About Us

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About Northeast indigenous climate resilience network (NICRN)

The Northeast Indigenous Climate Resilience Network (NICRN) is a network that engages many Tribes, inter-Tribal organizations, and scientific partners who generously support this work, including the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) at the College of Menominee Nation (CMN), Department of Interior's Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (NE CASC), Sustainable Climate Risk Management (SCRiM), Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments Center (GLISA) and the Timnick Chair and National Science Foundation funded programming at Michigan State University (MSU).  A more detailed list can be found under our partners page.

Geographical Scope – The “Northeast,” includes the Great Lakes and the Northeastern coastal regions, and is home to numerous Tribal Nations such as the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, the Haudenosaunee Nations in New York and the Meskwaki Nation in Iowa, and extends to the Atlantic coast, including at the southeastern end the Pamunkey Indian Tribe and on the northeastern end the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Passamaquoddy Tribe and Penobscot Tribe. The “Northeast,” includes the states of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, Missouri, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.