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Toolkits, policy documents, and a digital library for building Indigenous economic futures.
Reconciliation & Equity
Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians
Analysis of the early state and federal laws that shaped California Indian policy from 1846–1870, including acts enabling forced labor, prohibiting Indian testimony in court, and facilitating systematic land dispossession.
Reconciliation & Equity
An Act for the Government and Protection of Indians — California Legislature, April 22, 1850
Primary source: California's 1850 Act that effectively enabled the forced indenture, removal, and trafficking of California Indian peoples. A foundational document for understanding the legal architecture of California Indian genocide and the settler colonial state.
Reconciliation & Equity
Questions About Home: Indigenous Resistance Reflection Worksheet
Reflective worksheet developed with Corrina Gould (Chochenyo Ohlone/Lisjan), Johnella LaRose (Shoshone-Bannock), and Nick Tilsen to prompt thinking about land, belonging, settler responsibility, and indigenous resistance. Inspired by Robina Thomas (Lyackson Coast Salish).
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Reconciliation & Equity
Gold, Greed and Genocide: Timeline, Videos, and Educational Resources (IITC)
Full multimedia educational resource from IITC documenting the genocide of California Indian peoples during and after the Gold Rush. Includes interactive timeline, documentary clips, study guides, and resources for educators and activists.
Reconciliation & Equity
Gold, Greed and Genocide Study Guide
Educational study guide covering the systematic genocide of California Indian peoples during the Gold Rush era. Includes discussion questions, primary sources, and structured teaching materials for educators and community groups.
Reconciliation & Equity
Tribal Nations Engagement Handbook — California Department of Housing and Community Development (2024)
Official California state handbook guiding HCD staff and program partners in respectful, legally grounded engagement with California tribal nations. Covers tribal sovereignty, the consultation process, cultural sensitivity, and the legal framework for state-tribal relations in housing and land use.
Reconciliation & Equity
Operational Guidance: Free, Prior and Informed Consent (Accountability Framework Initiative)
Step-by-step operational guide for implementing FPIC with indigenous peoples and local communities in supply chains, land use, and development projects. Covers process design, documentation, dispute resolution, and grievance mechanisms.
Reconciliation & Equity
Free, Prior and Informed Consent: An Indigenous Peoples' Right and a Good Practice for Local Communities (FAO)
The FAO's foundational guide to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) as a right of indigenous peoples enshrined in international law. Covers the legal basis in UNDRIP and ILO 169, the core elements of genuine consent, and practical implementation guidance.
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Emergency Services & Climate Adaptation
Indian Hands / Indian Lands: Indigenous Solidarity and Climate Change (PBS)
PBS documentary short exploring how Indigenous communities are at the frontlines of climate change, and how indigenous solidarity and land rights are central to effective climate justice movements.
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Emergency Services & Climate Adaptation
Indigenous Emergency Management (ArcGIS StoryMap)
Interactive StoryMap documenting Indigenous approaches to emergency preparedness, disaster response, and community resilience, including integration of traditional ecological knowledge into emergency management frameworks.
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Emergency Services & Climate Adaptation
How Indigenous Practice of Good Fire Can Help Our Forests Thrive
University of California feature article exploring how Indigenous-led prescribed burning and cultural fire management can restore forest health, reduce catastrophic wildfire risk, and support tribal sovereignty over traditional landscapes in California.
Emergency Services & Climate Adaptation
IPCC AR5 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2014
The IPCC's Fifth Assessment Synthesis Report — the authoritative international scientific assessment of climate change, its observed and projected impacts, and options for adaptation and mitigation. Essential scientific foundation for tribal climate planning and advocacy.
Emergency Services & Climate Adaptation
Climate Adaptation Barriers and Needs Experienced by Northwest Coastal Tribes (2024)
Key findings from tribal listening sessions documenting the specific barriers Northwest coastal tribes face in pursuing climate adaptation — including gaps in funding, capacity, jurisdiction, data sovereignty, and recognition of traditional ecological knowledge.
Emergency Services & Climate Adaptation
Indigenous Peoples Terminology for the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4)
Reference guide establishing culturally appropriate and accurate terminology for discussing Indigenous peoples, their relationships with land and climate, and their rights in federal climate assessment contexts.
Emergency Services & Climate Adaptation
Core Principles for Agency Engagement to Support Community Rights for Climate Adaptation
Policy recommendations from the Rising Voices Working Group for NOAA's Justice40 Strategic Plan, establishing core principles for how federal agencies must engage with Indigenous and tribal communities on climate adaptation, resettlement, and site expansion.
Emergency Services & Climate Adaptation
Good Fire: Current Barriers to the Expansion of Cultural Burning and Prescribed Fire in California — Karuk Tribe
Comprehensive report for the Karuk Tribe documenting the legal, regulatory, and institutional barriers preventing expansion of cultural and prescribed burning in California, with specific policy recommendations for tribal, state, and federal action.
Emergency Services & Climate Adaptation
Indigenous Perspective of Fire in the Upper Snake River Basin
Report documenting tribal perspectives on fire ecology, traditional burning practices, and the role of indigenous fire stewardship in the Upper Snake River Basin, including current barriers to cultural burning and opportunities for tribal-led restoration.
Emergency Services & Climate Adaptation
Indigenous Fire Futures: Anticolonial Approaches to Shifting Fire Relations in California
Peer-reviewed article examining anticolonial frameworks for restoring Indigenous fire stewardship in California. Analyzes how settler colonial property regimes and fire suppression policies suppress tribal burning, and what a genuine restoration of indigenous fire governance requires.