Mission: To provide proactive planning and policy analysis and development to protect, restore and enhance the First Foods and the exercise of associated rights reserved in the Treaty of 1855.
First Foods Policy Program is hosting our limited series Carbon Crafternoons for Spring 2026!
FFPP will be hosting (coffee, tea, and maybe some snacks) a space for our Tribal community and staff to tune into our broadcast of footage from last fall’s Carbon & Culture Symposium before we post them to our Climate Adaptation Youtube Channel and discuss opportunities and concerns for carbon mitigation efforts in our region. We will host these on Friday afternoons 1:30 to 3:30 PM at the Nixyaawii Governance Center (NGC) and will be informal, drop in, and with a virtual attendance option, link below. Attendees are encouraged to bring a (transportable) craft with them that they would like to work on during the broadcast! Please note FFPP will not be providing crafting supplies, so please bring everything you would need to work on your craft with us. Crafts are not required for anyone who may want to listen and discuss with us.
Our tentative Crafternoon schedule is below:
- Friday April 3rd in NGC Conf. Rm 101 Walla Walla | Nciwana
Viewing: C&CS 2025 Tish Croom Walking Trail First Foods Restoration with Naknuwiłáma Tiičámna (Caretakers of the Land) - Friday April 17th in NGC Conf. Rm 101 Walla Walla | Nciwana
Viewing: C&CS Working Lands Science Lecture Session with Oregon State Extension, USDA ARS, and the Nature Conservancy - Friday April 24th in NGC Conf. Rm 101 Walla Walla | Nciwana
Viewing: C&CS Lands and Systems Lecture Session with Global Ocean Health, Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality, Nature Conservancy, and Eastern Oregon Legacy Lands - Friday May 1st in NGC Conf. Rm 101 Walla Walla | Nciwana
Viewing: C&CS Hot Topics Lecture Session with Oregon Dept of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) and Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)
Please reach out to Colleen Sanders (colleensanders@ctuir.org, 541.429.7247) if you have questions or want to talk about carbon mitigation efforts with FFPP.
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Microsoft Teams meeting - Click here on Fridays 1:30 PM to join our Crafternoons virtually!
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/23418263747688?p=e1RpLnNnrZeyxokQwO v
Meeting ID: 234 182 637 476 88
Passcode: 2mo7Vp7V
Dial in by phone
+1 872-242-7793,,253824365# United States, Chicago
Phone conference ID: 253 824 365#
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Click here to view the history of First Foods
This timeline graphic provides a partial list of impacts to CTUIR’s First Foods. Examples listed below the timeline are indicative of events that negatively impacted First Foods, while events above the timeline are examples of efforts to protect and restore First Foods and CTUIR member access to them. The timeline helps illustrate the long-term impacts of some decisions and actions, and the long-term restoration efforts yet remaining. The CTUIR DNR invites you to email examples you think could be added to the timeline in future versions, as well as what you want to see in the future in terms of outcomes to NaturalResources@ctuir.org