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Samish Indian Nation Tribal Profile

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Type
Tribal Profiles
Organization
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Samish Indian Nation
Description

"The Tribe is engaged in climate change mitigation (efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions) and adaptation (responding to current and future issues caused by a changing climate) from a local to a global scale, and everything in between. Locally, the Samish Council has committed to creating a climate resilient community and reducing the Tribe’s carbon footprint through energy efficiency and renewable energy development."

Geography
Washington
San Juan Archipelago
Website
http://www7.nau.edu/itep/main/tcc/Tribes/pn_samish

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