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CLIMATE CHANGE HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT ACROSS LOW-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES THAT OFTEN HAVE LITTLE TO NO PROMISING DATA TO CONTRIBUTE TO TRIBAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL POLICY DECISION-MAKING THAT IMPACTS THE CAPACITY OF OUR PLANET TO SUSTAIN LIFE. INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ARE RECOGNIZED AS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, DUE TO THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT AND MARGINALIZATION, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY HOLDING CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS. INFORMING POLICY DECISIONS IS BENEFICIAL IN COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE BUT IS ESPECIALLY PERTINENT TO PRESENT-DAY LANDS THAT INDIGENOUS TRIBES NOW OCCUPY IN THE UNITED STATES. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IS OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY THE WELL-ESTABLISHED TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGES (TEK) THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK TO PROMISING RESEARCH ACROSS TRIBAL NATIONS. TEK IS RECOGNIZED AS LAND-INFORMED, COMMUNITY-BASED AND LOCALLY-SOURCED WAYS OF KNOWING THAT ARE ROOTED IN INDIGENOUS INTERCONNECTEDNESS WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTS AND ECOSYSTEMS. AS PART OF THIS CONFERENCE PROPOSAL, WE WILL APPLY THE TEK FRAMEWORK AS WE KNOW OUR COLLECTIVE HEALTH AND WELLBEING ARE INTERDEPENDENT WITH THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR BUFFALO, LANDS AND OTHER NON-HUMAN RELATIVES.THIS CONFERENCE PROPOSAL SEEKS SUPPORT FOR CONVENING TWO IN-PERSON CONFERENCES CONSISTING OF TRIBAL COLLEGE SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS, BUFFALO PROGRAMS, OUTSIDE RESEARCHERS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES WHO WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF ONGOING SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIONS ACROSS FOUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN NORTH-CENTRAL MONTANA (BLACKFEET NATION, ROCKY BOY'S INDIAN RESERVATION, FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY, AND FORT PECK TRIBES). THE GOAL OF THESE CONVENINGS IS TO USE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PROPOSALS THAT ADDRESS REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS USING THE TEK THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK. BOTH CONVENINGS WILL BE CRITICAL TO ADVANCING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST INDIGENOUS LED INTER-TRIBAL LONG-TERM SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH NETWORK (LTSERN) CENTERED ON BUILDING LONG-TERM RESILIENCY OF BUFFALO REINTRODUCTION PROGRAMS ON TRIBAL LANDS. THE GOAL IS FOR THE RESEARCH NETWORK TO BE COMMUNITY-LED, LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT ARE INFORMED BY INDIGENOUS VALUES AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS.

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