“All national parks are located on Indigenous ancestral lands and this policy will help ensure Tribal governments have an equal voice in the planning and management of them.”
On September 13 , the Director of the National Parks Service ( NPS ) announced that the agency had release new guidance to strengthen the part of American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes , Alaska Natives entity , and the Native Hawaiian Community in decision - making processes about federal lands .
" All national commons are located on Indigenous patrimonial lands and this policy will aid assure Tribal governing have an equal voice in the planning and direction of them , " said NPS Director Chuck Samsin a insistency release .
The announcement from NPS coincide with the Department of Interior foretell that the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management will have interchangeable co - stewardship insurance policy . According to NPS , co - stewardship " is a broad term that includes formal cobalt - management ( through sound authorities ) , collaborative and cooperative management ( often accomplished through agreements ) , and ego - governance agreement ( include annual funding agreements ) . "
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There are currently 80 co - stewardship agreements with NPS , and with the new guidance , the agency has confide to expanding exist agreements and increasing the number in total . It isone of several waysthe NPS is exploit to develop its human relationship with Indigenous communities .
" Through increase and collaborative betrothal with Tribes , Alaska aboriginal entities , and the Native Hawaiian Community , we will make secure nation direction determination , acknowledge and hopefully heal some mystifying wound , benefit from Traditional Ecological Knowledge , and intimately interpret the history of the land we administer and all the plants and animate being that live in them , " Sams enjoin .
you may view an Indigenous map of North America throughNative-Land.ca . The website is home to maps , land acknowledgements , treaties , history , and other resources concern to many Indigenous groups worldwide .
