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Tribal Table
Indigenous Leadership in the Redwood Region
The Redwood Region is home to 33+ Tribes and Tribal Nations, both federally and non-federally recognized. The Tribal Table brings many of these leaders together alongside Tribally-led organizations and businesses: to set shared priorities, support and build projects together, and connect Tribal communities to the resources and support needed to carry them out.
What We Believe
Culture and economic development are not separate. For Tribal communities, a strong economy grows out of a strong culture: language, land and water stewardship, traditional knowledge, and community wellbeing are the foundation that healthy jobs, businesses, and leadership are built on. The Tribal Table of Redwood Region RISE works from that premise: investing in culture is investing in the region's economic future.
Our Priorities:
Build a clear, lasting structure — with defined roles, decision-making authority, and cultural protocols — so the Table can keep speaking for Tribal priorities, now and in the future.
Create a regional network where young Indigenous people are mentored, paid for their work, and given real decision-making power.
Support cultural practitioners, artists, food systems, land and water stewardship, and language revitalization as legitimate paths to jobs, income, and community wealth.
Build clear pathways so Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Tribal individuals know how to locate grants and loans and apply for them, including mentoring, business advising, and other forms of support so investment turns into tangible results for Tribal communities.
Keep clear records, track outcomes, and build a multi-year funding plan so Tribal priorities stay central to regional decisions long-term.
Where The Table Is Headed
Launched in 2023, the RRRISE Tribal Table is the first regional Tribal body of its kind in this region. Since its inception, the Table has grown from a space for Tribal leaders to connect, share information, and set priorities, into a body actively taking on bigger, shared work: supporting Tribal-led projects across the region and organizing the distinctively regional Tribal Table Gathering, held in July 2026 alongside the Big Valley Tule Boat Festival. That work has also made clear what a regional Tribal Table needs to grow — a lasting governance structure, dependable support, and a clear focus on what this regional body of Tribal members is uniquely positioned to do together: sustain and expand relationships across the region, coordinate access to funding, and carry Tribal priorities into regional decisions with a collective voice no single Tribe or organization can bring on its own.
Join the Tribal Table
Are you interested in joining Redwood Region RISE's Tribal Table? Reach out to Tribal Table consultant Lorna McLeod (Lorna@makepeacewithmoney.com) with Northern California Indian Development Council (NCIDC) to get connected. We'd love to have you on board!
Become a Tribal Voting Member
All 33+ Tribes (federally and non-federally recognized) are invited to join Redwood Region RISE's Voting Member Block, a regional, community-endorsed steering body that brings together leaders from across the Redwood Region to shape and implement regional strategies and investment.
Tribal Table Meeting Details
When: First Thursday of each month
Time: 10:00-11:15 a.m.
Platform: Zoom (occasionally the Tribal Table meets in person)
Interested in joining? Contact lorna@makepeacewithmoney.com for more information
More About RRRISE
Learn about our regional governance model, the history behind our Collaborative, and more.