Tribal Profile: Native Youth Community Adaptation and Leadership Congress

Type
Tribal Profiles
Literature
Publication
Marks-Marino, D. (2019) Native Youth Community Adaptation and Leadership Congress. Climate Change Program, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Northern Arizona University. Available at: www7.nau.edu/itep/main/tcc/Tribes/ntnl_NYCALC
Year Published
2019
Organization
ITEP
Description

Held at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center in West Virginia, the Congress is a week long interactive conference, attended by a diverse mix of Native American students. It is designed to reach out to emerging leaders in tribal nations and communities, and provide a setting where they can learn about climate change and other environmental issues, and how these issues affect them, their own communities, and neighboring communities.

Geography
Contact Information
Nikki Cooley, Co-Manager, 928/523-7046, Nikki.Cooley@nau.edu; Karen Cozzetto, Co-Manager,928/523-6758, Karen.Cozzetto@nau.edu