The CAP Portal is a searchable collection of reports and documents written by Tribes, Arctic communities, and Indigenous organizations. The NNA-CO is providing this collection to facilitate awareness of Arctic Peoples’ priorities and values, which may serve to inform Arctic research planning and meaningful engagement.
The ownership of the documents in this collection remains with the Tribes, Arctic communities, and Indigenous organizations who created and authored them. Use of these resources should not replace community engagement but rather supplement existing strategies for engagement.
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Categorization is Political: Using Grounded Theory in the Creation of Controlled Vocabularies
By classifying and categorizing Arctic observations in accordance with knowledge systems of the people whose land the observation was taken on, Indigenous-led theories will be given their proper place in the role of Arctic observation. As a start, grounded theory informed by constructivism can begin to establish a preliminary classifications structure from pre-existing data. These preliminary re-classifications may align with Indigenous language & linguistic structure and categorization.
Arctic Wildland Fire Sharing Circle Summary Report
The event brought together multiple Working Groups, diverse participants, and a range of projects active and planned for the Arctic in an innovative way to learn, share, and discuss. It fostered a spirit of inclusiveness, and was unique in looking across borders and Working Groups to bring a truly circumpolar lens to wildland fire in the Arctic.
Arctic Indigenous Peoples
This collaborative project between the Saami Council and the German Arctic Office depicts the ways of life Indigenous Peoples lead in the Arctic. As resilient cultures, Arctic Indigenous Peoples hold distinct knowledge on how to respectfully use the environment to co-exist within the ecosystems. Even though resilience is enclosed within these cultures, the challenge of coping with both environmental changes and domestic regulations affects the practice and development of Indigenous Knowledge.
Adapting to Climate Change in the Middle Kuskokwim
In 2018, the Georgetown Tribal Council received a Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Resiliency Program Grant to create a climate vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan for the Middle Kuskokwim region. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) was contracted to facilitate the climate change adaptation planning process, and develop the final climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan in collaboration with the communities of Lower Kalskag, Upper Kalskag, Aniak, Chuathbaluk, Napaimute, Crooked Creek, Georgetown, Red Devil, Sleetmute, and Stony River.
Local 2 Global: Bringing an Arctic Council Project to Inuvik, NT
L2G: Local 2 Global - Youth Digital Stories and Community Exchange - Mental Wellness, Life Promotion, Community Empowerment.
We partnered with the Western Arctic Youth Collective (WAYC), and contracted them to imagine, plan, and deliver events, as well as document their learnings, share recommendations, and create a guide for other youth groups to take on similar events. We also established an Advisory Committee to support the work.
Top Priorities for the 20 Tribes in the Bering Strait Region
Top Priorities for the 20 Tribes in the Bering Strait Region from Local Economic Development Plans
Kawerak Knowledge and Research Sovereignty Workshop Report
For the May 2021 workshop, we wanted to hear from all of the Tribal participants about things they think are working and things that are not working with regard to how research is carried out in the Bering Strait region. This includes all types of research - for example, vessel-based research like marine mammal studies or trawl research; tagging of animals; research that involves deploying instruments in the water or air; research that involves interviewing community members or documenting Traditional Knowledge and other community information; and so on.
NNA Follow Up Letter
We—federally recognized Tribes and regional Tribal Consortia representing or comprised of over 75 federally recognized Tribes4—are writing to provide additional specific recommendations that can be used by NSF to ensure that NNA funding is spent well and achieves societal benefits.
Navigating the New Arctic NSF Comment Letter
Our organizations and communities are extremely concerned about environmental and other changes happening in the Arctic, as well as the research that is being funded and conducted on these topics. Our desire, and our request to you, is to work with us to create a collaborative, effective, and widely beneficial NSF funding mechanism.