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Five tribes,
one vision for the future

UNITED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

The Upper Columbia United Tribes ensure a healthy future for the benefit of all by protecting and enhancing the traditional territorial lands of our ancestors. Through the collaboration of five area tribes, we take a proactive, collaborative, and science-based approach to promoting fish, water, wildlife, diverse habitat, and Indian culture in the Northwest.

Image: Aerial view of Lake Coeur D'Alene
Credit: Coeur D'Alene Tribe
Five tribes,
one vision for the future

UNITED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

The Upper Columbia United Tribes ensure a healthy future for the benefit of all by protecting and enhancing the traditional territorial lands of our ancestors. Through the collaboration of five area tribes, we take a proactive, collaborative, and science-based approach to promoting fish, water, wildlife, diverse habitat, and Indian culture in the Northwest.

Image: Columbia River
Credit: Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Five tribes,
one vision for the future

UNITED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

The Upper Columbia United Tribes ensure a healthy future for the benefit of all by protecting and enhancing the traditional territorial lands of our ancestors. Through the collaboration of five area tribes, we take a proactive, collaborative, and science-based approach to promoting fish, water, wildlife, diverse habitat, and Indian culture in the Northwest.

Image: Section of rapids on the Kootenai River
Credit: Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
Five tribes,
one vision for the future

UNITED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

The Upper Columbia United Tribes ensure a healthy future for the benefit of all by protecting and enhancing the traditional territorial lands of our ancestors. Through the collaboration of five area tribes, we take a proactive, collaborative, and science-based approach to promoting fish, water, wildlife, diverse habitat, and Indian culture in the Northwest.

Image: Lumber pilings on the Pend Oreille River
Credit: Kalispel Tribe of Indians
Five tribes,
one vision for the future

UNITED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

The Upper Columbia United Tribes ensure a healthy future for the benefit of all by protecting and enhancing the traditional territorial lands of our ancestors. Through the collaboration of five area tribes, we take a proactive, collaborative, and science-based approach to promoting fish, water, wildlife, diverse habitat, and Indian culture in the Northwest.

Image: Confluence of Spokane and Columbia Rivers
Credit: Spokane Tribe of Indians

PROTECTING THE LAND AND INVESTING IN THE FUTURE

FISH

Resident and anadromous fish were once abundant throughout the region. They provided spiritual, nutritional and cultural needs and served as a critical component to a healthy ecosystem. We work to reintroduce these native species back into the Upper Columbia River Basin.

WATER

Our territories feature river habitat like the Kootenai River, the Spokane River, Priest Lake, Lake Coeur d'Alene, and Lake Pend Oreille, and the great Columbia River. We insist ecosystem function and fish passage be included as an essential element of Columbia River Treaty.

WILDLIFE

We aim to restore wildlife habitat on tribal lands through the rehabilitation, protection and maintenance of crucial wildlife corridors and ways of life.

HABITAT

Our territories feature unique and stunning landscape including forested mountains, grass-covered hills, and rivers and watersheds. We work to restore habitat on tribal lands.

CULTURE

We promote culture by sharing our knowledge, preserving our sacred practices and protecting the traditional lands of our ancestors.

OUR VISION IN ACTION

Request for Proposals – United Tribes Wildlife Monitoring and Evaluation Program

We are requesting proposals for two projects related to our United Tribes Wildlife Monitoring and Evaluation Program (UWMEP). The objective of UWMEP is to conduct wildlife and habitat monitoring to assess the effectiveness of restoration activities across ownerships of our five member tribes in northeastern Washington and northern Idaho. Click to download the following UWMEP […]

Habitat, Wildlife

Request for Proposals – United Tribes Wildlife Monitoring and Evaluation Program

Habitat, Wildlife

Columbia River Treaty

Culture, Fish, Habitat, Water, Wildlife

Restoring Salmon into the Upper Columbia River Basin

Fish

United by Water

Culture, Fish, Water

The Value of Natural Capital in the Columbia River Basin

Culture, Fish, Habitat, Water, Wildlife

Answering the Call: UCUT Canoes Arrive at Standing Rock

Culture, Water

Climate Change Workshop

Habitat

Protecting Lake Coeur d’Alene

Culture, Habitat, Water

Coeur d’Alene Tribe Forest Carnivore Survey

Habitat, Wildlife

UCUT Video Gallery

Culture, Fish, Habitat, Water, Wildlife

Canoe Journey and Gathering at Kettle Falls

Culture, Fish, Habitat

Fish Reintroduction into the U.S. And Canadian Upper Columbia River

Fish, Water

Upper Columbia River Basin Fish Passage and Reintroduction Project – Phase 1

Fish, Water

Treaty Talks: A Journey up the Columbia River for People and Salmon

Culture, Fish, Water

Columbia River Listed among Most Endangered Rivers of 2015

Fish, Water

20 Year Report

Culture, Fish, Habitat, Water, Wildlife

United for the Benefit of All

Culture, Fish, Habitat, Water, Wildlife

Grand Coulee and the Forgotten Tribe

Culture, Fish

UCUT and Bonneville Power Administration Partnership

Fish, Habitat, Water, Wildlife

Tribal Salmon Management, Harvesting and Sharing

Fish, Water

Forests and Fish Report

Fish, Habitat, Water

Drumheller Springs Natural Park

Culture, Fish, Habitat, Water

Pow Wow and Community Outreach

Culture

OUR COMMUNITY

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Salmon are sacred to tribes and First Nations. The loss of salmon impacted our diets and health, lifestyles and culture. We weren’t consulted nor considered when salmon were blocked from our ... See more

We Are Salmon Nations For thousands of years, the UCUT were salmon nations and managers of salmon resources, and we still are today. Despite the blockage and extirpation of all salmon and steelhead ... See more

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For thousands of years, the Columbia River Basin relied on salmon as a keystone species that affected the health of humans, wildlife, other fish, habitat and water quality. Salmon are critical to a ... See more

The U.S. Columbia Basin Tribes, which includes UCUT, and Canadian First Nations of the Columbia River Basin have produced a paper that provides a much-needed proposal for restoring fish passage and ... See more

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Five tribes,one vision for the future

UNITED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

Five tribes,one vision for the future

UNITED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

Five tribes,one vision for the future

UNITED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

Five tribes,one vision for the future

UNITED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

Five tribes,one vision for the future

UNITED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

PROTECTING THE LAND AND INVESTING IN THE FUTURE

OUR VISION IN ACTION

Request for Proposals – United Tribes Wildlife Monitoring and Evaluation Program

OUR COMMUNITY

Five tribes,
one vision for the future

Five tribes,
one vision for the future

Five tribes,
one vision for the future

Five tribes,
one vision for the future

Five tribes,
one vision for the future