal Nations have benefitted the ecosystems on Federal public lands. Two such examples of contracted cooperative agreements for natural resource management include contracts between the Ahtna Inter Tribal Resource Commission (AITRC) and the Department of the Interior and Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Commission (KRITFC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Established in 1976, the ITC is a nonprofit nation-wide consortium of Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, and individuals dedicated to improving the management of natural resources of importance to Native American communities.

The 1990 National Indian Forest Resources Management Act (NIFRMA) is the primary statute authorizing federal funds for Indian forest management activities. In addition to an annual Report on the Status of Indian Forest Lands submitted to congress by the Department of the Interior, NIFRMA established an independent assessment of Indian forest lands and management practices to be completed every ten years.

The NTWC was established to advocate for the best interests of federally-recognized Indian and Alaska Native Tribes, and Tribally-authorized organizations, in matters pertaining to water. It is the intent of the NTWC to advocate for the health and sustainability of clean and safe water, and for the productive use of water for the health and well-being of Indian Country, Indian communities, Alaska Native Tribes and Alaska Native Villages

NAFWS was incorporated in 1983 to develop a national communications network for the exchange of information and management techniques related to self-determined tribal fish and wildlife management.

Through journeys to four different Native American tribes, Roberta Grossman compiles a wealth of information on environmental dangers to Indigenous American communities, from oil drilling to nuclear contamination. Additionally, a teacher’s guide from Global Environmental Justice Documentaries provides helpful supplementary material.
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Documentary about how a multimillion dollar dam project displaced the Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara Nation in North Dakota.
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The story of Madonna Thunder Hawk, an AIM leader who cultivated a kindred group of activists' children, including her daughter Marcy, into the "We Will Remember" Survival School as a Native alternative to government education. Together, Madonna and Marcy fought for Native rights in an environment that made them more comrades than mother-daughter. Today, with Marcy, now a mother herself, both are still at the forefront of Native issues, fighting against the environment devastation of the Dakota-Access Pipeline and for indigenous cultural values.
** DVD E99.C53 W37 2018

a debate is raging over a huge swath of America's public lands — putting millions of acres under at risk. As monuments are rescinded and wildlife refuges opened to oil exploration, the American public fights back to preserve the places they love. The Ground Between Us is the story of three Native tribal organizations fighting for their future in Alaska, Oregon, and Utah as executive orders and presidential proclamations threaten to change their lives forever.
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