The Tribal Marine Stewards Network is an alliance of Tribal Nations working collaboratively to protect and restore our coastal and marine ecosystems. By restoring our ecological resilience, we build economic, community, and cultural resilience for today and future generations.
As Indigenous Peoples, we exercise our inherent rights, responsibilities, and obligations to steward our ancestral territories and to continue to practice cultural life ways. The Tribal Marine Stewards Network aims to return management of our ocean and coastal territories to California Tribes and to ensure Indigenous Knowledge drives decision-making, resulting in healthy and viable communities and ecosystems for future generations.
We support the autonomy, authority, and capacity building of our member Tribes to manage ocean and coastal marine resources and ecosystems. We work collaboratively with one another – and with state agency and nongovernmental supporters – to develop Tribally-led initiatives that build ecological, community, and cultural resilience, and return management responsibilities to California Tribes in perpetuity.
Founding
Member Tribes
Miles of Coastline within Ancestral Territories
Tribally-led Initiatives
The Tribal Marine Stewards Network Leadership Council provides oversight for Network initiatives and helps facilitate partnerships between the Tribes and other strategic partners. These leaders are committed to helping direct the Network as it grows.
Our efforts are aided by a wide range of supporters, including state agencies, NGOs, and intertribal organizations. Supporters work alongside the Tribal Marine Stewards Network member Tribes to advance monitoring and cultural education projects, identify stable funding, and advocate broadly for Indigenous stewardship in California.
California Indian Environmental Alliance
