Federal Resources

• Multi-Agency Memorandum of Agreement to further the Native American Languages Act of 1990 by establishing new goals and programs that support the protection and preservation of Native languages spoken by federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American groups in the United States
• Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) BIA OSG ONRR and BLM – identifies some inherently federal functions (see Annex B) and functions that Tribal Nations can assume under a Tribal Energy Resource Agreement (TERA) (see Annex A)
• MOU Among Federal Agencies Regarding Protection of Indian Sacred Sites
• Department of Veterans Affairs/Indian Health Service MOU

• Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Region
  • BIA Fee-to-Trust Handbook May 2016
  • Understanding the Fee-to-Trust Process for Off-Reservation
  • Discretionary Trust Acquisitions 2015
  • Fee-To-Trust Process for On Reservation Discretionary Acquisitions 
• Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs – Federal Register Notice January 30, 2020 Volume 85, No. 20 
• Indian Affairs Manual
• FIT Quick Reference Guide
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Division of Real Estate Services

• Bureau of Indian Education Launches New Strategic Direction 2018-2023 ~ First strategic plan released by the BIE

2021 Bureau of Indian Education Justifications

• NIEA NYState Profile – Current status of Native Education
• NIEA FLState Profile – Current status of Native Education
• NIEA NIE Negotiated Rulemaking Overview
• NIEA BIE Negotiated Rulemaking Issue Brief on Standards
• NIEA NIE Negotiated Rulemaking Issue Brief on Assessments
• NIEA BIE Negotiated Rulemaking Issue Brief on Accountability
• NIEA BIE Negotiated Rulemaking Issue Brief on Tribal Waivers
• NIEA Summary of Major Provision of Section 1111 of the Every Student Succeeds Act

2024

• Tribal Self-Determination Authorities: Overview and Issues for Congress - November 6
• Federal-Tribal Consultation: Background and Issues for Congress - June 12

2023

• Tribal Co-management of Federal Lands: Overview and Selected Issues for Congress - May 18
• COVID-19 Relief Assistance to Small Businesses: Issues and Policy Options - March 1

2021

• COVID-19 Response: Broadband Funding for Tribes, Tribal Colleges and Universities, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian Health Service - March 30

2020

• COVID-19 and the Indian Health Service - May 20
• The CARES Act: Implications for Tribes - April 9
• COVID-19 Stimulus Assistance to Small Businesses: Issues and Policy Options - March 30
• Senior Nutrition Programs’ Response to COVID-19 - March 24

• Federal Funding for Native American Programs (Native American Crosscut)
  • Fiscal Year (FY) 2023
  • Fiscal Year (FY) 2022
  • Fiscal Year (FY) 2021
  • Fiscal Year (FY) 2020
  • Fiscal Year (FY) 2019
  • Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 (currently unavailable)
  • Fiscal Year (FY) 2017
  • Fiscal Year (FY) 2016
  • Fiscal Year (FY) 2015
• FY2022 Interior Budget in Brief
• Tribal-Interior Budget Council Information
• USET Federal Budget Process Animated Video

DOJ BJS Tribal Law Enforcement in the United States, 2018, July 2023

DOJ BJS Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2023, July 2023

DOJ OVW 2023 Update on the Status of Tribal Consultation Recommendations, August 2023

Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2022

• National Indian Education Study 2019 - American Indian and Alaska Native Students at Grades 4 and 8
• National Indian Educations Study - Setting the Context

• Indian Affairs: Additional Actions Needed to Address Long-standing Challenges with Workforce Capacity - November 13, 2024
• Tribal Energy: Federal Assistance to Support Microgrid Development - July 22, 2024
• Indian Health Service: Opportunities Exist to Improve Clinician Screening Adherence and Oversight - April 2024
• Indian Health Service: Many Federal Facilities Are in Fair or Poor Condition and Better Data Are Needed on Medical Equipment - November 2023
• Bureau of Indian Affairs Should Take Additional Steps to Improve Timely Delivery of Real Estate Services - October 2023
• COVID-19 Relief Funds: Lessons Learned Could Improve Future Distribution of Federal Emergency Relief to Tribal Recipients - December 2022
• Tribal Economic Development: Action is Needed to Better Understand the Extent of Federal Support - August 2022
• Broadband: National Strategy Needed to Guide Federal Efforts to Reduce Digital Divide - May 2022
• Tribal Funding: Actions Needed to Improve Information on Federal Funds That Benefit Native Americans - May 2022
• Indian Health Service: Relief Funding and Agency Response to COVID-19 Pandemic - March 2022
• Tribal Epidemiology Centers: HHS Actions Needed to Enhance Data Access - March 2022
• Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women: New Efforts Are Underway but Opportunities Exist to Improve the Federal Response - November 1, 2021
• COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Interior and Treasury's Administration of CARES Act Funds Could Improve Federal Emergency Relief to Tribes - October 2021
• Health Care Capsule: Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - September 2021
• Native American Cultural Resources: Improved Information Could Enhance Agencies’ Efforts to Analyze and respond to Risks of Theft and Damage – March 2021
• Indian Health Service: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Provider Misconduct and Substandard Performance – December 10, 2020
• Federal Response to COVID-19: Opportunities to Improve Federal Response and Recovery Efforts
• Bureau of Indian Education: Actions Needed to Improve Management of a Supplemental Education Program – April 10, 2020
• Indian Health Service: Facilities Reported Expanding Services Following Increases in Health Insurance Coverage and Collections – October 1, 2019
•  GAO update of ongoing and potential reviews focused entirely on Indian programs/ Indian Affairs/ IHS - August 2019
•  VA and Indian Health Service: Actions Needed to Strengthen Oversight and Coordination of Health Care for American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans
•  Tribal Consultation: Additional Federal Actions Needed for Infrastructure Projects
•  Public School Choice: Limited Options Available for Many American Indian and Alaska Native Students
•  EPA Should Improve the Reliability of Data on National Priorities List Sites Affecting Indian Tribes
•  Indian Programs: Interior Should Address Factors Hindering Tribal Administration of Federal Programs
•  Indian Health Service: Spending Levels and Characteristics of IHS and Three Other
•  Federal Health Care Programs
•  Tribal Broadband – FCC Should Undertake Efforts to Better Promote Tribal Access to Spectrum
•  Indian Health Service: Considerations Related to Providing Advance Appropriation Authority
•  Broadband Internet: FCC’s Data Overstate Access on Tribal Lands
•  Native American Youth: Involvement in Justice Systems and Information on Grants to Help Address Juvenile Delinquency
•  Indian Health Service: Agency Faces Ongoing Challenges Filling Provider Vacancies
•  Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure: Opportunities Exist to Enhance Federal Agency Needs Assessment and Coordination on Tribal Projects
•  Agencies Need to Continue Efforts to Address Management Weaknesses of Federal Programs Serving Indian Tribes
•  Implementation of the Major Disaster Declaration Process for Federally Recognized Tribes
•  Progress on many high risk areas, while substantial efforts needed on others
•  Federal Management challenges related to Indian Energy Resources
•  Actions needed to address serious weaknesses in Federal Management of programs serving Indian Tribes 589T
•  Actions needed to address serious weaknesses in Federal Management of programs serving Indian Tribes 587T

