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Tribes and Tribal Organizations

The CASCs work with Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities to better understand their specific vulnerabilities to climate change and to provide support for climate adaptation strategies. Learn more about how we partner with Indigenous peoples in the boxes below, and explore our science on this topic by browsing our projects or using the Project Explorer database.

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Understanding the Interactions Between Human Health, Environment, and Climate in Salish Sea Communities

The overarching project goal was to develop overlapping conceptual models of environmental and community health indicators in reference to climate forecasts. The sensitivity of species and habitats to climate was cross-walked with recently developed Coast Salish community health indicators (e.g., ceremonial use, knowledge exchange, and physiological well-being) in order to demonstrate...
Understanding the Interactions Between Human Health, Environment, and Climate in Salish Sea Communities

Understanding the Interactions Between Human Health, Environment, and Climate in Salish Sea Communities

The overarching project goal was to develop overlapping conceptual models of environmental and community health indicators in reference to climate forecasts. The sensitivity of species and habitats to climate was cross-walked with recently developed Coast Salish community health indicators (e.g., ceremonial use, knowledge exchange, and physiological well-being) in order to demonstrate how
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Using Yurok Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Set Climate Change Priorities

The Yurok Ancestral Territory, which spans northwestern California from the coastal redwood-spruce rainforest to inland forests and prairies, has provided the Yurok Tribe with an abundance of food and cultural resources for millennia. The Yurok Tribe maintains stewardship responsibility for their Ancestral Lands, which include the Yurok Reservation, and is concerned about the potential...
Using Yurok Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Set Climate Change Priorities

Using Yurok Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Set Climate Change Priorities

The Yurok Ancestral Territory, which spans northwestern California from the coastal redwood-spruce rainforest to inland forests and prairies, has provided the Yurok Tribe with an abundance of food and cultural resources for millennia. The Yurok Tribe maintains stewardship responsibility for their Ancestral Lands, which include the Yurok Reservation, and is concerned about the potential impacts of
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