Native Lands and Wilderness Council
For a slide show of images from the 1st native
Lands and Wilderness Council >>>
Indigenous groups control hundreds of millions of
hectares around the world. Because of this, and because of
their ancient traditions of land stewardship, they have a
critical role to play in protecting the planet’s wilderness.
As a result, WILD has always placed an emphasis on working
with indigenous peoples in many countries. For example, we
have a long-standing partnership with the Confederated
Salish and Kootenai in Montana. We’ve collaborated with them
for many years to promote their remarkable wilderness model,
the Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness.
The 8th WWC featured an expansion of WILD’s work with
indigenous peoples. With sponsorship of The Ford Foundation,
The Christensen Fund, and others, WILD helped the Salish and
Kootenai organize the Native Lands and Wilderness Council (NLWC).
The NLWC was chaired by Terry Tanner of the Confederated
Salish and Kootenai Tribes, as well as by grand chief Herb
Norwegian of the Deh Cho First Nation in Canada, and Larry
Merculieff, deputy director, Alaska Native Science
Commission. The NLWC involved representatives from 30
indigenous groups from around the world and reviewed
indigenous-led wilderness conservation initiatives on lands
owned and managed by indigenous groups.
Click here for some
of the follow up work with the Kayapo people in the Southern
Amazon, and here
for images of the Kayapo people.
- WPP will publish a compendium of case studies from
the NLWC, providing a guide to indigenous groups
interested in protecting their traditional lands.
- Develop a network of indigenous groups around the
world interested in indigenous-led wilderness
conservation initiatives.
- WILD will raise funds for and help organize a
regional North American meeting of the Native Lands and
Wilderness Council in Colorado in anticipation of the
9th World Wilderness Congress, with representatives from
Mexico, Canada and the United States.
Select Articles on Native Lands and Wilderness:
Contemporary Wilderness and American Indian Cultures
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The Wind River Indian Tribes, Don Aragon >>>
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