<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr">Dear SEHE friends,</div><div class="gmail_attr">Please see this important call below. This kind of action is central to what I understand to be SEHE's mission and identity. We are asked to forward to our networks, especially to California-based Tribes and indigenous-led organizations. The deadline for responses is February 23.</div><div class="gmail_attr">Thank you.</div><div class="gmail_attr">Dana</div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt">Bill Tripp <<a href="mailto:btripp@karuk.us" target="_blank">btripp@karuk.us</a>><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Subject: </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt">UC ANR Strategic Plan Sign-on letter request</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Date: </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt">February 15, 2024 at 11:13:58 AM PST</span></p></div><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">Ayukîi (Hello) all, Please distribute through your networks with a special focus on trying to get California based tribes and indigenous led organizations and their ally organizations. Sorry for the tight deadline on this, it has taken a while to stand ISN up and make the transition into such operational space.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">I write to share with you a sign-on letter from the Indigenous Stewardship Network (ISN) to the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources' (UC ANR) 15-year Strategic Planning process. </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Given that the University of California and their endowments were founded off of the sale of stolen Indigenous lands, the letter strongly urges the University of California to allocate 1% of their $28 Billion endowment each year over the next 15 years to support Tribal workforce development and Indigenous stewardship.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"><br></span><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">This $280 million per year could result in the equivalent of roughly 126 endowed positions at Tribes and Tribally-led organizations per year, though each Tribe and Tribally-led organization could use allocated funds to support its own Indigenous stewardship priorities, which may include endowed positions, purchasing land, supporting careers in Indigenous stewardship, restoring traditional landscapes, protecting cultural and sacred places, and more.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">If this effort is successful, ISN plans to work with the First Nations Development Institute (FNDI) or other willing foundations to develop an equitable process for reviewing proposals and the allocation and distribution of funds to Tribes and Indigenous organizations so that we can sustainably build up and support Indigenous stewardship workforces within our Indigenous communities, and provide pathways for Tribal students to return to their homelands. This will be paramount for the revitalization of our Indigenous knowledge, practice, and belief systems throughout the state of California.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"><br></span><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">If your organization is interested in signing on, please share your Tribe or organization's name and logo with ISN Network Director, Tasha-Norton James at <a href="mailto:tashadjn@hotmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">tashadjn@hotmail.com</span></a> by February 23, 2024, to ensure that she can include them all in one letter prior to the UC ANR public comment deadline. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">Individuals and organizations can also add your name, affiliation, and contact information here: </span><span style="font-size:14pt"><a href="https://airtable.com/apprgzcZFt9xeenXr/pagxItEtgwXQhM87i/form" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://airtable.com/apprgzcZFt9xeenXr/pagxItEtgwXQhM87i/form</span></a><br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">This has potential to roll out nationally to additional land grant universities and beyond. We may bring First Nations Development institute on board for managing fund distribution with potential for a regional proposal review body and technical assistance in setting up investment structures for those awarded long term funds.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">Yôotva!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">Bill Tripp<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Speaker of the Board<br>Indigenous Stewardship Network<br>(Director, Department of Natural Resources, Karuk Tribe)<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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