#NativeAmericaCalling - Tribes remain excluded from some major #water policy decisions
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
" Tribes remain excluded from some major water policy decisions
Across the country, tribes are coming up against resistance to having their voices heard on issues involving water.
In #California, tribes say they feel betrayed by Gov. #GavinNewsom ’s vetoes of legislation that would have given the tribes more say in access to the state’s dwindling surface water supply. The #Karuk Tribe and the #ShingleSpringsBand of #Miwok Indians were instrumental in drafting the legislation.
Meanwhile, over on the East Coast, tribes just pulled out of a coalition planning a clean-up strategy for the #ChesapeakeBay. After a year of negotiation, the tribes say the other regional elected leaders refused to give them equal status in the clean-up talks.
Also, hear from attorney #FatimaAbbas , the first director to lead the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Tribal and Native Affairs, which aims to streamline tribes’ access to federal funding and economic development.
Guests on Native America Calling
Russell 'Buster' Attebery (Karuk), Chairman of the Karuk Tribe in California
Frankie Myers (Yurok), CEO and co-founder of Fix the World Consulting and former vice chairman of the #Yurok Tribe in California
Fatima Abbas ( #HaliwaSaponi ), attorney and former director of U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Tribal and Native Affairs
Melissa Ann Ehrenreich, executive director of the #IndigenousConservationCouncil "
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