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4 Tribal Engagement Workshop in Denver, Colorado
4 Tribal Engagement Workshop in Denver, Colorado
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He added that the results of the committee's efforts will be reported back to community members. Ivanich, who served as chair of the Tribal engagement workshop, identified himself as a Tribal-enrolled member of the Mali Cali Indian community from Southeast Alaska from the Tsimshian nation.
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The issue of visibility arose repeatedly, with participants talking about how the "settler myth" contributes to a false idea that Native American communities no longer exist. Several participants described how, in their experience, Tribal communities must constantly educate people about the fact that they are here and have communities.
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Some participants commented that Native youth may struggle to balance identity formation and relationship building in a K–12 system that does not allow them to express who they are or affirm cultural ties. Morello-Frosch concluded with an optimistic outlook on the potential of global networks made possible by technology, noting that these tools are enabling Native people to connect not only across the United States but also across the globe.
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Participants also discussed the impact of systemic inequities rooted in the long history of colonization and the appropriation of Native lands, forced removal of Native peoples, the use of boarding schools to assimilate Native children, and a lack of services. In addition, some participants said that mainstream media tends to represent Native peoples in ways that do not truly reflect their cultures and communities and that do not recognize the differences among different tribes.
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said that discussions in his room about the factors that make communities vulnerable stressed that urban Native Americans often experience a lack of belonging and seek to understand their Tribal identity and connect with local communities. This idea was expressed, for example, by Beverly Castaneda (Community Elder)
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Furthermore, even with access to health care and insurance, some participants said that it can be difficult to get appointments and to access care that is culturally responsive. Barriers related to visibility were also described, with several participants stressing the importance of elevating and integrating Native issues and Native voices into broader conversations, for example, by citing Native scholars on their research about cumulative impacts.
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For example, a community may receive funding for a substance use program or water cleanup project, which may intersect when assessing cumulative impacts. Issues such as access to housing and substance misuse persist in Native communities across rural and urban settings and can be linked to some of the barriers that these communities face as well as a disconnect from their culture and traditions.
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, said that impactful interventions in New Mexico helped to significantly reduce suicide rates among Native people -- a success that she attributed to Tribe-led efforts to reconnect young people with Native culture and knowledge systems along with mental health resources. Empowering collective action to support holistic health Malecki drew upon several Lakota concepts and terms to summarize the discussions in her room, which centered on relationships, empowerment, access, and balance.
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Incorporating Tribal Knowledge and Data Considering context and control in accessing Native knowledge Summarizing the conversations in his room about opportunities to incorporate Tribal knowledge and data to improve decision-making tools, Liban emphasized two considerations: (1) the needs and priorities within Native communities relevant to data and knowledge and (2)
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Some participants provided examples wherein the question of incorporating Tribal knowledge is essentially moot, either because the situation is irreversible or because real change would require something as drastic as a constitutional amendment. For example, some Native lands lie above massive oil reserves, and because of current policies on energy independence and other regulations, some participants believed that it is no longer realistic to expect significant changes in how those lands are managed.
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Key Aspects for the Committee to Consider Empowering and investing in Native communities Van Horne noted that mostly non-Indigenous researchers have been performing the data analysis to support cumulative impacts assessment and that their perspectives can skew that work. Therefore, she said it is especially important for the committee to focus on "holding ourselves accountable in our role and recommendations that we ultimately provide so that they are suitable to Native communities from many locations, because they are all very different, have many experiences, and a range of traditions and regions." She added that a single viewpoint or convening activity will not fully capture or do justice to all of the issues that warrant consideration.
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Finally, participants discussed the longstanding erosion of trust in government among Native communities and the importance of doing more work to address this distrust. To move forward and build trust, Koya Lumbao-Conradson (Native American Affairs Officer, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus chapter of Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science)
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