Presentations
Partnership Success Factors Discussion (PDF)
Engaging with Tribes and Indigenous Communities, with guest speakers in each session, as listed below.
Session 7 Recording (Delta)
MbN Recordings are for course participants only and are password protected. See your weekly MbN email for the password.
- ALPHA: Anne Desmarais and MbN Peers: Anne will facilitate a discussion with members of the class about their experience working with tribes and indigenous communities. Discussion Presentation (PDF). Alpha recording.
- BETA: Alicia Bell-Sheeter, Assistant Director, Co-Stewardship & Programs, Office of Tribal Relations, USDA FS. Presentation: Engaging with Native American and Indigenous Communities (PDF). Beta recording.
- GAMMA: Seth Cohen, PhD, Senior Program Manager, John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution. Environmental Conflict and Collaboration and Working with Native Nations (PDF). Gamma recording.
- DELTA: Benton Keali‘i Pang, PhD, Conservation Partnerships Supervisor, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, USFWS. The Weaving of Indigenous Knowledge In the Work We Do (PDF). Delta recording.
- Resource: USFWS DO 227: Fulfilling the Trust Responsibility to Tribes and the Native Hawaiian Community, and Other Obligations to Alaska Native Corporations and Alaska Native Organizations, in the Stewardship of Federal Lands and Waters.
- Resource: Paxton, E. H., M. Laut, S. Enomoto, and M. Bogardus. 2022. Hawaiian forest bird conservation strategies for minimizing the risk of extinction: Biological and biocultural considerations. Hawai‘i Cooperative Studies Unit Technical Report HCSU-103. University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, Hawaii, USA
Additional Resources
- 21 Partnership Success Factors by Brian O'Neill, NPS (PDF)
- USFWS NCTC Indigenous Connections Broadcast Series (website with video links)
- Kūlana Noi‘i Community Based Research Practices (PDF)
- Secretary Haaland Takes Equity and Inclusion to the Next Level at SXSW (PDF)
- Engaging with Tribes and Pueblos (PDF), Everett Herrera, Cochiti Pueblo and former BLM Park Ranger, MbN 2021
Optional Homework
Instructors: Liz Madison and Anne Desmarais, Academy
