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We Envision an oregon

… that (re)Indigenizes our relationship to place and environment. We see an end to colonial practices that extract, degrade, pollute, and monetize the environment for capitalistic gain. That builds green, restorative economies, fostering conditions in which all people experience the environment as healing and restorative. Oregonians have an unwavering commitment to inclusive land stewardship on behalf of future generations.

the pathway: environmental health →

… that prioritizes climate resilience in all state policies and practices. That disallows and disincentives any practice that accelerates or contributes to climate change. By (re)Indigenizing our relationships to place and environment, Oregon establishes anti-racist, community-driven, culturally responsive climate policy. We revise state incident and emergency management preparedness and response practices, mandating anti-racist policy and practice in all planning, response, and recovery efforts.

the pathway: Climate RESILIENCE →

… that repatriates public lands to Indigenous peoples. Under Indigenous leadership and in solidarity with Black peoples, Oregon’s official state policy shifts from land management to stewardship. We eradicate climate threats through the wise implementation of climate science and cultural wisdom, creating public lands that are healing, regrating, and resilient. Oregon’s residents and businesses establish relationship to the land, transforming interactions, policies, and practices to be in service to the land, water, plants, and wild animals’ inherent right to be wild and free of threat.

the pathway: Resource + Land Stewardship →

… where wildlands, public parks, and waterways are returned to Indigenous Stewardship. Our forests, parks, lakes, and rivers are accessible to all, regardless of income, ability, or race. Place names, interpretive installations, and publicly-funded scientific research reflects pre-colonial and contemporary Indigenous experiences, wisdom, and knowledge. Oregon is known as a state where it is safe for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, people with low income, and people with disabilities to have robust, rich, and restorative experiences outdoors.

the pathway: Outdoor Life →

Environmental Health

Develop Relational, Environmental Policy + Practice

Oregon shifts its practices and prioritization of resource stewardship, using Indigenous methodologies and wisdom to (re)build relational environmental policy and practice.

Strengthen Environmental Protections

Oregon strengthens and enforces laws and policies that protect the environment and people from known and unknown environmental harms.

(re)Indigenization of Relationships to Place + Environment

Oregon formally (re)establishes Indigenous science, wisdom, and cultural traditions as the primary methodology of environmental health. That develops reciprocity to the earth, her resources, and her living things.

Climate RESILIENCE

(re)Indigenization of Relationships to Place + Environment

Oregon formally (re)establishes Indigenous science, wisdom, and cultural traditions as the primary methodology of pro-climate, pro-environment policy and practice.

End Capitalist Exploitation of the Environment

Oregon shifts its relationship to the environment away from resource extraction and exploitation to resource preservation and regeneration.

Prioritize and Practice Racial Equity in Emergency Preparedness, Response + Recovery

Oregon embeds anti-racist, anti-oppressive policies and practices into all state and local incident and emergency preparedness, response, and recovery plans.

"(RE)INDIGINIZE" on top of a yellow square with a pink dotted circle.

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Outdoor Life

(re)Indigenization of Relationships to Place + Environment

Oregon formally (re)establishes Indigenous science, wisdom, and cultural traditions to shift relationships to outdoor life and outdoor experiences. Our wild, suburban, urban, and rural environments are healing, diverse, inclusive, and designed for optimal wellness of land, water, animals, and human experience.

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End Policies and Practices that Create Unsafe + Exclusionary Conditions

Oregon creates cultures, systems, and practices that ensure all people are able to access wild places, parks, and landscapes. Indigenous people, Black people, Queer Folk/x, People with Disabilities, People of Color, and People with No or Low-Income are welcome, included, and culturally and physically safe from oppressive harm.

Indigenous Peoples Steward Public Lands, Water Ways + Parks

Oregon reestablishes Indigenous Stewardship of all state-owned and managed public lands, waterways, and parks.

Resource + Land Stewardship

(re)Indigenization of Relationships to Place + Environment

Oregon formally (re)establishes Indigenous science, wisdom, and cultural traditions to shift policy and practice to place our wild, suburban, urban, and rural environments within Indigenous Stewardship.

Truth, Reconciliation, Repair/ation

Oregon formally convenes a truth and reconciliation process to describe and heal from the impacts colonization, racism, and capitalism have inflicted on the planet and people. That begins by honoring State and Federal Treaty Rights among Oregon’s Indigenous governments and Tribes.