It is essential that adaptation planning involve the community for whom is being planned for, especially for tribal communities who have resilience built into their culture and foodways. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 have altered the way that communities can gather to participate in planning, but CTUIR has always adapted to changing conditions, and has been organizing and hosting webinars dedicated to examining the impacts to First Foods and their indigenous food system that the climate crisis will bring.
Climate Adaptation Plan Webinar Archive
Below are past CAP webinars that are available for on demand viewing. We will be revisiting these recordings periodically to hold discussion sessions around the information that was shared. Below are these past records for your viewing, comments and guidance on the things you hear is always welcome!
CAP W10: Climate and Tribal Sovereignty
Originally hosted May 7th, 2021
This is the tenth and last of the Climate Adaptation Plan webinar series, and focuses on the impacts of climate change to tribal sovereignty and the rights of CTUIR to hunt, fish, gather, graze, and practice cultural practices on not only their ceded lands, but in territorial and U&A areas as has been done since time immemorial. This webinar presents information on how CTUIR as a sovereign nation works with state, federal, and other entities to coordinate efforts and make sure tribal interests are protected across the ceded and U&A lands, how Western concepts like justice can be rooted in Indigenous relationships with community roles and service, how CTUIR is strengthening and adapting Language education through school curriculums, classes open to the public, and through engagement activities that revive cultural connections, and concluded with an overview of some legal, legislative, and collaborative mechanisms that tribes can use to practice and assert sovereignty for the benefit of all. Protecting, expanding, and strengthening tribal sovereignty is one of the strongest tools we have in the race against the climate crisis, and CTUIR is working internally and externally to continue its role as a leader of the region for its communities and future generations.
Speakers
Opening Invocation: Judge William Johnson, CTUIR Tribal Court Judge
Matthew Johnson, CTUIR interim Deputy Executive Director/ Communications Director
Judge Abby Abinanti, Yurok/Hoopa Tribal Court, and Judge William Johnson, CTUIR Tribal Court
Katrina Miller and Fred Hill, Tribal Language Program, CTUIR Education Department
Naomi Stacy, Director CTUIR Office of Legal Counsel
CAP Webinar Nine: Climate, Economics, and Community
Originally hosted Fri April 30th, 2021
This is the ninth webinar in our Climate Adaptation Plan virtual series, and it focuses on our Economics and Community, about the work and planning that Dept of Economic and Community Development puts into diversifying tribal revenue and enterprises, about small business support and how Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) like Nixyaawii Community Financial Services (NCFS) build resilience for family and business financing, and how the Dept of Child and Family Services (DCFS) have been responding to community needs during this pandemic and with other disasters, thank you so much to all our amazing panelists! The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is planning for an uncertain future and protecting and enhancing First Foods and the tribe's Indigenous food system in the face of climate change is essential. This webinar series provides an overview of the economic development and community efforts the tribe is engaged in to provide for and the health of the Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla peoples into the future.
Thank you so much to KCUW 104.3 FM for loaning us equipment to put together the food distribution video!!
Speakers:
Invocation: Julie Taylor, DCFS
Antone Minthorn, CTUIR Economic and Community Development Committee (ECDC)
Leona Enright, Kaeleen McGuire, and Bruce Zimmerman, CTUIR Dept of Economic and Community Development (DECD)
Skya Ducheneaux, Akiptan Community Development Financial Institute
Dave Tovey, Nixyaawii Community Financial Services, CTUIR Small Business Development Center
Julie Taylor and CTUIR Tribal Youth Council, CTUIR Dept of Child and Family Services
CAP Webinar Eight: Climate and Energy
Originally hosted on Fri April 2nd, 2021
This is the eight webinar in our Climate Adaptation Plan virtual series, and it focuses on our Energy, the forms of energy and how we harness them with energy production methods and ways to produce energy on the UIR, about Energy Trust of Oregon's programs and support services, how solar panels, microhydropower, and other renewable energy sources work with our larger energy grid and ways that we can build resilience, the legacy that the Hanford Nuclear Reservation leaves for future generations of CTUIR tribal members, and the power of tribal sovereignty in meeting state and federal agencies at the table with regional energy projects. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is planning for an uncertain future and protecting and enhancing First Foods and the tribe's Indigenous food system in the face of climate change is essential. This webinar series provides an overview of the energy generation and demand reduction efforts the tribe is engaged in to provide for and the health of the Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla peoples into the future.
Speakers: Invocation: CTUIR General Council Chair Lindsey Watchman
Patrick Mills, Scientist with Energy and Environmental Sciences Program, CTUIR DNR
Caryn Appler, Jeni Hall, Dave Moldal, and Donald Williams, Energy Trust of Oregon
Althea Huesties-Wolf, Hanford Policy Analyst, First Foods Policy Program, CTUIR DNR
Mason Murphy, Energy and Environmental Sciences Program Manager, CTUIR DNR
CAP Webinar Seven: Climate and Health
Originally hosted on Fri March 19th, 2021
This is the seventh webinar in our Climate Adaptation Plan virtual series, and it focuses on our Health, the role of the CTUIR Health Commission in working with Yellowhawk Tribal Health Clinic, how Indigenous connections with land and community create unique intricacies for public health for tribal communities, how air quality impacts tribal cultural practices and daily life, and the way First Foods and cultural practices keep body, spirit, and community connection resilient . The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is planning for an uncertain future and protecting and enhancing First Foods and the tribe's Indigenous food system in the face of climate change is essential. This webinar provides an overview of the efforts the tribe is engaged in to provide for the physical and emotional health of the Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla peoples into the future.
