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Native
American
Land Conservancy
U N I T E D S TAT E S
The Native American Land Conservancy4NALC4
protects sacred sites, promotes education and advocacy, and does scientiûc research; guided primarily by
tribes of the southern California desert regions of the
United States. They acquire and protect sacred lands
across southeastern California and currently own and
manage sacred lands at the Old Woman Mountains
Preserve and Coyote Hole. NALC has worked alongside other tribes, conservation groups, and agencies in
order to protect the 1640-acre Horse Canyon in the
Santa Rosa Mountains. NALC9s governance board
includes tribal elders, elected leaders, youth, cultural
specialists, and ceremonial leaders from the Agua
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Cahuilla Band of
Indians, Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Lummi Nation, and
the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians.
NALC developed a Learning Landscapes program in
2022 for Native American youth and families that
focused on traditional ecological knowledge. They
consider the preservation and holistic management of
ecosystems and collective territories essential. The
intergenerational transmission of culture, spiritual
values, identity, and incorporation of innovative practices are strengthened by having youth learn traditional ecological knowledge from elders, and put it into
practice. NALC worked with tribal elders in local
communities to document knowledge, and enable
tribal youth to put that knowledge into practice. The
results include recordings of tribal elders explaining
and demonstrating traditional methods of taking care
of the land.
Heiltsuk
NATION
CANADA
The lands of the Heiltsuk along the coast of British
Columbia in western Canada covers over 3.5 million
hectares, and they include some of the largest tracts of
unspoiled temperate rainforests in the world. The
Heiltsuk practice a system of governance based on
their çvi?ás (customary laws) that have been upheld
by their Yí_ás (Hereditary Chiefs) since time immemorial. The Haíkzaqv governing body is comprised of an
elected Chief & Council, who make decisions in collaboration with the Yí_ás. For the past decade, the
Haíkzaqv, along with other coastal First Nations, have
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