Native American Fiber Program

NAFP Youtube Channel 2024 Edition

December 24' NAFP Zoom Webinar

Priscella Camacho

Paiute and Shoshone

NAFP Media & Communications Coordinator

November 24' NAFP Zoom Webinar

Rose Hammock

Pomo, Wailacki and Maidu, enrolled Round Valley Tribal Member.

Rose serves as the Community Relations Manager for Redbud Resource Group and Chairwoman for Tribal Youth Ambassadors for Tobacco Control Advisory Council.

October 24' NAFP Zoom Webinar

Mary Cruz

North Fork Mono

Mary Cruz is tribal member of the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California and an active member of the North Fork Mono Indians Culture Committee.

September 24' NAFP Zoom Webinar

David White Thunder Trottier

Standing Rock Sioux & Turtle Mtn Chippewa

Chippewa Harvest CEO

August 24' NAFP Zoom Webinar

Fred Briones

(Big Valley Pomo) Healer Mission Round House,

Bear Doctor

CEO NAFP

CalRecycle SB 54 Advisory Board Member

July 24' NAFP Zoom Webinar

Joseph Sepsey

Nüma e Diné, a kimaaduu Payahuunadü Paiute and Diné, I come from the land of flowing water (Bishop,CA) Traditional Dancer, Basket Weaver and Youth Teacher.

Tribal Youth

June 24' NAFP Zoom

Mah’lon Rosie Donahue

A Yurok, Hupa, Karuk and Navajo woman raised in Hoopa, CA on the Hoopa Indian Reservation. She is a basket weaver and teaches gathering practices and weaving to several tribes within the Northern California region. Rosie assisted with the basket collection at College of the Redwoods in Eureka, CA where she gained further knowledge.

Yurok Tribal Administer & Traditional Basketweaver

May 24' NAFP Zoom

Charlene Redner

Nüma e Diné, a kimaaduu Payahuunadü Paiute and Diné, I come from the land of flowing water (Bishop,CA) Traditional Basket

Basketweaver and Teacher

April 24' NAFP Zoom

Kumu Micah Kamohoalii,

Cultural Chairman & Cultural Advisor - Waimea Hawaiian Homesteaders' Association
Executive Director, Hālau Nā Kīpuʻupuʻu
CEO, Kihikihinuiakea & Associates

March NAFP Zoom

Jennifer Malone,

Wuckchumni

VIce Chair Person of California Indian Basket Weaver's Association (CIBA) Wuckchumni Way of Basketry

February 24' NAFP Zoom

Featuring Jason Belcourt, President of Native American Fiber Program

Chippewa Cree Tribal Sustainability Coordinator

January 24' NAFP Zoom

Featuring Fred Briones, CEO of Native American Fiber Program

SB 54 Advisory Board Member - Disadvantaged, Rural and Low-Income Communities

Public Comment Needed - Plastics Monitoring Strategy

Public Comment Request: Include Tribal Communities in the OPC State Wide Plastics Monitoring Strategy

Recently, the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) released its draft Statewide Plastics Monitoring Strategy. This document outlines how California intends to monitor plastic and microplastic pollution moving forward. With a substantial portion of SB 54-related funding — funding that is justified in part by environmental justice principles and support for disadvantaged communities.

View Draft Here

Public Comment - Due March 11th

Tribes are not included in the plastic monitoring strategy plan. There is a significant amount of funding tied to the plan from SB 54, however tribes are not included. Not including Tribes is Generational Regulatory Trauma

The draft strategy is currently in a public comment period.

Please provide public comment by March 11 that says to include tribes in the plan.

Public comments can be submitted through the Ocean Protection Council website on the Plastics Monitoring Strategy.

Feel welcome to share and forward to your community, family and friends.

Click Here for the Form

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