October 2, 2024: Tribal Stewardship Strategy Training: Rematriation of Ancestral Lands Through Tribal Land Trusts and Partnerships

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Thank you to those who were able to join us for the Tribal Stewardship Strategy Training: Rematriation of Ancestral Lands Through Tribal Land Trusts and Partnerships on October 2, 2024.

Agenda

Recordings of the training sessions will be posted below:

Handouts and materials provided at the event will be posted below:

Additional resources, slides, and materials shared during the event can be found here:

Online Resources:

Books and Articles on California Native American History:

  • Benjamin Madley, An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe 1846 - 1873, Yale University Press (2016).
    • Provides a detailed description of the historical wrongs committed against California Native American tribes during the early formations of the State of California. Critical read to understand the formation of the State.
  • Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer Jr., We Are The Land: A History of Native California, University of California Press (2022).
    • Provides the history of California from the tribal perspective. Helps readers understand how Native American people navigated policies and actions that sought to harm them.
  • M. Kat Anderson, Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources, University of California Press (2005).
    • Detailed research understanding the expertise of tribes in management of natural resources in California and how historical wrongs outlawing Traditional Ecological Knowledge has led to environmental challenges we are facing today.  
  • Robert F. Heizer, The Destruction of California Indians, University of Nebraska Press (1993).
    • Collection of primary sources detailing the role of the United States and California in the attempted destruction of California Native Americans.
  • Kimberly Johnston-Dodds, Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians, (California Research Bureau, California State Library 2002). Available at https://www.csus.edu/college/education/engagement/_internal/_documents/indian_early_california_laws_and_policies_related_to_california_indians.pdf.
    • Summary of the Act for the Government and Protection of Indians, early California apprenticeship and vagrancy laws, California militia and expeditions against Indians, and California’s response to federal treaties negotiated with tribes.
  • California Indian History Website: https://calindianhistory.org/california-unratified-treaties-map/ 
    • Provides a map of the locations of all the reservations that were negotiated under the 18 unratified treaties.
  • "1851-1852 - Eighteen Unratified Treaties between California Indians and the United States" (2016). US Government Treaties and Reports. 5. Available at: https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/hornbeck_usa_2_b/5
    • The text of each of the eighteen unratified treaties.
  • Governor Peter Burnett’s Address to the California Legislature on January 6, 1851. Available at https://governors.library.ca.gov/addresses/s_01-Burnett2.html.
  • Conservation Training, Welcome to Indian Country 101. Available at https://www.conservationtraining.org/course/view.php?id=309.

Governor Gavin Newsom Tribal Affairs Policies:

Books and Resources to Support Tribes’ Ancestral Land Return Priorities:

  • Beth Rose Middleton Manning, Trust in the Land: New Directions in Tribal Conservation, University of Arizona Press (2011).
    • Detailed research on new and innovative ideas concerning Native land conservancies. This book provides research and advice on land trusts, collaborations, and conservation groups.
  • Cutcha Risling Baldy, Carrie Tully, and Karley M. Rojas, California #LandBack Special Report, Publication of Save California Slamon (June 2024). Available at: d97ff6_872841991d6f4030b2391e466e61c908.pdf (californiasalmon.org)
    • Detailed research on the land back successes in California and provides policy recommendations to continue to advance this work.
  • Restoring Ancestral Lands: A Six-Week Training Series on Protecting Indigenous Homelands. Hosted by Northern California Tribal Court Coalition and funded by a generous grant from First Nations Development Institute’s California Tribal Fund. Video recordings and handout materials from this training are available at: https://nctcc.org/land/.