Tribe: Sicangu Lakota Oyate
View Source Document: Adapting to A Changing Climate: Sicangu Lakota Oyate
Year: 2022
Topic: Protecting the land and living relatives. (View All Topics in the Plan)
Promote habitat and water conservation and reduce overgrazing of the grasslands; adopt and enforce land management practices to achieve this...
Begin tracking forage production and use on all Rosebud Sioux Tribe-controlled lands. This information base will be useful as climate...
Talk with elders, gatherers, medicine men to learn which sacred plants are most at risk or already disappearing. Use conversations...
Establish a seed bank for important wild relatives. Learn how to retain these seeds for the long term.
Work with off-reservation experts to identify risks to other plants and animals.
Support local butchers and specialty producers.
Help educate the youth on caring for the land and using it with minimal negative impact on Unci Maka.
Expand local food growing to expand tribal food sovereignty. Support local markets to create revenue, jobs and skills for tribal...
Establish a Sicangu Climate Center for focused information and sovereignty for the land and living relatives.
Clean up the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, including junk car removal, and trash in the communities. Create recycling areas and encourage...
