Education & Outreach

UCUT Education & Outreach: Engaging Communities and Strengthening Environmental Stewardship in the Upper Columbia Basin

UCUT Education and Outreach Projects: Engaging Communities, Elevating Tribal Voices, and Promoting Environmental Stewardship Across the Upper Columbia Basin

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Education and outreach are essential to UCUT’s mission of protecting natural and cultural resources. Through community events, educational programs, media campaigns, and intertribal collaboration, we foster awareness, build public support, and empower future generations to care for the land and uphold tribal values.

Goals and Outcomes

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  • Educate the public about tribal history, environmental restoration, and cultural preservation

  • Engage youth and educators through school partnerships, curriculum development, and field programs

  • Promote awareness of tribal sovereignty and stewardship at the local, regional, and national levels

  • Provide accessible information through videos, publications, and digital outreach

  • Strengthen intertribal knowledge-sharing through events and collaborative trainings

View our Education & Outreach Projects

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SWIMM- Salmonids, Watersheds, Indigenous Mentoring, and Monitoring

SWIMM- Salmonids, Watersheds, Indigenous Mentoring, and Monitoring

In 2021, UCUT was contacted by EarthGen with the goal of co-developing a natural resources and tribally focused, high school, science-based curriculum. With support from the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, EarthGen and UCUT collaborated with local teachers, tribal knowledge holders, fisheries experts, and regional educators to develop SWIMM. In the summer …
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Upper Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction (CRTRLE) Project

Upper Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction (CRTRLE) Project

CRTRLE is a coordinated UCUT effort engaging the five-member Plateau Tribes to reduce toxic pollution from entering the waterways and ecosystems of the Upper Columbia Basin Watershed. The effort endeavors to recover the ability for tribal communities to connect to traditional foods, recreation, fisheries, plants and animals of the aboriginally occupied landscapes. The CRTRLE is working for the benefit of tribal residents, and all residents and communities living in the upper Columbia River Watershed.
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Want to see what else we’re doing across the Upper Columbia region? Browse all of our ongoing and completed projects.

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Meet the Tribes Behind the Work

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Our projects are made possible by the leadership and collaboration of five sovereign tribal nations. Learn more about the Member Tribes that make up UCUT and their connection to this land.

Discover The Tribes

Have a Question or Want to Learn More?

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