Yurok Tribe
For Enhancing Capacity Of The Yurok Tribe
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Amount$300,000
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Program
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Date Awarded9/22/2018
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Term24 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The Yurok Tribe is California’s largest Indian Tribe with nearly 5,000 enrolled members. The Yurok Tribe’s territory consists of all ancestral lands, specifically including, but not limited to, the Yurok Reservation’s lands, which currently extend from one mile on each side from the mouth of the Klamath River and upriver for a distance of 44 miles. The Tribe will use this grant funding to hire additional attorney staff, and support expert contract attorneys and scientists.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.yuroktribe.org
Address
190 Klamath Boulevard
P.O. Box 1027, Klamath, CA, 95548-1027, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Office of the Tribal Attorney
The Yurok Tribe is California’s largest Native American tribe, with nearly 5,000 enrolled members. The Yurok’s territory consists of all ancestral lands, specifically including, but not limited to, the Yurok Reservation’s lands, which currently extend from one mile on each side from the mouth of the Klamath River and upriver for a distance of 44 miles. The tribe will use this grant to support its Office of the Tribal Attorney to protect its environment and confront climate change, thereby providing for the health of Yurok people and culture. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
