Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Federal Research and Management: Tribal Policies around Indigenous Knowledges Active

Webinar Date

May 4 at 3 PM ET

Webinar Series Summary

The National CASC hosted a virtual webinar series on "Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Federal Research and Management" that discusses how to integrate Indigenous Knowledges (IK) into Federal ecological research and resource management programs. It ran bi-weekly from April 6 to June 1, 2023 and centers Indigenous perspectives to explore ethical, legal, and scientific considerations inherent in working within different knowledge systems and provides guidance and case studies reflecting best practices for collaborating with Tribes and Indigenous communities. Learn more about the series here.

Webinar Summary

In this "Tribal Policies around Indigenous Knowledges" webinar, speakers Aaron Jones, Ann Marie Chischilly, and Bobby Reed Saunkeah discuss Tribal policies surrounding Indigenous Knowledge and describe how to ethically and respectfully engage with Tribes to include Indigenous Knowledge in research and management projects.

More about the Speakers

Aaron Jones is the Treaty Rights Policy Analyst in the Treaty Rights & Government Affairs Department for The Tulalip Tribes of Washington. Aaron is a Tulalip tribal member of Snoqualmie, Wenatchee, Duwamish, Malahat, Saanich, and Cowichan descent. Aaron represents The Tulalip Tribes at the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional knowledge and Folklore (“IGC”) to advocate for safeguards and protections for Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Knowledge (“TK”), Traditional Cultural Expressions (“TCEs”), and Genetic Resources Associated with Traditional Knowledge (“GRs”) in treaties being developed. 

Ann Marie Chischilly is the Executive Director at the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP). She is responsible for managing ITEP's work with Northern Arizona University, state and federal agencies, tribes and Alaska Native villages. Ms. Chischilly currently serves on several federal advisory committees including the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Advisory Committee, the Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment (Now the Independent Advisory Committee on the Sustained National Climate Assessment) and EPA’s National Safe Drinking Water Council. Ms. Chischilly is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation (Diné).

Bobby Reed Saunkeah is Kiowa. Mr. Saunkeah serves as chair for the Chickasaw Nation Institutional Review Board (IRB), the body that reviews research projects in the Chickasaw Nation. He is a tribal representative on the National Indian Health Service IRB, a Certified IRB Professional (CIP) and adjunct faculty in the Department of Health Promotion at the OU College of Public Health. He was recently appointed to his fourth term as the Oklahoma City Area delegate to the National Institutes of Health Tribal Advisory Committee for research. His primary interests are promoting tribal public health, creating tribal research infrastructure, strengthening research protections in tribal communities, and exploring the application of research and public health ethics principles within the context of tribal culture and sovereignty. 

Resources

Guidance for Federal Departments and Agencies on Indigenous Knowledges

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