We are thrilled to announce that Amelia Marchand, who has been serving as the NW CASC Interim Senior Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison through the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI), has been appointed to a 4-year term on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) by President Biden! The ACHP is an independent, federal agency that promotes the economic, educational, environmental, sustainability and cultural values of historic preservation and advises the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy. Amelia joins ACHP as the Tribal Member representative and will serve as the Tribes & Indigenous Peoples Committee Chair.
Amelia is a citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington and has spent over 25 years working in the cultural and natural resource fields. In an ACHP press release, Amelia states “Over the years, I have worked in many different roles to document, protect, and perpetuate Indigenous Knowledges, cultural ecologies, and intangible cultural heritages in ways that honor unique protocols, worldviews, and values…Yet, I enter this role humbly, willing and able to learn from the great leadership and accomplishments of Chairman Reno Keoni Franklin and his predecessors, as well as the great leaders from my own family and diverse heritage, from all genders and lineages. I may be the first Indigenous woman to serve in the Tribal Member position and the second Indigenous woman to serve on the ACHP, but my ancestors are with me, and I will not be alone, or the last.”
Check out Amelia’s 2022 Faces of Adaptation interview to learn more about her background and the work she’s been doing through ATNI and NW CASC.