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INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr. Kristin Ruppel, Native Studies, Montana State University Jill Mackin, Graduate Research Assistant, Montana State University

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Page 1: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECTAKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT

Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource

Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe

Dr. Kristin Ruppel, Native Studies, Montana State University

Jill Mackin, Graduate Research Assistant, Montana State

University

Page 2: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

BLACKFEET CORE VALUES

AS DEFINED BY BLACKFEET ELDERS WITH BLACKFEET COMMUNITY COLLEGE

● Tsi-ksi-ka-ta-pi-wa-tsin Blackfeet Way of Knowing: Blackfeet

culture/spirituality in philosophy, thought and action

● Nin-na-wa-tsin Being a Leader: professionalism, integrity, and

responsibility in human interaction

● Ini-yimm Respect: respect for one self, all other people, all ideas and each

thing in the natural world

● Ni-ta-pi-pa-ta-pi-tsin Living in a Good Way: honest in all thoughts and

actions.

● Ii-yi-kah-kii-ma-tsin Trying Hard: commitment, dedication, sincerity in the

pursuit of all of our goals.

● Aoh-kan-otah-tomo Accepting Everyone: embracing the unique talents

and contributions of each individual.

● Ii-ta-mii-pa-ta-pi-yoip Happy Living: humor, laughter and enjoyment of life.

Page 3: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

WHAT DO WE DO?

Share and curate locally grown solutions to

Indigenous land tenure through applied research

Provide BCC and MSU students meaningful opportunity to engage with Blackfeet planners

Identify and provide capacity building skills based on the needs of

Blackfeet planning practitioners

Develop a curriculum in indigenous community planning to be based at

MSU-Bozeman and available to regional and tribal college

students

Page 4: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

WHAT DO WE DO?

1.Build Networks

2.Research and

Research Protocol

3. Learn,Teach and Mentor

Page 5: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

BUILD NETWORKS

1. Nation-to-nation and peer-to-peer

learning is powerful

2. Similarity rather than comparative

approach

3. Hold a forum to share best practice

4. Curate locally grown solutions to

Indigenous land tenure and

fractionation

5. Support indigenous planning

practitioners

Good Idea?

Page 6: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

INDIGENOUS PLANNING WORKSHOP,AUG 4, 2017, POLSON, MT

1. Gathered key regional Indigenous planning practitioners to discuss

research directions and a network of indigenous planning excellence

2. Introduced and discuss project objectives

3. Identified and evaluate research scope, data, methods, key players

4. Identified next steps

Page 7: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

BLACKFEET WAYS OF PLANNING

Page 8: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

1. RETHINKING INDIGENOUS RESEARCH & PROTOCOLS

Page 9: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

PLANNING DOCUMENTATIONAGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN(ARMP)

Live Polling

Page 10: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

ARMP SURVEY

4 3 9 8 630

6 38 7 3

27

4 4

11 64

29

74

107

11

39

115

69

3

34

35

6

2314

12

90

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Learn about it

from graphics,

websites and

presentations

(Be Informed)

Comment on

plan drafts and at

meetings (Be

Consulted)

Workshops and

polling (Be

Involved)

Participate on

Committees

(Collaborate)

Direct plan

drafting and

voting

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# O

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PO

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ES

DESIRED LEVEL OF POWER IN PLANNING

How would you like to participate in

land use planning?

N=238as of August 2, 2017

J.Pecora Photography

Page 11: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

FRACTIONATION + HUMAN DEVELOPMENTPost Cobell Decision

Working Hypotheses

1. Connection and access to place/land has

measurable benefits on the well-being of Native

individuals and reservation communities.

-How can the tribe support such connection and

access?

2. Tribal land ownership and human

well-being are positively correlated.

-Assumes that the more land base a tribe controls, the

better their self-determinism, resource security,

community-connectedness and economic

development outcomes.

- What are cases and winning conditions?

- How do we address inequity in land ownership?

Page 12: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

How do we maximize the

impact of research on

indigenous lands?

What’s missing when it

comes to indicators of

Indigenous Development?

Where do we find it? (US

Census, BIA, Tribal

Census and Surveys…)

Page 13: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr
Page 14: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

TEACHING AND MENTORSHIP

○ Identify and provide

capacity building courses,

skills based on the needs of

native planning practitioners

○ Provide students

meaningful opportunities

to engage with Native

planners through facilitation,

notetaking and media

recording

Page 15: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

NASX 470/570 INDIGENOUS PLANNING

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

a. Understand their position to

Indigenous Planning and people today

through reflective practice

b. Structure a planning process

using the strategic planning approach

c. Manage professional

projects in small group

settings

d. Create a strategic

development plan (fictional) in their field of

interest through analysis and action

planning

e. Publicly present

their work to a traditional and professional

audience

Page 16: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

NASX 470/570 INDIGENOUS PLANNING

COURSE STRUCTURE

Literature Review

Reflective Essay

Day In the Life of a

Planner (Grad Students Only)

10 units of Strategic Planning

with regional tribal plans

Professional Project +

Public Presentation

Page 17: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

NASX 470/570 INDIGENOUS PLANNING

1. Who are the ‘faces’ and “cases” of good

Indigenous planning on reservations in

Montana?

2. Elder/expert panel/roundtables and fall

gathering at MSU-Bozeman, want to

come?

3. What else should be in this course?

Page 18: Tribal Land Tenure Project · INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE PROJECT AKA NATIVE LAND PROJECT Loren BirdRattler, Project Manager, Agriculture Resource Management Plan, Blackfeet Tribe Dr

YELLOW BIRD WOMAN SANCTUARYBLACKFEET INDIAN LAND TRUST

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YELLOW BIRD WOMAN SANCTUARYBLACKFEET INDIAN LAND TRUST

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AHOTHANK YOU

Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

Amskapi Piikuni (Blackfeet Nation)

Foundation for Community Vitality

MSU Department of Native American Studies

American Indigenous Research Association