Working with Indigenous Lineal Descendants

River Management Roundtable
Aug. 8 | 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. ET

"Working with Indigenous Lineal Descendants" is an aspirational goal and a spectrum of unknown outcomes. As we meet and learn about our respective histories and incongruous contexts of land and river rights and use, we see opportunities to align our appreciation and activity, and we have a long way to go to realize that harmony. We will touch on fundamental disconnects and seek input from the audience based on the steps they have taken to develop allyship.

Ione I. Jones is a lineal descendant of the Original Peoples of Fishhook Bend, a place where Indigenous villages and communities once existed along upper, middle and lower parts on the Snake River. She is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakama Nation (YN) – specifically as WOW-YICK-MA NAH-KHEE-UM NU-SHWA, the People of the Lower Snake River Palouse. Her father’s family is from the Wind River reservation located in Fremont County of Wyoming State where the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone reside. She is an independent researcher, cultural programmer, and advocate studying the way modern systems impact Indian Country. Ione conducts much of this work in her role as president and executive director of KHIMSTONIK, a grassroot native-led nonprofit she co-created in 2022.

Please familiarize yourself with the historical context of the Lower Snake River Palouse. You can find out more about KHIMSTONIK and their work at their website.

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About RMS River Management Roundtables

Each month, the River Management Society hosts virtual conversations with professional river, greenway, and water trails leaders, planners, and managers whose community, region, state and federal river will benefit from the experiences of peer-to-peer sharing. Our goal is to facilitate an open forum to support your work managing rivers. We work together to tackle common issues by asking questions, sharing solutions and building comradery.