Tribe receives grant to study effects of climate change on local fish habitat
WASHINGTON – Lawrence S.
Roberts, who is leading the Office of
the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs,
recently announced awards of $8.7 mil-
lion to 63 federally recognized Tribes and
Tribally chartered organizations under
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Tribal
Climate Resilience Program.
The awards will support Tribally based
efforts to address climate change and its
effects on Tribal lands and resources. The
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians has
received a $250,000 grant to understand
and document the effects of predicted
climate change scenarios on finfish habi-
tat and to develop the capacity to address
those predicted changes to allow for cul-
tural preservation
The Siletz Tribe will use its funding
to describe how climate change could
affect the success of our salmon, steel-
head, trout, eels, mussels and crayfish for
several decades to come. More specifically,
the Tribe will examine how key streams
and reaches of the mainstem Siletz could
change during certain climate change
scenarios, such as warmer dryer summer
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periods followed by winter seasons with
larger than average storms.
A large part of our focus will be
toward defining those areas or portions
of our streams and rivers that we predict
will be more resilient to climate change
than others. For example, we could use
a “storm event” type model to look at
a stretch of the mainstem Siletz where
we know salmon have spawned for
decades and examine the likelihood of that
area continuing to hold good spawning
gravels after five decades of larger winter
storm events.
The majority of the modeling work
will be carried out by our project partners
who are USGS scientists from Portland
and Oregon State University. The major-
ity of the field work will be accomplished
by a Siletz Tribal biologist and biological
programs technician.
“Through the BIA’s Tribal Climate
Resilience Program, we’re aiding Tribes
in their struggles to address the ways
climate change is affecting them now and
in the future,” Roberts said. “In addition
to the funds and resources the program
provides, its positive effects are magnified
across many Tribal communities because
award recipients are encouraged to share
their insights, experiences and knowledge
about confronting and building resilience
to the effects of climate change.”
Along with their recipients, these 85
awards also will directly support about
200 additional Tribes through coopera-
tive planning and shared information and
tools. At least another 100 Tribes are
expected to be reached through Tribally
designed and delivered training awards.
BIA established the Tribal Climate
Resilience Program in Fiscal Year 2013
to fund Tribal climate change adaptation
planning, ocean and coastal management
planning, youth internships and climate
change activities.
The program supports Tribal and trust
resource managers by providing funds
for adaptation planning, vulnerability
assessment, training and access to data
and tools. Awards are available annually,
subject to funding availability.
These funds enable Tribal resource
managers to mitigate climate risk for
Note: “Open Until Filled” vacan-
cies may close at any time. The Tribe’s
Indian Preference policy will apply. Tribal
government will not discriminate in
selection because of race, creed, age, sex,
color, national origin, physical handicap,
marital status, politics, membership or non-
membership in an employee organization.
CTSI constantly is looking for tem-
porary employees to cover vacancy, vaca-
tions, maternity leave and extended sick
leave. If you are looking for temporary
work that can last from 2-12 weeks, please
submit an application for the temp pool.
valued and vulnerable Tribal resources
during a project’s design phase and build
infrastructure resilience to climate change
within natural and human systems.
Between FY 2013 and FY 2015, the
BIA awarded more than $16 million in
Tribal Climate Resilience Program (then
known as the Tribal Cooperative Land-
scape Conservation program) funding to
108 Tribes and intertribal organizations
through 145 awards out of a total Tribal
request of more than $48 million.
The FY 2016 solicitation generated
221 Tribal proposals requesting more
than $26.5 million. The BIA was able to
provide about one-third of the FY 2016
requested funding, reaching approxi-
mately half of the applicants.
“The year-over-year increases in the
number of proposals the BIA receives
indicates a growing unmet need as more
Tribes emerge as leaders in adaptation
planning and as the recognition and local
impact of climate risks inspire still more
Tribes to engage in adaptation planning to
protect their people, lands and resources,”
Roberts said.
