The creation of the California Indian Water Commission was founded and based on the urgent call to address historical and current cultural, water and land practices that have adversely impacted California Tribes and Tribal communities. Many case law, ordinances and legislation have been placed to protect and preserve Tribal water rights nationwide but those are [...]
Archive | June, 2011
Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
Climate Change Adaptation Task Force | The White House http://1.usa.gov/jNo0nb Climate Change Adaptation Task Force On October 14, 2010, the Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, co-chaired by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), released its interagency report outlining recommendations [...]
CIWC Open Letter to President Obama
President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama and members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Thank you for supporting the United States to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We celebrated the announcement on Dec. 16, 2010, and now the hard work [...]
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