Sierra Nevada Tribal Summit 2026
Twyla Piatote
Sessions at the Sierra Nevada Tribal Summit 2026
Panel: Cultural Fire Stewardship More info coming soon
Monday, October 1910:00–11:00 amHardrock Live
Twyla PiatoteModeratorNez Perce
Dirk CharleyMono/Yokut
Saxon ThomasNisenan
Matthew MooreIndigenous Futures Society
Sadie HampshireNisenan | Washoe
Hon. Diana Almendariz
Panel: Nation Builders Cross-Panel Synthesis: Where Fire, Water & Story Meet
Monday, October 193:45–4:45 pmHardrock Live
Facilitated large-group synthesis; Nation Builder panel moderators report out; identifying shared commitments across all five themes
Autumn HarryModeratorNorthern Paiute
Noah WilliamsEastern Sierra Land Trust- Twyla PiatoteNez Perce
Haiwee FredericksNüümü, Newe, & Wá∙šiw (Paiute, Shoshone & Washoe)
Sage Loyema InnerarityNorthern Sierra Miwok
Aspen CarrilloYerington Paiute | Washoe
Biography
My family is Nez Perce from the Wallowas, but I grew up in California. I am an intern with IFS working on tribal-forestry co-management. I have been working with members of the IFS for several years now on different cultural burn projects and archeological surveys/workshops. I am in my last year as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley studying Indigenous Land Management and Community Health as well as Forestry.