Learning Network Resources
The Alaska Tribal Resilience Learning Network Resource Page is a single location to access previous Learning Network Information Session recordings. On this page, we highlight several tools, references, and links that are useful for Alaska tribes and Indigenous communities working on climate change adaptation.
Tools and reports
The goal of the Looking Forward, Looking Back: Building Resilience Today workshop was to provide Alaska Tribal communities who are experiencing climate change with the information, support, and climate science to plan and adapt for uncertain futures.
The workshop was hosted by AK CASC and the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association. Five Tribes participated in two trainings and held local workshops that aimed to help these partnering communities craft sections of a climate adaptation plan.
Training Reports
The BRT training reports provide an overview of the objectives, design, and content of two trainings held during the BRT project.
Training Report One
Training Report Two
Community Reports
Kotlik Report
St. Michael Report
Kwigillingok Report
Illiamna Report
Quinhagak Report
The 
Learning Network webinars
Native Village of Unalakleet Drone Team: Developing Community Drone Capacity
April 20, 2022
The Native Village of Unalakleet is partnering with UAF and the Model Forest Policy Program to build a team of Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) pilots, drone pilots, in this Bering Strait hub community. These pilots are trained to conduct infrastructure inspections and emergency response actions in support of a local or regional crisis. Join the team to learn more about their journey, challenges, successes, and possible future for UAS in Tribal communities in the Norton Sound and beyond.
Presenters: John Henry (Native Village of Unalakleet - Deputy Director), Jessica Garron (AK CASC - Deputy Director), Margaret Hall (Model Forest Policy Program - Associate Director)
Developing Community Drone Capacity Presentation Slides
Indian Affairs - Using Geospatial Software in Indian Country
BIA Geospatial Training
Elevating Ancestral Practices: Tribal Wellness in Climate Adaptation Training Summary
March 16, 2022
This session reported on the training Elevating Ancestral Practices: Tribal Wellness in Climate Adaptation that highlighted the importance of including traditional practices as strategies to address climate impacts in order to promote strength, resilience and adaptation in tribal communities.
Presenters: Shasta Gaughen, LaVerne Demientieff, Meda DeWitt
Elevating Ancestral Practices: Tribal Wellness in Climate Adaptation Training Summary
Tribal Wellness Information Session Slides
Meda DeWitt Presentation Recording
Status of Tribes and Climate Change (STACC) Report
Planting the Seeds Handout
Tribal Climate Health Project
Swinomish Tribe (I-BRACE)
Pala Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
Pala Climate Change Adaptation Plan
AK TRLN Event: Indigenous Food Security and Observing Arctic Change
February 2, 2022
This information session highlighted the work of the Food Security Working Group (FSWG) hosted at the International Arctic Research Center that is supporting the development of a coordinated roadmap for Arctic observing that centers the perspectives of Arctic Indigenous Peoples.
Presenters: Craig Chythlook, Margaret Rudolf, and Victoria Buschman
FSWG Presentation Slides
FSWG Website
Arctic Council - PAME & CAFF
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
Convention on Biological Diversity
Indigenous Sentinals Network
SNAP Tools: Easy Access to Climate Data for Tribal Adaptation Planning
December 15, 2021
Tribal planning efforts require access to both traditional knowledge from years on the land, as well as projections of future change specific to areas of interest. Projections can often be both broad, and complex, but online tools from the Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning (SNAP) provide easy access to data for all audiences. Join presenters from SNAP and from community partners to learn about how these tools can be used, and where to go to learn more about them.
Presenters: Shayla Shaishnikof, Nancy Fresco, Mike DeLue
SNAP Presentation Slides
SNAP Tools
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Assessment Reports Archive
NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer
AK TRLN Berry Listening Session
December 9, 2021
The changing climate is influencing Alaska’s berries in many ways and many climate adaptation plans and risk assessments identify changes in berries as a concern. However, the observations of changes are often not shared broadly, and the scientific information on how berries are changing is hard to find. This interactive session included 1) a brief overview of some of the changes being observed in our berry species and 2) and an opportunity to discuss berry observations, concerns, and ideas important to your community.
This discussion is part of a series of listening sessions on berries hosted by the Alaska CASC Tribal Resilience Learning Network and Alaska’s Berry Future project aimed at identification of research gaps and priorities to support communities who are interested in berry resources.
Presenters: Katie Spellman, Christa Mulder
Tanana Chiefs Conference: Village and Regional Adaptation in ACTION
November 22, 2021
The Alaska Tribal Resilience Learning Network held a learning network event on Monday, November 22nd. Presenters from Tanana Chiefs Conference presented on their Tribal Climate Resilience grant, Mainstreaming Climate Change Resilience in Village Planning. The presentation also highlighted both village adaptation priorities and regional responses which support climate adaptation.
Presenters: Barrett Ristroph, Debra Lynne, Nathan Elswick
Learning Network Introduction Slides
Tanana Chiefs Conference: Mainstreaming Climate Change Resilience in Village Planning Slides
Welcome to the Alaska Tribal Resilience Learning Network
October 20, 2021
This session will be re-introducing the Alaska Tribal Resilience Learning Network (AK TRLN) as a resource for Alaska Native Tribes and Communities that have recently received their BIA Tribal Climate Resilience Program (TCRP) awards. We will provide an overview of TCRP awards, and provide a space for those new awardees to share stories and learn from each other. This session will help inform the AK TRLN of project needs to provide future sessions based on the feedback.
