Trees for Indigenous Nations
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Trees for Indigenous Nations
- 1. Trees for Indigenous Nations What we’ve learned from each other
- 2. Outline • Jamie’s Story – Learning the culture, country and relationship • Roberta’s Story – Creating the pathway through education • Shari’s Story – Becoming the first tribal Tree Campus USA • Video • Questions
- 3. Jamie’s story • Learn about the culture • Learn about the country • Develop a relationship
- 4. Image source: Tribal Relations Handbook, Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs
- 16. Roberta’s Story • Trees For Indigenous Nations • Building a network • Workshops and education
- 31. Shari’s Story • Blackfeet Community College • Cultural ties to trees • Arbor Day Celebration and Ceremony
- 43. Video: Celebrating Trees at Blackfeet Community College
- 44. “We are not the owners, only keepers.” -Chief Earl Old Person Questions?
Editor's Notes
- Jamie’s Story Overview of grant, project development Learning: Culture, Country, and Relationship Roberta’s Story UM Urban Forestry class Trees For Indigenous Nations Project and bringing curriculum to Tribal Colleges Shari’s Story Info about BCC The ceremony and celebration (Fall ’15, June ‘16) Video – ‘an intimate relationship with trees’ OR new video of BFCC Questions
- Learn from the culture: -NCBI (Nat’l Coalition Building Institute) workshop -Cultural Awareness Training -Tribal Relations Handbook and websites -Direct communications – gathered stories and information from locals, scheduled meeting with Tribal Business Council, Phone calls, in-person visits --“I’m from the Government and I’m here to help.” Learn about the country: -Geography, climate -Native trees and their uses, different names of plants Develop relationships: -Meetings, gatherings, events - understand/learn history and heritage. Took family to a Pow Wow -Invest the TIME. listening is more important than ensuring your agenda is met. Almost 1 year into project = 1 tree planted. -“Bothersome Crazy White Woman” story. Boynaapsi Awasaapsi Naapiakii -Takes the right ingredients to make the program whole: partners, connections to existing programs, and a champion… (Roberta, Shari) at BCC the facilities committee met regularly so it made sense to go through them… Challenges: -Continuity – just like most organizations, people come and go in various positions, so program needs to be flexible. -Browning was facing potential disincorporation, economy of community was very volatile. Resources were minimal. -Student participation hard, difficult to maintain – fluctuating numbers, conflict in schedule, consistency. -Tree Care Plan – takes a person committed to implement, maintain, follow up with actions.
- USFS State & Private Forestry 25th Commemorative Anniversary Grant Arbor Day Foundation Montana Dept. of Natural Resources & Conservation **Print out copies of 12-10-15 Tribal Grant Project Factsheet, briefly describe.
- Singers and drummers
- Wind pic
- Blessing bundle – eagle feather, sage, sweet grass Shari or Roberta can explain this special custom
- Surprise naming ceremony From bothersome crazy white woman to Pine Woman Boynapsi Awaasapsii napi yauki Apahto kii nan (Pine) Aakii (Woman) Phonetic – apatokshanakii …
- Trees for Indigenous Nations -Building pathways and connections -Tree planting workshops and education -Tree plantings at alternative school (Blackfeet Learning Academy), Nursing Home, All Chief’s Park American Indian College Fund -Independent study project
- CS&KT Nursery Ponderosa pine seedlings
- Lawyer Nursery - Plains
- CanVis software imagery
- Workshop and practice Adult planting
- Combined adults and students, in the community planting trees
- (Picture used – Liatras flower aka ‘Blazing star’) Blackfeet Community College -Enrollment, campus/community -Size of campus, uniqueness of ‘place’. -The tree protest Connecting culture with trees -traditional Blackfeet stories connected to trees -each tree on campus has cultural and educational value Arbor Day Celebration – VIDEO CLIP
- Next generations – keeping connected to nature
- Partnerships and relationships, and just plain fun.
- Blessing the trees
- Planted and gave away 1200 trees to the BCC and Blackfeet communities Funding/seed money for Tree Campus work: Doesn’t take a lot of money to get started – more a matter of people. The most valuable resource, showing of commitment is the people. The visual difference was apparent right away.