Wildlife Stewardship on Tribal Lands

Serra J. Hoagland (PUEBLO OF LAGUNA, NM), PhD, is the liaison officer for the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station at the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory in Montana. Hoagland is a member of the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, The Wildlife Society, and the Intertribal Timber Council. Steven Albert (RAMAH, NM) is an assistant director at the Institute for Bird Populations, a conservation science nonprofit, where he works on avian ecology initiatives in North America and Latin America. He was the Fish and Wildlife Department Director and Chief Conservation Law Enforcement Officer at the Pueblo of Zuni, where he helped develop the nation's first tribal eagle aviary and a program of sacred spring and wetland restoration.

• Introduction, by Serra J. Hoagland and Steven AlbertPart I: Background, Policy Issues1. Diversity of Tribal fish and wildlife programs., by Julie Thorstenson2. History of the Native American Fish & Wildlife Society., by Nathan Jim, Gerald Cobell, Ron Skates, John Antonio, Sally Carufel Williams, Douglas W. Dompier, Ken Poynter, Tamra Jones, Mathis Quintana, Samuel Chischilly, Jovon Jojola, Ashley Carlisle, Julie Thorstenson, Sally Carufel-Williams, and Arthur Blazer3. Connecting people, science, and culture: an interview with Scott Aiken, Native American Programs Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service., by Scott Aikin4. Who Stands for the River?, by Winona LaDukePart II: Legal Issues5. Tribal consultation: toward meaningful collaboration with the federal government., by Michael Blumm and Lizzy Pennock6. Tribal water rights: a primer, by Vanessa L. Ray-Hodge and Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely7. The role of inter-tribal and state-tribal agreements and joint projects in managing and conserving fish resources., by Bethany Berger8. State regulation and enforcing usufructuary treaty rights., by Guy Charlton9. The ESA, trust responsibility, and tribal sovereignty., by Steven Albert and Riley Plumer10. Sinixt hunting: A test of tribal sovereignty, by E. Richard Hart and Cody Desautel11. We Always Knew; Wetlands (poems)., by nila northSunPart III: Resource Use, Protection, and Management 12. The Indigenous Sentinel Network: community-based monitoring to enhance food security., by Lauren Divine, Bruce Robson, Christopher Tran, Paul I. Melovidov, and Aaron P. Lestenkof13. The Indigenous Guardians Network for Southeast Alaska., by Michael I. Goldstein, Aaron Poe, Raymond E. Paddock III, and Bob Christensen14. Glyph (poem)., by Kimberly Blaeser15. Endangered leopard frog and tundra swan management., by Kari Eneas, Dale Becker, and Arthur M. Soukkala16. Management of migratory birds and subsistence use., by Patty Schwalenberg, Liliana Naves, Lara Mengak, James Fall, Thomas C. Rothe, Todd Sformo, Julian J. Fischer, and David E. Safine17. Research with Tribes: A suggested framework for the co-production of knowledge., by Caleb Hickman, Julie Thorstenson, Ashley Carlisle, Serra J. Hoagland, and Steven Albert18. Thoughts of an Ojibwe Poet on Wildlife Management., by Marcie Rendon19. The Navajo Nation wildlife management (Interview)., by Gloria Tom20. Shash (short story)., by Ramona Emerson21. A model for stewardship: The Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Wildlife Department., by Shaun Grassel22. Reclaiming ancestral lands and relationships to the plants and animals: an interview with Chief James Floyd., by James R. Floyd and Janisse Ray23. Using fire to promote wildlife habitat and first foods (Interview)., by Vern Northrup24. Partnerships Are the Key to Conservation for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, by Mitzi Reed25. Burmese Python Impacts and Management on the Miccosukee Reservation, Florida., by Craig van der Heiden and William Osceola26. So Many Things That Humble Me., by John Sewell27. Swamp boy's pet and field guide (memoir)., by Chip Livingston28. Weaving a Cherokee future., by Andrea Rogers29. The Lakota traditional stewardship model., by Richard T. Sherman and Michael Brydge30. The Making and Unmaking of an Indigenous Desert Oasis and Its Avifauna: Historic Declines in Quitobaquito Birds as A Result in Shifts from O'odham Stewardship to Federal Agency Management., by Gary Paul Nabhan, Lorraine Marquez Eiler, Amadeo Rea, Eric Mellink, and Lawrence Stevens31. How Traditional Ecological Knowledge informs the field of conservation biology., by Sarah E. Rinkevich and Crystal (Ciisquq) Leonetti32. Yurok Traditional Ecological Knowledge as related to elk management and conservation., by Juliana Suzukawa, Seafha Ramos, and Tiana Williams-Claussen33. Elk and the Yurok People., by Seafha Ramos and James Gensaw Sr.34. Power Parade, by Serra J. Hoagland

Wildlife Stewardship on Tribal Lands serves as a resource on tribal wildlife management, for the education of the coming generation of wildlife experts, on how best to incorporate Native methods, and on how to work effectively with tribal stakeholders in wildlife management.—Conservation Biology