Tribal Relations
The Tribal Relations Program promotes culturally grounded, long-term, positive relationships and decision-making processes through government-to-government engagement with Tribal governments and the urban American Indian / Alaska Native community. Through the Tribal Relations program, the City is set-up to have focused and long-term strategies to work through well-established relationships with tribal nations and improve programs and services to Native people living in Portland. The program affirms and strengthens the City’s commitment to American Indian / Alaska Native people and coordinates policymaking to ensure that there is access to opportunities for a high quality of life and continuation of cultural lifeways now and for future generations.
The Tribal Relations Program advises City bureaus and Council offices on outreach to, and interactions with, Tribal governments and the urban Indian community. Likewise, the program fields requests and inquires from Tribes and community members about engagement with the City.
For inquiries, please contact tribal.relations@portlandoregon.gov.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Week: May 3-8, 2020
Events centered around raising awareness about missing and murdered indigenous women.
- #MMIWPDX Awareness Fact Sheet
- #MMIW: A Primer on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
- May 4th | 6:00-7:00 PM - MMIW Advocacy Speaker Panel
- May 5th | 3:00-5:00 PM - Luhui Whitebear & Asa Wright in Conversation: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women's Day
- May 6th | 9:45 AM - City of Portland MMIW Awareness Day City Council Proclamation
- May 6th | 6:00-7:30 PM - Preventing Sex-Trafficking Speaker Panel
- May 7th | 12:00-1:30 PM - Educational Panel for Law Enforcement
- May 8th | 3:00-4:00 PM - Self Care: Yoga with Acosia Red Elk
- May 8th | 4:00-6:00 PM - Beading is Medicine Reflection: Showcase Your Work