Intertribal Timber Council

🔥 Speaker Spotlight: Augusta Rattling Hawk

Augusta Rattling Hawk is a Technical Service Provider for the Intertribal Buffalo Council and an Oglala Lakota environmental scientist from Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. Their work centers on ecological land restoration, buffalo and grassland restoration, and applying Traditional Ecological Knowledge to sustainable land stewardship.

✨ Join us at the 49th Annual National Indian Timber Symposium in Keshena, WI to hear Augusta as one of many speakers contributing to the workshop Building Partnerships in Fire Management. Drawing from years of experience in Tribal ecological restoration and community-based work, Augusta brings a unique perspective on relationship-building, sustainability, and cross-cultural collaboration in natural resource management.

🗓 Thursday, June 11 | 10:45 AM – 4:15 PM
🔥 Workshop 2: Building Partnerships in Fire Management

This workshop will explore the opportunities and challenges of collaborative fire management, emphasizing the growing importance of working with non-traditional partners to address emerging wildfire and workforce challenges.

Across Indian Country, Tribal forestry programs are managing lands that create healthier forests, greater plant diversity, and stronger resources for communities—often with far less funding than federal agencies. As Jennifer Bryant, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Cultural Resources Program Director, shares her experience gathering medicines on tribal lands compared to BLM managed land.🌲

🌲 Did you know?

Over the last five years, tribal communities have planted more than 35 million trees across 112,000 acres—an incredible effort that reflects our shared commitment to healthy, resilient forests. 🌿

From roots to canopy, tribal stewardship ensures forests are living, breathing ecosystems that support life far beyond the trees themselves.🌿