Learning Network Introduction Slides
Tribal Climate Resilience Program Award Summary Slides
Tribal Climate Adaptation Handbook
BIA Tribal Climate Listening Sessions
AK Tribal Conference on Environmental Management
Tlingit & Haida Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Another Climate Report: Responsibility, A Quick Guide and Accountability
September 23, 2021
Many of our AK Indigenous People express the responsibility to family, village and broader community in the values identified by our Elders. As leaders, this responsibility relates to accountability and action. In 2019, Youth and Elders at the AK Federation of Natives passed a resolution that clearly calls out our climate crisis and the need to act. More recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) and the Status of Tribes and Climate Change (STACC) Reports were released with some significant and key messages. In this webinar, senior climate scientist Dr. John Walsh highlighted a Quick Guide to Climate reports including their purpose, how they are created, some key messages for Alaska, and how they might be used with other information in climate change adaptation work. Indigenous climate activist and creative, Princess Daazhraii Johnson, explored our individual and collective responsibility to act and the need for leadership in all arenas of governance/government to be accountable to the messages in timely climate reports and act on behalf of our children and humanity as a whole.
This is a joint webinar between the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy and the Alaska Tribal Resilience Learning Network.
Presenters: Malinda Chase (Tribal Liaison), John Walsh (IARC senior climate scientist), Princess Daazhraii Johnson (Indigenous climate activist and creative)
Related Documents & Links
Another Climate Report Slides
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
State of the Climate Report
National Climate Assessment (NCA)
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) and report
The Status of Tribes and Climate Change Report (STACC)
Required Reading: Climate Justice, Adaptation and Investing in Indigenous Power (book)
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Can I Build Here?
May 19, 2021
In rural Alaska, planning decisions about housing involve individuals, local tribal and village corporation leadership, and regional housing authorities. This Information session will explore considerations for building on permafrost in a rapidly changing environment to inform decision-makers. It will preview how past landscape changes, due to permafrost thaw, can inform us about future conditions, and how this must influence where we decide to build, what kind of housing designs we should consider, and how to maintain our homes and infrastructure.
Presenters: Malinda Chase (Tribal Liaison), Bob Bolton (AK CASC permafrost researcher), Ilya Benesch (Cold Climate Housing Research Center)
Related Documents & Links
Introduction - Can I Build Here Slides
Permafrost Slides- Bob Bolton
Cold Climate Housing Research Center Slides
Working together for the next generation
April 21, 2021
This session will focus on the significance of proactively including formal and informal learning opportunities for youth in tribal adaptation plans. This session will highlight several education opportunities that aim to build and support Indigenous youth leaders in climate adaptation and stewardship action.
Presenters: Katie Spellman (Assistant Professor in Education and Outreach, International Arctic Research Center), Roben Itchoak (Middle School Teacher, Shishmaref School, Iñupiaq raised at Siqnasuaq (Nome); Mary's Igloo tribal member), Christi Buffington (Science Education Specialist, International Arctic Research Center), Jennifer Hill (Native Youth Community Adaptation and Leadership Congress Coordinator National Conservation Training Center)
Related Documents & Links
Introduction - Working Together for the Next Generation Slides
IARC Education and Science Opportunities for Children and Youth Slides
Native Youth Community Adaptation and Leadership Congress Slides
Youth Leadership Learning Opportunities across the Nation Slides
Dirty Snow in Shishmaref Slides
Affiliated Tribes of NW Indians Website
Understanding the Difference Between a Desktop Report, Vulnerability Assessment, and Risk Assessment
March 18, 2021
In the last Pre-TRP Application session, panelists provided overviews and examples of desktop reports, vulnerability assessments, and risk assessments and discuss how these documents are used in the climate adaptation planning process.
Presenters: AlexAnna Salmon (Igiugig Village Council), Nancy Fresco (Scenarios Network for Alaska & Arctic Planning), Jeremy Littell (USGS/ Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center), Jacquelyn Overbeck (Alaska Division of Geological & Geographic Surveys Coastal Hazards Program)
Related Documents & Links
Understanding Adaptation Planning Documents Introduction Slides
Vulnerability Assessment Slides
Igiugig Desktop Report Slides
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Slides
Igiugig Climate Change Assessment
Community flooding, erosion, and permafrost risk assessment status
Language in Climate Change Planning
March 17, 2021
In this session, panelists discuss terms used in climate change adaptation planning that will be helpful when preparing a TRP proposal.
Presenters: Jerilyn Kelly (Mayor of Quinhagak), Nikki Cooley (Diné, Co-Manager Tribes and Climate Change Program), Kristin Timm (Social Scientist, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science
Center)
Related Documents & Links
Language in Climate Change Planning Introduction Slides
Language in Climate Change Planning Presenter Slides
Highlighting examples of what the Tribal Resilience Program, (TRP) has funded in the past
March 10, 2021
In this session, panelists shared their projects and planning approaches for addressing climate change utilizing the Tribal Resilience Program funding opportunity.
Presenters: Philomena Keyes (Kotlik Tribal Resilience Coordinator), Raymond Paddock (Tlingit & Haida Environmental Coordinator)
Related Documents & Links
Introduction to the Tribal Resilience Learning Network Slides
Kotlik Presentation (Philomena Keyes)
Tlingit & Haida Presentation (Raymond Paddock)
Tlingit & Haida Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Tlingit & Haida Climate Adaptation Plan Template