Tribal Community Survey

The Tribal Youth Ambassadors (TYA) of the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (CIMCC) are currently working on a policy research project that aims to help direct policy research on the issue and the development of policy options that aim to increase stewardship activities and cultural revitalization efforts by Native American community members. The goal of this project is to determine community based needs for accessing places where traditional foods and cultural resources exist throughout Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake Counties. Please assist the Tribal Youth Ambassadors (TYA) efforts in this project that aims to support cultural revitalization efforts. Please support this effort by filling out the following survey. Your answers will help the TYA direct policy research towards increasing access to cultural and food resources in our local tribal communities. Respondents that complete the survey will be entered in a drawing for a basket of Indigenous food items. 
 
Ma Pʰidin: Protecting Our Ground is a project of the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center’s (CIMCC) Tribal Youth Ambassador Program and is funded by The Fertile Ground Advocacy Campaign Fund of the First Nations Development Institute.
 
The purpose of this survey is to determine community based needs for accessing places where traditional foods and cultural resources exist throughout Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake Counties. Your responses will help direct policy research on the issue and the development of policy options that aim to increase stewardship activities and cultural revitalization efforts by Native American community members. Ma Pʰidin: Protecting Our Ground is a project of the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center’s (CIMCC) Tribal Youth Ambassador Program and is funded by The Fertile Ground Advocacy Campaign Fund of the First Nations Development Institute. Respondents will be entered into a raffle for a basket of Indigenous food items.

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* 1. Section I: Contact Information (OPTIONAL)
Gender

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* 2. First Name

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* 3. Last Name

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* 4. Age:

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* 5. Mailing Address

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* 6. City, State, and Zip Code

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* 7. Email

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* 8. Phone

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* 9. Tribal Affiliation/Community

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* 10. Section II: Challenges and Opportunities
What cultural and food resources do you currently gather?

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* 11. What types of lands do you currently gather from?

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* 12. What challenges do you experience conducting stewardship or gathering activities upon these lands (For example, does anyone attempt to prevent you from gathering?)

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* 13. Can you share a story about a park staff, volunteer, or private citizen who interrupted your gathering activities?

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* 14. What factors limit your abilities to gather and/or steward cultural resources? (Example: accessibility)

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* 15. What factors enhance your abilities to gather and/or steward cultural resources?

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* 16. What types of cultural and food resources are you unable to gather?

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* 17. What are your primary reasons you are unable to gather and/or steward these resources?

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* 18. Have you ever been prevented from gathering traditional foods and/or cultural resources on public land?

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* 19. Who prevented you and why?

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* 20. Have you ever received a warning or been fined for gathering traditional food and/or cultural resources?

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* 21. If applicable, how much was the fine?

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* 22. What kinds of misconceptions, if any, do you believe park and government agencies staff have about tribal cultural practices?

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* 23. Do you have any written agreement to gather traditional food and cultural resources on any lands?

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* 24. How did you obtain the agreement(s)?

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* 25. What does the agreement(s) allow you to do on the lands?

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* 26. Do you obtain a permit to gather traditional food and cultural resources on public lands?

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* 27. If yes,what agency issues the permit and what is required of you by the permit process?

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* 28. What type of tribal identification is required?

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* 29. How long does is take to obtain the permit?

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* 30. How can the permit processes be changed to support traditional food and cultural resource gathering and stewardship?

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* 31. How can park land management practices be changed to support traditional food and cultural resource gathering and stewardship?

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* 32. Are you concerned about the use of pesticides or about pollutants around your traditional gathering sites?

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* 33. Do you know about and use any informational or other resources to determine if/when pesticides have been used in or near your traditional gathering areas?

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* 34. What informational or other resources do you use?

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