The Siletz Community Health
Clinic property is 100 percent tobacco-
free. The policy prohibits all tobacco
use by everyone – no smoking in
your car, in the parking lot or on
clinic property.
We appreciate your understand-
ing and willingness to help keep our
clinic tobacco-free and clean.
Pendleton ® weaves new American Indian College Fund saddle blanket
PORTLAND, Ore. – Pendleton
Woolen Mills, an acclaimed-lifestyle
brand headquartered in Portland, has
announced the release of an exclusive
blanket to benefit the American Indian
College Fund, the nation’s largest philan-
thropic effort supporting American Indian
higher education for more than 25 years
Naskan Saddle Blanket, a new release
for 2016, represents the collaboration
between Pendleton ® and the college fund
to honor and reawaken a vital part of
Native history.
The blanket design tells the story of
Johano-ai, the Navajo sun god, who begins
his day in the east and rides one of his five
horses across the sky to his post in the
west while dragging his shining golden
orb – the sun. As his horse gallops across
the sky, gorgeous hides and ornately woven
blankets, known as naskan, lie beneath
its hooves.
Naskan Saddle Blanket derives its
mountain pattern and name from sacred
Navajo blankets. Naskan joins a collection
of 10 blankets designed specifically for the
American Indian College Fund, designed
by Native artists. A portion of the proceeds
from the sale of college fund blankets
provides scholarships for Native students
to attend Tribal colleges and universities.
“The American Indian College Fund
is delighted with the Naskan saddle blan-
ket, the newest design in our collaboration
with Pendleton Woolen Mills. Just as this
blanket represents a path taken by a sacred
being across the sky, our students also take
a journey toward realizing their dreams
by walking a sacred path toward success,”
said Cheryl Crazy Bull (Sicangu Lakota),
American Indian College Fund president
and CEO. “We honor and celebrate both
our students’ journey and our longtime
successful partnership with Pendleton
Woolen Mills as they work alongside us
to make our students’ visions for success
a reality.”
Today, slightly more than 13 percent of
American Indians age 25 and older have
a college degree, less than half the U.S.
national average. What’s more, 40 percent
of the American Indian population is
under age 18.
The college fund is helping more
college-age American Indians start and
complete their college degree through
scholarship support. It also provides
program support for students once they
are in school to help them succeed both
academically and in their careers.
“Pendleton is proud to be a part of the
American Indian College Fund’s mission
and its purpose to transform Indian higher
education,” said Mort Bishop, Pendleton
president. “By creating an awareness of
the unique, community-based accred-
ited Tribal colleges and universities and
offering students access to knowledge,
skills and cultural values, the college
fund enhances their communities and the
country as a whole.”
Courtesy photo
Pendleton’s new Naskan Saddle Blanket
porting Native higher education for more
than 25 years. It has provided more than
100,000 scholarships since its inception
and an average of 6,000 scholarships per
year to American Indian students and a
variety of programs to support their aca-
demic efforts ensuring they have the tools
to graduate and succeed in their careers.
The college fund consistently receives
top ratings from independent charity
evaluators. For more information, visit
collegefund.org.
About Pendleton Woolen Mills
About the American Indian
College Fund
Founded in 1989, the college fund
has been the nation’s largest charity sup-
Setting the standard for classic Amer-
ican style, Pendleton is a lifestyle brand
recognized as a symbol of American
heritage, authenticity and craftsmanship.
With six generations of family owner-
ship since 1863, the company recently
celebrated 153 years of weaving fabrics
in the Pacific Northwest.
Known for fabric innovation, Pend-
leton owns and operates two of Ameri-
can’s remaining woolen mills, constantly
updating them with state-of-the-art looms
and eco-friendly technology. Inspired by
its heritage, the company designs and
produces apparel for men and women,
blankets, home décor and gifts.
Pendleton is available through select
retailers in the U.S., Canada, Europe,
Japan, Korea and Australia; Pendleton
stores; company catalogs; and direct-to-
consumer channels, including the Pendle-
ton website, pendleton-usa.com.
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