Tribal responses to national fire
policies may provide a guide for
how to address climate change
PORTLAND, Ore. – In a new online
essay for Oregon Humanities, folklife
expert and Cowlitz Tribal member Chris-
tine Dupres argues that the strategies used
by Western Tribes to influence federal fire
policy provide a guide for fighting global
climate change.
“Tribes are well situated to lead the
collective action required to slow climate
catastrophe,” writes Dupres. “To thrive,
Tribes have to cooperate with their local
communities, the state and the federal
governments. Reservation Indians are
often at the forefront of this cooperative
effort because natural resource manage-
ment is a huge part of what sovereignty
means for Tribes.”
Dupres’ essay, Earth on Fire, is part
of Oregon Humanities’ This Land project
and features audio created by Portland
radio engineer Jessy Damon.
This Land, an online multimedia
project (oregonhumanities.org/this-land)
produced by Oregon Humanities, collects
and connects stories about land, home,
belonging and identity by Oregon’s com-
munities of color.
The project, which is made possible
by the Creative Heights Initiative of the
Oregon Community Foundation, uses
film, words, maps, photos, sounds and
graphics by artists and writers of color
to build a broader understanding of
how policies and laws shape systems of
power and land ownership in Oregon’s
past and present.
More about the featured artists follows:
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Christine Dupres is a writer, teacher
and citizen of the Cowlitz Tribe. She
is the author of the recently pub-
lished Being Cowlitz: How One Tribe
Renewed and Sustained Its Identity
(University of Washington Press)
and is working on an upcoming book
entitled Land and Being. Dupres has a
Ph.D. in folklore and folklife from the
University of Pennsylvania.
Jessy Damon, creator and leader of
MidSun Productions, is a freelance
audio engineer. She works in both
live sound and in-studio sessions
and across many musical genres.
Currently, Damon works with KBOO
Community Radio and can be found
engineering live music at various bars
and pubs in the Portland area.
If you would like to learn more about
the project or get in touch with one of the
artists, contact Eloise Holland at 503-
241-0543/800-735-0543, ext. 123, or
e.holland@oregonhumanities.org.
Oregon Humanities connects Orego-
nians to ideas that change lives and trans-
form communities. More information
about programs and publications – which
include the Conversation Project, Think
& Drink, Humanity in Perspective, Public
Program Grants, Responsive Program
Grants and Oregon Humanities magazine
– can be found at oregonhumanities.org.
Oregon Humanities is an indepen-
dent, nonprofit affiliate of the National
Endowment for the Humanities and a
partner of the Oregon Cultural Trust.
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Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund
Tribal Member Recruitment for Advisory Board
The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund Advisory Board is accept-
ing applications from Siletz Tribal members to fill one board position. The
appointment by Tribal Council is on a volunteer basis for a three-year term from
July 1, 2017-June 30, 2020.
Applications must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on May 31, 2017.
The STCCF Advisory Board is composed of seven unpaid members, including
one Siletz Tribal Council representative; three Siletz Tribal members; two non-
Tribal members agreed upon by the governor and Tribal chairman and approved by
Tribal Council; and one non-Tribal member selected by the Tribal chairman from
a list submitted by the governor and approved by Tribal Council.
The advisory board meets quarterly (January, April, July and October) to review
approximately 75-125 applications for charitable funding received from non-profit
organizations, schools and local government agencies. The advisory board makes
award recommendations to Tribal Council for review and approval by resolution.
Board members attend quarterly distribution receptions held in February, May,
August and November at Chinook Winds Casino Resort. Board members will
receive travel reimbursements for attendance at quarterly board meetings, award
distribution receptions and other approved public relations events.
For more information, please visit ctsi.nsn.us/charitable-contribution-fund
or contact Board Secretary Denise Garrett, stccf@live.com, 800-922-1399, ext.
1227, or 541-444-8227.
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Siletz, OR 97380-0549
May 2017
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