ATNI Tribes and First Nations Climate Change Summit 2019 

Convening of leaders from Tribes and First Nations throughout the Pacific Northwest to advance tribal climate change policy and action. The Summit will focus on topics such as tribal climate change resiliency, protecting and applying Traditional Knowledges in climate change initiatives, and implementing a unified tribal climate change policy agenda

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Summit Overview

This summit will convene leaders from Tribes and First Nations throughout the Pacific Northwest and North America to advance tribal climate change policy and action. The summit will focus on  tribal climate change resiliency, protecting and applying Traditional Knowledges in climate change initiatives, and implementing a unified tribal climate change policy agenda.  The Summit will also include a tour of the Spokane Tribal Housing Program solar project. 

The Summit will be held at the Northern Quest Casino and is co-sponsored by the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in partnership with the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC), PNW Tribal Climate Change Network, and the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center. An Agenda for the conference will be made available soon!

August 1, 2019: Optional 1/2 Day Tour to the Spokane Tribal Housing Authority Tour of the Solar Project. Transportation wil be provided.

Call for Posters and "Lightning" Presentations 

If you would like to give a 2-3 minute "lightning" presentation and/or have a poster at the Summit, please complete this online submission form by May 6, 2019. For more information about the Summit and to register, click here.  If you have questions about the poster session, contact Kathy Lynn at kathy@uoregon.edu or Peggy Harris at Peggy@Seventhgenerationllc.com.

Scholarship Requests To request a scholarship for the Tribal and First Nations Climate Summit, please click here: https://forms.gle/QA7apELZZGVNh6S4A. The Scholarship application deadline is Friday, June 1, 2019. For additional information, please contact Peggy Harris at Peggy@seventhgenerationllc.com

 

Lodging The Summit will be held at the Northern Quest Casino; a block of room has been reserved at a reduced rate until June 30, 2019; mention the “ATNI Climate Summit” when making reservations.  To make a reservation, call 866-298-1941

 

Contacts For more information or questions please contact: Date: July 30-31, 2019  Location:  Northern Quest Casino, 100 N Hayford Rd, Airway Heights, WA 99001  Don Sampson, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians  Peggy Harris, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians John Mankowski, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Chas Jones, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians/Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Kathy Lynn, PNW Tribal Climate Change Network

 

Summit Partners The Summit will be held at the Northern Quest Casino and co-sponsored by the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and partnering with the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC), PNW Tribal Climate Change Network, and the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center. Other Summit partners assisting with outreach for the event include Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation, Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission, Upper Columbia United Tribes, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, and the Institute of Tribal Environmental Professionals, among others.