Speakers:
Invocation: CTUIR General Council Chair Lindsey Watchman
Althea Huesties-Wolf, CTUIR Health Commission
Sydelle Harrison, Oregon State University College of Public Health and Environmental Science PhD Candidate
Caleb Minthorn, Air Quality Technician, Energy and Environmental Sciences, CTUIR DNR
Wenix Red Elk, Public Outreach and Education Specialist, Cultural Resources Protection Program CTUIR DNR
CAP Webinar Six: Climate and Built Systems
Originally hosted on Fri March 5th, 2021
This is the sixth webinar in our Climate Adaptation Plan virtual series, and it focuses on our Built Systems, such as the roads that transport us, the houses that shelter us, the infrastructure that channels our energy and water, and the way we manage our waste. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is planning for an uncertain future and protecting and enhancing First Foods and the tribe's Indigenous food system in the face of climate change is essential. This webinar series provides an overview of the restoration efforts the tribe is engaged in to provide for these Root and Berry Foods to the Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla peoples into the future.
Speakers:
J.D. Tovey, Director CTUIR Tribal Planning Office
Holly Anderson, Associate Planner, CTUIR Tribal Planning Office
Dani Schulte, Transportation Planner, CTUIR Tribal Planning Office
Samantha Matlock, Environmental Health & Safety Specialist, CTUIR Tribal Planning Office
Frank Anderson, Director CTUIR Dept of Public Works
Tanner Michael, Maintenance Manager, CTUIR Dept of Housing
Kimberly Hughes, Resident Service Coordinator/Home Inspector, CTUIR Dept of Housing
Ashley Picard, Operations Manager, Tribal Environmental Recovery Facility (TERF)
Colleen Sanders, Climate Adaptation Planner, CTUIR Dept of Natural Resources
CAP Webinar Five: Climate and Women's Foods
Originally hosted on Fri Feb 5th, 2021
CAP Webinar Four: Climate and Big Game
Originally hosted on Fri Jan 22nd, 2021
CAP Webinar Three: Climate and Fish
Originally hosted on Fri Jan 8th, 2021
This is the third webinar in our Climate Adaptation Plan virtual series, and it focuses on the First Food fish species: salmon, pacific lamprey, and freshwater mussels. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is planning for an uncertain future and protecting and enhancing First Foods in the face of climate change is essential. This webinar provides an overview of the restoration efforts the tribe is engaged in to provide for these Fish Foods to the Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla peoples into the future.
Speakers:
Gary James, Fisheries Program Manager, CTUIR DNR Fisheries
Jerimiah Bonifer, Assistant Project Lead, Umatilla Basin Monitoring & Evaluation, CTUIR DNR Fisheries
Jeremy Wolf, CTUIR Fish and Wildlife Commission Chair, BOT Vice Chair
Aaron Jackson, Acting Project Lead, Lamprey Restoration and Monitoring, CTUIR DNR Fisheries
Donna Nez, Project Technician, Freshwater Mussel Restoration and Monitoring, CTUIR DNR Fisheries
Bud Herrera, Tribal Fisherman and CTUIR Fish & Wildlife Commission
CAP W2: Climate and Water
Originally hosted Nov 20th, 2020
In this second webinar of the Climate Adaptation Planning webinar series, we focus on the first and last of the First Foods: cuus, or water. This webinar provides an overview of surface and groundwater interactions, how climate change and land use is likely to alter these connections, and some ways we can mitigate for future harm. This webinar provides an overview of the floodplain hydrology, water management, and future scenarios modeling the tribe is engaged in to provide for water security to the Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla peoples into the future.
Speakers:
Opening Invocation: John Barkley
Kate Ely, Hydrologist, Water Resources Program, CTUIR Dept of Natural Resources
Scott O'Daniel, GIS Researcher, GIS Program CTUIR Office of Information Technology
John Barkley, Chair, CTUIR Tribal Water Commission
CAP W1 Climate Adaptation Plan Overview and Climate Science
Originally hosted on Friday Nov 13th, 2020
This is the first of the Climate Adaptation Planning webinar series, and covers the 7 Drums Tribal Religion Creation Story, the organization of the Climate Adaptation Plan, and the atmospheric science influences that affect the Columbia Plateau and Blue Mountain ecoregion of the tribes' ceded territory. This webinar provides an overview of the climate adaptation planning efforts the tribe is engaged in to provide for these First Foods to the Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla peoples into the future.
Speakers:
Opening Invocation: CTUIR General Council Chair Lindsey Watchman
Mary Wister, Pendleton Office, National Weather Service
Colleen Sanders, Climate Adaptation Planner, First Foods Policy Program, CTUIR Dept of Natural Resources