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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;">March 7, White House Press Release</span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p><br>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;">[On March 7 the White House announced] a series of opportunities for Tribal Consultation and public engagement to discuss the White House’s
efforts to elevate Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) in Federal decision making. At the Biden-Harris Administration’s 2021 Tribal Nations Summit last November, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Council
on Environmental Quality (CEQ) </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2458"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/news-updates/2021/11/15/white-house-commits-to-elevating-indigenous-knowledge-in-federal-policy-decisions/" style="box-sizing:border-box;touch-action:manipulation;transition:all 0.2s ease 0s;text-underline-position:under;border-bottom:rgba(0, 100, 188, 0.25)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">issued</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> a
memorandum, </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2458"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2021/11/15/white-house-commits-to-elevating-indigenous-knowledge-in-federal-policy-decisions/" style="box-sizing:border-box;touch-action:manipulation;transition:all 0.2s ease 0s;text-underline-position:under;border-bottom:rgba(0, 100, 188, 0.25)"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">Indigenous
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Federal Decision Making</span></em></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;">, recognizing the importance of ITEK and committing to
elevating its role in Federal scientific and policy processes.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2458"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;">ITEK is a body of observations, oral and written knowledge, practices, and beliefs that promote environmental sustainability and the responsible
stewardship of natural resources through relationships between humans and environmental systems. It is applied to phenomena across biological, physical, cultural and spiritual systems. ITEK has evolved over millennia, continues to evolve, and includes insights
based on evidence acquired through direct contact with the environment and long-term experiences, as well as extensive observations, lessons, and skills passed from generation to generation.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2458"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;">Link to article: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/news-updates/2022/03/07/announcing-tribal-consultation-and-public-input-opportunities-on-indigenous-traditional-ecological-knowledge-in-federal-policy/</span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></p>
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