Wilma Mankiller Indigenous Environmental Consultation


One thing that really stuck out to me in Willma Mankiller’s speech was her discussion on Indigenous people and how they are environmental experts of the land. She mentioned that Indigenous tribes all over the globe should be consulted on the panel of environmental protection. I was interested to see if there were any governments out there utilizing this strategy. I was thrilled to discover that Australia has created the ACT Natural Resource Management plan.  (NRM)

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The NRM recognizes that Indigenous people have significant knowledge and skills to offer and responsibilities to fulfill in the protection of Australia’s natural resources. They believe that understanding, learning, respecting and applying Indigenous knowledge systems and including Indigenous people in decision-making in natural resource management is key to reconciliation. They feel having a strong connection to community, country and culture is fundamental to Indigenous health and well-being. They think greater involvement of Indigenous people in NRM will help increase Indigenous employment, improve Indigenous educational achievement; and reducing Indigenous incarceration rates in the criminal justice system.

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The ACT Natural Resources Management Plan, developed by the Council, aims to increase the involvement of Indigenous people in NRM. The Council wants to see traditional knowledge actively influencing significant decision-making in Namadji National Park and influencing the conservation and management of the ACT’s natural assets. They expect Indigenous employment and active participation in natural resource management activities more than doubling from its 2008 base and that Indigenous communities will be strengthened through their engagement in NRM.

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https://www.environment.act.gov.au/cpr/indigenous_nrm

Mankiller, Wilma. (December 10, 2013). “Wilma Mankiller: Challenges Facings 21st Century Indigenous People.” ASU Libraries Classic Presentation. YouTube. Accessed on 12/11/2018 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K_rVUmV7Y8&feature=youtube.




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  1. Christopher O'ConnorDecember 15, 2018 at 10:27 AM

    I very much enjoyed your post concerning the National Resource Management in Australia and their support to better engage with Indigenous Australians in management of soil, vegetation and other ecological assets.

    The Reconciliation Austrailia Action Plan and "yourtown" consists of a group of specialists working with Indigenous young people to provide culturally appropriate support to overcome barriers and to help with their education.

    Building cultural education in Australia is becoming more of a concern nationally as they attempt to foster pride in cultural heritage, the exact opposite of what they have done throughout their nation's history.

    The Youth Engagement Program (YEP) is Australia's program that helps reconnect disengaged young people with education. This is something that hopefully other cultures can administrator into their policy. YEP supports young people struggling to stay at school and by supporting school drop-outs to transition to other forms of education or vocational training.

    "Before YEP I didn't have a plan for anything. Now I have and resume and plan to go to TAFE"
    -17 year old school drop out

    A few programs in the United States that support Native youth are "We R Native", "United National Indian Tribal Youth", and "The Center For Native American Youth".

    The most important voice to change Indian culture for the better is the youth and giving them more opportunities to step up and help other youth that feel a sense of hopelessness is what indigenous cultures need globally.


    https://www.yourtown.com.au/sites/default/files/document/Reconciliation%20Action%20Plan%202017-18.pdf

    https://www.yourtown.com.au/our-services/youth-engagement-program-yep

    https://www.powwows.com/3-organizations-helping-native-youth-change-indian-country/

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