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Steering Committee
The Food Sovereignty Lab is a space to facilitate research, but we are not doing this without Indigenous input that foregrounds Tribal autonomy and self-determination. This lab is about ensuring Indigenous sovereignty is upheld, and that Indigenous communities maintain self-determination over how their knowledges are approached, researched, engaged with, represented, and managed.
The FSL Steering Committee is the primary advisory committee for the planning, development, and realization of the Rou Dalagurr Food Sovereignty Lab and Traditional Ecological Knowledges Institute. The committee provides guidance and feedback on lab materials, policies, procedures and plans; helps to fundraise and assist with grant applications; provides and informs on best practices in food sovereignty, cultural workshops and Traditional Ecological Knowledges, and supports or helps to organize community events and community outreach opportunities. The Steering Committee is also working to provide insight and partnership building with other organizations, institutes, institutions and businesses interested in engaging with Food Sovereignty and TEK. We seek to maintain representation appointed by each of the tribal nations in Humboldt/Del Norte Counties. In addition, student representatives and representatives from Food Sovereignty focused tribal organizations.
Commitment
Seats are set aside for organizational representation, with indefinite terms. Organizations will assign a representative, which may change based on the needs and structure of each organization. Representatives may step down at any time, to be replaced by an alternate representative from their affiliated organization. There is no limit to the number of seats on the Steering Committee, and seats will fluctuate based on the number of affiliated organizations.
Schedule
Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month (excluding July, in which no meetings are held), 12 p.m. PST (Subject to change based on committee availability and majority consensus)
Steering Committee Members
Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy, Associate Professor, Native American Studies, Cal Poly Humboldt, Tribal Affiliation: Hoopa Valley Tribe (Yurok, Karuk)
Dr. Kaitlin Reed, Assistant Professor, Native American Studies, Cal Poly Humboldt, Tribal Affiliation: Yurok Tribe (Hupa, Oneida)
Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria
Bonnie Parker, Tribal Garden Coordinator
Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe
William Matsubu, Ph.D. (Environmental Director)
Hoopa Valley Tribe
Raven Wilder-Surber (Hoopa Valley Tribe, Planning Department), Tribal Affiliation: Hoopa Valley Tribe
Karuk Tribe
OliviaRose Williams (Pikyav K-12 Environmental Education Coordinator), Tribal Affiliation: Enrolled Fallon Paiute/Shoshone, Karuk, Pit River, Wintu
Resighini Rancheria
Fawn Murphy (Tribal Chair for Resighini Rancheria), Tribal Affiliation: Resighini Rancheria
Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation
Elena Sisneros, Habitat & Wildlife Division Manager
Roman Worthey, Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator
Trinidad Rancheria & Native Women’s Collective
Rachel Sundberg (Tribal Affiliation: Ner-er-ner (coastal Yurok)), enrolled member of the Trinidad Rancheria
Wiyot Tribe
Adam Canter, Natural Resources Specialist (Tribal Affiliation: Wiyot)
Yurok Tribe
Louisa McCovey, Director of the Yurok Tribe Environmental Department, (Tribal affiliation: Yurok)
Paula Aubrey (Food Sovereignty Program Manager), Tribal affiliation: Yurok Tribe
Aunties On The River Indigenous Doula Collective
Danielle Anderson-Reed (Director of Operations), Tribal Affiliation: Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma
Ruby Tuttle (Founding Executive Director), Tribal Affiliation: Yurok, Karuk, Yuki, and Concow Maidu
Centro Del Pueblo
Brenda Perez, Executive Director
NDN Collective
Dr. PennElys Droz (Tribal Affiliation: Anishinaabe)
United Indian Health Service
Jude Marshall, Community Food Garden, (Tribal Affiliation: Hoopa Valley Tribe)
US Forest Service
Dr. Frank Lake, Research Ecologist (Tribal Affiliation: Karuk Descendant)
Katie Koscielak, Sustainability Analyst
Dr. Sarah Ray, Department Chair, Environmental Studies
Dr. Daniel Lipe, Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Management (Tribal Affiliation: Western Band Cherokee)
Dr. Aaron Gregory, Assistant Professor, Native American Studies Department, Environmental Resources Engineering (Faculty Affiliate)
Dr. Cinthya Ammerman Muñoz, Assistant Professor, Native American Studies
Undergraduate Student: vacant
Graduate Student: vacant
Founding Cohort:
Carrie Tully, M.A. Social Sciences, Environment and Community Alumna, Save California Salmon
Cody Henrikson, Undergraduate Student, Cal Poly Humboldt (Tribal Affiliation: Ninilchik Village Tribe (Dena’ina and Sugpiaq))
Evie Ferreira, HSU Alum, American Indian Child Resource Center (Ancestral Heritage: Yaqui, Mestiza Mexican American)
Marlene' Dusek, M.A. Social Sciences, Environment and Community Alumnus (Tribal Affiliation: Payómkawichum, Kúupangawish, and Kumeyaay)
(organizational affiliation during time period served)
Yurok Tribe
Taylor Thompson, Food Sovereignty Division Manager Yurok Tribe, (Tribal Affiliation: Cherokee Nation)
Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe
Jason Ramos, Blue Lake Rancheria Tribal Council, (Tribal Affiliation: Blue Lake Rancheria)
Undergraduate Student
Kim Megois, Undergraduate Student, HSU
Graduate Student
Moxie Alvarnaz, Graduate Student, Environment and Community, HSU