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\u201cNature is the most efficient and advanced technology that exists \u2013 nothing is more sophisticated than nature.\u201d — Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On February 9th<\/sup>, Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm of the Vuntut Gwich\u2019in First Nation in the Yukon Territory engaged in a 90-minute discussion<\/a> with Professor Kevin Turner, UW\u2019s 2020-21 Fulbright Canada Chair in Arctic Studies. The discussion looked at the environment as one of our most effective universities and nature as the most advanced technology ever designed.<\/p>\n

But the Arctic landscape is changing dramatically as a result of rising temperatures. In early May 2019 the UK was the first nation-state to declare a climate change emergency; later that month, the\u00a0Gwich\u2019in First Nation was the first Indigenous community to draft a similar declaration–Yeendoo Diinehdoo Ji\u2019heezrit Nits\u2019oo Ts\u2019o\u2019 Nan He\u2019aa<\/a>\u00a0(or After Our Time, How Will the World Be?).\u00a0Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>of the Vuntut Gwich\u2019in Government, the youngest person to hold the title, declared a climate change state of emergency.\u00a0 The declaration\u00a0calls on all levels of government to respect the traditional knowledge of Indigenous people, science and \u201cutilize all available powers, resources and abilities to coordinate and mobilize efforts\u201d to prevent temperatures from rising further.<\/p>\n

To the climate change emergency are added the issues now facing the Porcupine Caribou Herd particularly with the recent auctioning off of portion of the National Wildlife Refuge to oil developers. In addition to the impact this development will have on global warming, the Vuntut Gwich\u2019in community of Old Crow is located on the migratory path of the Porcupine Caribou. As a result, the caribou have played a key role in the economy and culture for thousands of years. However, for Tizya-Tramm, the hopeful part about these challenges is that they \u201ccall on the foundation of our great country of Canada\u2019s intention for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to become one nation together for all of our grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm was elected Chief of the Vuntut Gwich\u2019in First Nation in November of 2018 and took office January of 2019. According to a recent article in\u00a0UpHere\u00a0<\/em>today, at 32, Tizya-Tramm is a leading voice on how climate change is impacting the North. He travels the world hoping to inspire other Indigenous land and water protectors. \u201cHe is charismatic, and he is convincing. He is, as one Vuntut Gwich\u2019in citizen puts it, \u2018exactly what we need right now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the recorded conversation here:\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/Vhou96D83B4<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This five-part series was co-sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies; the Consulate General of Canada in Seattle; the World Affairs Council, Seattle; the Center for Global Studies in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at UW; the Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at UW; and the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cNature is the most efficient and advanced technology that exists \u2013 nothing is more sophisticated than nature.\u201d — Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm On February 9th, Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm of the Vuntut Gwich\u2019in First Nation in the Yukon Territory engaged in a 90-minute discussion with Professor Kevin Turner, UW\u2019s 2020-21 Fulbright Canada Chair in Arctic Studies. The<\/p>\n

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