Tribe: Yurok Tribe
View Source Document: Yurok Tribe: Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Water and Aquatic Resources
Year: 2014
Topic: Adaptation Strategies for Traditional Diet and Food Security
Continue introducing healthier and affordable foods at gas stations on the Yurok Reservation.
Start a ‘food run collective’: have a scheduled, dedicated public transit run or have a group take turns driving to...
Develop an equipment sharing program canning supplies; or eel baskets; or if need to fish at new sites or use...
Consider creating a pamphlet on traditional Yurok fishing practices for distribution with all fishing permits.
Continue classes on canning & preserving of traditional foods for both food security.
Continue to expand diverse cultural practices such as language revitalization, beading and basket weaving classes, sweat lodges, and camps to...
Document stories, knowledge, and cultural traditions related to traditional aquatic species and harvesting sites, including uses and relationship to Yurok...
Establish emergency fishing and harvesting options and distribution strategy to ensure Yurok Tribal Members maintain access to traditional aquatic foods...
Maintain a supply of traditional foods that is reserved for emergency use only, and/or during years that the runs are...
Make more use of some under-utilized areas such as clear-cut or flood plain areas to plant orchards and create gardens...
Restore prairies to increase elk, which could be an alternative food source if fish runs continue to decrease in size.
Engage communities in restoration activities – heal the land, heal the people – Hewecheck.
