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Tribal Knowledge and Climate Response and Adaptation: Tolowa Dee- ni Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Land Management, Archaeology, and the Future of Climate Change Impacts on the Del Norte Coastline Michael Newland, M.A., RPA Senior

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Tribal Knowledge and Climate Response and Adaptation: Tolowa Dee-ni’ Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Land Management, Archaeology, and the Future of Climate Change Impacts

  • n the Del Norte Coastline

Michael Newland, M.A., RPA Senior Archaeologist

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Management Recommendations

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Management Recommendations

1) Tolowa tribal councils should decide whether or not climate change is the will of the Creator or an act of man, and decide appropriate course of action

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Management Recommendations

1) Tolowa tribal councils should decide whether or not climate change is the will of the Creator or an act of man, and decide appropriate course of action 2) If tribal councils decide this is the will of the Creator, what are their views towards NPS preserving or letting go sites within the sea level rise/coastal erosion footprint?

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Management Recommendations

1) Tolowa tribal councils should decide whether or not climate change is the will of the Creator or an act of man, and decide appropriate course of action 2) If tribal councils decide this is the will of the Creator, what are their views towards NPS preserving or letting go sites within the sea level rise/coastal erosion footprint? 3) If tribal councils decide this is an act of man, are their views different than above?

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Management Recommendations

1) Tolowa tribal councils should decide whether or not climate change is the will of the Creator or an act of man, and decide appropriate course of action 2) If tribal councils decide this is the will of the Creator, what are their views towards NPS preserving or letting go sites within the sea level rise/coastal erosion footprint? 3) If tribal councils decide this is an act of man, how does this change their views? 4) What are NPS’s legal responsibilities under Section 110 in relation to climate change vs. the wishes of tribal council?

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Management Recommendations

1) Tolowa tribal councils will need to decide whether or not climate change is the will of the Creator or an act of man, and decide appropriate course of action 2) If tribal councils decide this is the will of the Creator, what are their views towards NPS preserving or letting go sites within the sea level rise/coastal erosion footprint? 3) If tribal councils decide this is an act of man, are their views different than above? 4) What are NPS’s legal responsibilities under Section 110 in relation to climate change vs. the wishes of tribal council? 5) What kind of precedent does NPS and Tolowa wish to set for future agency- tribal government agreements regarding climate change and preservation of tribal cultural heritage?

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Impacts

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Impacts

1) What resources are important to the Tolowa as heritage natural resources?

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Impacts

1) What resources are important to the Tolowa as heritage natural resources? 2) What environmental conditions will these resources need?

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Impacts

1) What resources are important to the Tolowa as heritage natural resources? 2) What environmental conditions will these resources need? 3) Which species are these resources dependent on, and what conditions do they need for survival?

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Impacts

1) What resources are important to the Tolowa as heritage natural resources? 2) What environmental conditions will these resources need? 3) Which species are these resources dependent on, and what conditions do they need for survival? 4) How will climate change impact these resources?

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Impacts

1) What resources are important to the Tolowa as heritage natural resources? 2) What environmental conditions will these resources need? 3) Which species are these resources dependent on, and what conditions do they need for survival? 4) How will climate change impact these resources? 5) What can be done to minimize these impacts?

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Common Name Taxon Historically Used Modern Use Comments Reference Oregon maple Acer macrophyllum X Fibers of bark used for making woman’s skirts; wood used for acorn mush paddle Baker 1981:85, 113 Northern maidenhair fern Adiantum pedatum X Used as dye for dress basket caps Baker 1981:110 Oregon alder Alnus oregana X Used as dye for dress basket caps Baker 1981:110 Pacific madrone Arbutus menziesii X Inner bark sewed together to make every –day dress, berries used to make beads Baker 1981:15 Wood N/A X Used for nosepins Baker 1981:111 Common juniper Juniperus communis

  • var. saxatilis

X Dried berries used to decorate dresses and beads for necklaces Baker 1981:34

Critical Flora Species for Tolowa Clothes and Adornment Traditions

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Shared Goals

  • 1. Increase Salmon Habitat
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Shared Goals

  • 1. Increase Salmon Habitat
  • Consult with elders about productive smaller streams in the past
  • Review archaeological data of sites with evidence of salmon
  • Conduct shell isotope analysis to check past water temperatures

at the mouths of creeks

  • Look at the health and age of the salmon at the time of catch

in the archaeological record

  • Identify changes in salmon health during past climate change

events

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Shared Goals

  • 2. Better Managed Elk Population
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Shared Goals

  • 2. Better Managed Elk Population
  • Identify areas where elk was butchered– better assessment
  • f pre-contact range
  • Health and age of animals when hunted
  • Seasonality of animals when hunted
  • Consider reintroduction of elk hunting by tribal members
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Shared Goals

  • 3. Increase Smelt Habitat and Population
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Shared Goals

  • 3. Increase Smelt Habitat and Population
  • Identify changes in ocean conditions through shell isotopes
  • Identify changes in genetic stock of smelt
  • Identify changes in smelt populations in response to past

climate change events

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Shared Goals

  • 4. Better Manage Pinneped Populations
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Shared Goals

  • 4. Better Manage Pinneped Populations
  • Consider reintroducing hunting sea lion
  • Identify age and health of sea lion in the archaeological record
  • Identify hunting and butchering techniques and tools
  • Identify responses in sea lion populations to past climate events
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Shared Goals

  • 5. Improve Water Quality
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Shared Goals

  • 5. Improve Water Quality
  • Recover seed and pollen data from natural and archaeological

deposits

  • Identify responses in plant communities to past climate events
  • Use shell isotope information to identify water temperature and

salinity changes in bays and estruaries

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Special thanks to: National Park Service

  • Michael Peterson
  • Karin Grantham

Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation

  • Suntayea Steinruck
  • Karin Levy

Elk Valley Rancheria

  • Crista Stewart
  • Kevin Mealue