Tribes embrace tourism

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On the Wednesday edition of the ICT Newscast, the CEO of a tribal tourism association gives us an industry update. What does tribal self-determination mean for language revitalization? The Supreme Court disappoints the Navajo Nation and water rights activists

The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association was established for tribes to address inequities in the tourism system. The association provides assistance, training, research, and publications to communities engaged in tourism and hospitality. CEO Sherry L. Rupert leads several initiatives, including the organization’s groundbreaking new Tribal Agri-tourism program and Native arts initiative.

Leslie Harper is determined to help Tribal communities create their own futures. Raised by parents who instilled the values of sovereignty and self-determination, she believes that priorities and decisions must be determined from within a community, not from an outside entity. As a recipient of a Bush Fellowship, she will work to revitalize the Ojibwe language.

The U.S. Supreme Court said the United States is not required “to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Tribe.” That protection is not explicitly stated in the Navajo Treaty of 1868, according to its ruling in a 5-4 vote in Arizona v. Navajo Nation. ICT regular contributor Holly Cook Macarro weighs in. She’s the founding principal and president of The Angle, and a board member of IndiJ Public Media, the parent company that owns ICT and the ICT Newscast.

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians can now issue permits for tribal citizens to hunt, fish, trap and gather under tribal licenses with this new co-management plan in Oregon. Two other tribes, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and the Coquille Indian Tribe previously entered into deals with the state.

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