Tribal and Indigenous Land Access and Return Series Part II: Cultural Respect Easements
June 24, 2026 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT / 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
Partnerships for Indigenous Land Access and Return: A Summary of Legal and Relational Pathways provides a summary of the various approaches that land trusts and Indigenous tribes and communities can leverage for land access and return. This two-part webinar series will highlight best practices and reflections from the report authors, and will dive deep into partnership examples from two different regions.
Participants are encouraged to review the following resources ahead of or following the webinars to complement the information that will be shared by presenters:
Join Lisa Wilson, Dr. Diana Ruiz and Forrest King-Cortes, the co-authors of Partnerships for Land Access and Return: A Summary of Legal and Relational Pathways to learn about the key considerations and a spectrum of approaches for land trusts and Tribes or Indigenous communities who are seeking to work in partnership on land access. Dr. Ruiz will introduce cultural respect easements as a tool for ensuring long term access to land for Tribes and Indigenous communities and provide examples of how the Native Land Conservancy is working with partners to put these agreements into place.
Learning objectives:
Introduce high level considerations for partners seeking to facilitate land access.
Introduce cultural respect easements as a tool to facilitate long-term access.
Compare and contrast cultural respect easements with traditional conservation easements.
Dive deep into examples of how cultural respect easements are developed between partners.
Presenters:
Lisa Wilson, Old Growth Solutions
Dr. Diana Ruiz, Native Land Conservancy
