Karuk Tribe

The mission of the Karuk Tribe is to promote the general welfare of all Karuk people, to establish equality and justice for the tribe, to restore and preserve Tribal traditions, customs, language and ancestral rights, and to secure for themselves and their descendants the power to exercise the inherent rights of self governance. The Tribe’s ancestral territory extends along the Klamath River through Northwestern California and into Southern Oregon. Today, the Tribe is located in Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. This grant supports the Tribe's Department of Natural Resources in its fundraising strategy and efforts. (Wildfire Initiative)

The Karuk Tribe is one of the largest tribes in California. The Tribe’s ancestral territory extends along the Klamath River through Northwestern California and into Southern Oregon. Today, the Tribe is located in Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. This grant supports the Tribe to organize an inclusive, intertribal convening to initiate collective discussion on how California Tribes wish to organize around forest and fire management issues. (Western Conservation Substrategy: Wildfire.)

The Karuk Tribe is one of the largest tribes in California. The Tribe’s ancestral territory extends along the Klamath River through Northwestern California and into Southern Oregon. Today, the Karuk Tribe is located in Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. This grant supports the Tribe’s Department of Natural Resources to develop and build momentum around wildfire resilience through coalition-building, capacity-building, Indigenous participation, and public awareness. (Substrategy: Wildfire)