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Tribal Resilience Liaisons

By Climate Adaptation Science Centers

The Tribal Climate Resilience Liaisons are a support network largely funded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs to assist Tribal Nations with climate adaptation projects and support engagement with the CASC network.

The CASC network supports a network of Tribal Resilience Liaisons, a program funded largely by the BIA Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience and the USGS. Liaisons connect Tribal agencies, organizations, and Nations and other Indigenous communities to information, data, resources, and expertise that facilitate culturally appropriate research and planning. CASC Tribal Liaisons have worked with over 100 Tribal Nations on adaptation plans and vulnerability assessments and have supported nearly 200 Tribal climate camps, summits, trainings, workshops, retreats, and presentations.  

CASC Name Affiliation Contact
Alaska Malinda Chase University of Alaska Fairbanks mjchase@alaska.edu
Alaska Lori Petrauski Native American Fish & Wildlife Society lpetrauski@nafws.org
Alaska (Assistant) Jerilyn Kelly Native American Fish & Wildlife Society JKelly@nafws.org
Alaska (Assistant) Tess Hostetter Native American Fish & Wildlife Society Thostetter@nafws.org
Alaska (Assistant) Kaitlyn Demoski Native American Fish & Wildlife Society KDemoski@nafws.org 
Midwest Sara Smith College of Menominee Nation Sustainable Development Institute ssmith@menominee.edu
Midwest (Deputy) Ally Scott College of Menominee Nation ascott@menominee.edu
North Central Kynser Wahwahsuck Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance kynser.wahwahsuck@colorado.edu 
North Central Jana Black  Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance Janna.Black@Colorado.edu
Northeast & Southeast (Senior) Casey Thornbrugh United South and Eastern Tribes Inc. (USET) cthornbrugh@usetinc.org
Southeast (Assistant) Steph Courtney United South and Eastern Tribes Inc. (USET) scourtney@usetinc.org
Northwest (Senior) Amelia Marchand Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians amarchand@atnitribes.org
Northwest Kylie Avery Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians kavery@atnitribes.org
Northwest (Tribal Youth & Climate) Coral Avery Bureau of Indian Affairs & Northwest CASC coral.avery@bia.org
Northwest HIRING TBD TBD
South Central (Senior) Amelia Cook The Chickasaw Nation amelia.cook@chickasaw.net
South Central (NM) Jake Palazzi The University of Oklahoma jacob.p.palazzi-1@ou.edu
South Central Yvette Wiley The Chickasaw Nation dyvette.wiley@ou.edu
Southwest Cynthia Naha American Indian Higher Education Consortium cnaha@aihec.org
Southwest (Assistant) Anissa McKenna American Indian Higher Education Consortium amckenna@aihec.org

 

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