Tribal Water & Land Summit 2025

The Tribal Water & Land Summit is to bring together Tribal leaders, Native and non-native community leaders, as well as partners who share a common concern for our precious water and land resources. It is our shared responsibility to adapt and proactively respond to the effects of climate change by demanding an inclusive and reflective water and land management policy agenda. Time and time again, tribal prosperity has always benefited our neighbors and partners economically, socially, and culturally.

Chairman of the Chinook Indian Nation Tribal Council and Culture Committee. He works as a senior program officer at Seattle-based Inatai Foundation, a philanthropy “seeking to transform the balance of power to ensure equity and racial justice across Washington state and beyond.” Johnson is an artist and he’s also a Chinuk Wawa language teacher. Johnson was born in South Bend, Washington, and studied Art and Anthropology at the University of Washington and Central Washington University.

Currently serving as the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Board of Trustees Secretary, Brigham is a veteran of domestic and international salmon management that has left a lasting impression on Columbia Basin salmon policy. Brigham was one of the founding commissioners of CRITFC when it was formed in 1977. During her tenure at CRITFC, she has been instrumental in the implementation of the 1976 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Bonneville Power Administration and the tribes, the U.S. v. Oregon Columbia River Fish Management Plans, the Pacific Salmon Treaty, and the Northwest Power Act.

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ABOUT US

A project of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI), Changing Currents fosters intertribal collaboration and shared learning opportunities to develop, advance, and implement a shared water policy agenda in Northwest U.S. states. Changing Currents convenes important Intertribal & Native perspectives on water resource issues and builds connection to non-Native neighbors, Communities of Color, partners, and stakeholders that have shared concerns.

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