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Indigenous Led Land Planning in Alaska and Canada

For three weeks in April & May, the Northern Latitudes Partnerships team, in partnership with US Fish & Wildlife Service and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Tribal Governance Program, offered a 6-part virtual course on “Indigenous-Led Land Planning”. The course, which drew in over 250 registered participants, featured distinguished speakers from Alaska and western Canada[…..]

Northern Connections: Bridging Indigenous Knowledge & Observation Efforts

With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Northwest Boreal Partnership is helping to lead a collaboration of 17 organizations, including Indigenous organizations and universities, government agencies, and non-profits. The Northern Connections program aims to support and connect Indigenous-led science and knowledge programs focused on food security, land and water stewardship, environmental changes, and climate[…..]

Expanding Community-Based Monitoring to Address Rapid Environmental Change

The Northern Latitudes Partnerships are collaborating with the Aleut Community of St. Paul to help expand the Indigenous Sentinels Network to provide remote Indigenous communities with tools, training, networking and convening, coordination, and new capacity for ecological, environmental, and climate monitoring. Tribes and Canadian First Nations see real potential for self-determination through data they collect,[…..]