Attached is CIWC’s letter of support for MLPA, tomorrow’s big meeting in Eureka. Please feel free to use as reference or template addressed to Sonke Mastrup, E.D. Fish & Game Commission. Please feel free to share with other responsible group that support our Tribal way of life. Thanks for your support, ciwc letter to F&G [...]

Native American Authors Among Books Banned in Tucson
The banning of books defeats the purpose of education. Public school systems receive funding to address philosophical, ideological, cultural, spiritual, political and world views for students, staff as well as community. Institutes of learning have a moral, legal and financial obligation to expose students to the diverse challenges they will meet in today’s harsh society. [...]
Consensus Statement relating to Aboriginal Title and Rights
Thank you for signing the “Consensus Statement relating to Aboriginal Title and Rights” petition at iPetitions.com. Your signature is valuable and makes a real difference. Please encourage others to sign the petition as well. Forward the text below to everyone who might be interested:
Support a global mercury treaty.
Support a global mercury treaty that protects Indigenous Peoples, human health and the environment. Environment Petition: Support a global mercury treaty that protects Indigenous Peoples, human health and the environment. | Change.org “Support a global mercury treaty that protects Indigenous Peoples, human health and the environment.” http://chn.ge/u2SJDI
URGENT – Tribal Input Needed for National Forest System Land Management Planning Act
The CIWC urges all Tribes and Tribal communities to make their concerns and recommendations heard before the closing date. Protection and preservation of Sacred Sites is one the most valuable responsibilities and duties we must continue to fight for. Every voice counts in honoring all those that came before us, and all those that will come after us. The forest [...]

Governor Brown Establishes Tribal Advisor
Governor Brown Establishes Tribal Advisor to Strengthen Communication, Collaboration with California’s Native American Tribes SACRAMENTO – In order to strengthen communication and collaboration between California state government and Native American Tribes, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an Executive Order establishing the position of Governor’s Tribal Advisor in the Office of the Governor. This [...]

CIWC: About The California Indian Water Commission
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 [...]

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 [...]

Radiation – A Letter to Governor Brown
Governor Brown, The radiation contamination from Japan’s nuclear facility has grave implications for Tribal communities in California that still practice traditional fishing & gathering sustenance from the Pacific Ocean. Radiation levels, the testing & continual monitoring of its location has not been extended to inform Tribal communities of potential human, health and marine ecosystem contamination. [...]
California Native Survivance Presentation
The CIWC is proud to acknowledge and invite the public to attend the upcoming Amah Mutsun Speaker Series in Santa Cruz. ”the traditional land management perspectives and practices utilized by co-keynote speaker Hawk Rosales, Executive Director of the Inter Tribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. With the implementation of traditional ecological knowledge, caring for the land and its indigenous [...]

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