1976: Our mission was to conserve and develop Indian forest resources for the benefit of Indian people.
2026: Same mission. Same values — partnership, perspective, justice.
50 years in, some things don't change. 🌲
#ITC50 #TribalForestry

ITC is presenting at #AISES2026 in Portland! 🌲
Join ITC VP Phil Rigdon for Scaling Sovereignty: The Timber Team’s Role in Modern Tribal Forest Management
🗓 Thu, Oct 15
🕐 1–1:45pm
📍 Room A106
A roadmap for students into Tribal forestry careers. #TribalForestry

For Mary Welch Thompson, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, weaving white oak baskets is a doorway back to the land, the culture, and the people. 🌿 #IndigenousBasketry #EasternBandCherokee #TribalForestry

For Apache people, the land has never been separate from language, song, ceremony, prayer, and traditional food.
When outside programs arrive with Western science alone, they leave out the elders who stewarded these lands for generations.
#ApacheNation #TribalForestry

A conversation worth watching: FSA and NRCS staffmwalking through how these programs actually work.

Watch the full "USDA NRCS and FSA Programs Webinar" — now on our YouTube channel, link in bio. 🌱

#TribalForestry #NRCS #IntertribalTimberCouncil #IndigenousStewardship

For generations, Indigenous communities stewarded forests as a web. When that stewardship was removed, the consequences followed. Governing from an Indigenous lens isn't just cultural — it's what the land has always responded to. 🕸️

#TribalForestry #TrustResponsibility

What would the next 50 years look like for Tribal forestry? 🌲

More funding. More agency over the land. More resources to steward it.
What do you want to see happen in 50 years? Tell us below 👇

#ITC50 #TribalForestry

🌳 Stay rooted with us.

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#BraidedCanopy #TribalForestry #TribalSovereignty

Working with NRCS doesn't have to feel like a maze. Here's the roadmap — swipe through.
Find your local NRCS office and everything else you need to get started — link in bio. 🌱

#BraidedCanopy #TribalForestry #NRCS #TribalGovernment

Trust takes time, and we know why. We're here for the long term — listening first, building plans around what you know your land needs. 🌱

#BraidedCanopy #TribalForestry