• Strategic Plan FY 2022–2026
• Office of the Inspector General
• December 2020 OIG Report: Incidence of Adverse Events in Indian Health Service Hospitals
• December 2020 OIG Report: Instances of IHS Labor and Delivery Care Not Following National Clinical Guidelines or Best Practices
• December 18, 2019 Report:  Indian Health Service Has Strengthened Patient Protection Policies but Must Fully Integrate Them Into Practice and Organizational Culture

HUD Section 184

• Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Resources for Tribal Communities
• Pathways Home: A Native Homeownership Guide – Manuals Available
• Tribal Leaders Handbook on Homeownership

Indian Health Service

• Indian Health Service Strategic Plan for Fiscal Year 2019-2023
• IHS 2016 CSC Policy Update

2022-2026 Strategic Plan

Treasury Action Plan to Improve Tribal Relations

• Native Governance Center Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgment
• Native Governance Center – BEYOND LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
• NATIVE LAND
  Website run by the nonprofit organization Native Land Digital — This is not an academic or professional survey of Indigenous territories, and the maps are constantly being refined from user input. These are meant more for the sake of helping people get interested and engaged.

Vacancies/Nominations

For upcoming meetings, please visit our calendar.

Workgroups/Taskforces

• Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC)
  • Regional Rep: Germain l. Smith, Shinnecock Indian Nation
  • Alternate: James Craig, III, Councilman, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
• American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association Board of Directors – Regional Rep: Darrell Waldron, Seacoke Wampanoag/Narragansett
• Amerind Board of Directors
  • Board Representative: Wendy Davis, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
  • Alternate: Janelle Sapiel, Passamaquoddy Tribe - Pleasant Point
• Association of Boards of Certification – Regional Rep: Vacant
• Attorney General Task Force AI/AN Children Exposed to Violence – Vacant
• BIA Contract Support Cost Workgroup
  • Regional Rep: Doug Weaver, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
• Bureau of Indian Education – Vacant
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Opioid Workgroup
• Centers for Disease Control/ATSDR Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee
  • Regional Rep: Brian Harris, Catawba Indian Nation
  • Alternate Regional Rep: Vacant
  • Technical Advisor: Vacant
• Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) Health Equity Workgroup (HEW) (CDC ACD HEW) – Vacant
• Center for Indian Country Development Leadership Council – Jean Swift, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
• Census Bureau National Advisory Committee – Vacant
• Climate Change Federal Advisory Committee – Vacant
• Centers of Medicaid and Medicare Services Tribal Technical Advisory Group
  • Regional Rep: Casey Cooper, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
  • Alternate: Dee Sabattus, Deputy Director, USET
  • Technical Advisor: Elliott Milhollin, Hobbs, Straus Dean and Walker
• Council for Native American Farming and Ranching – Regional Rep: Erin Parker, Assistant Director of the University of Arkansas School of Law Indigenous Food & Agriculture Initiative, Fayetteville, AR
• Department of Commerce National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee – Vacant
• Department of Energy Indian Country Energy and Infrastructure Working Group – Regional Rep: USET Member Tribal Nations: Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Seneca Nation of Indians.
• Department of Energy Regional Advisory Committee – Vacant
• Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee (ACA/IHCIA Resources)
  • Regional Rep: Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
  • Alternate: Sarah Harris, Vice-Chairwoman, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
  • Technical Advisor: Kitcki Carroll, USET
• Department of the Interior Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names
• Department of Justice Global Advisory Committee – Vacant
• Task Force on Research on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women (commonly referred to as the Section 904 task force) – Regional Rep: Chris Rutherford, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
• Department of Justice Tribal Nations Leadership Council (CHARTER)
  • Regional Rep: Sarah Harris, Vice Chairwoman, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
  • Technical Advisor: Liz Malerba, USET SPF
• Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Tribal Transportation Program Coordinating Committee (TTPCC)
  • Eastern Region Representatives:
    Barak Myers, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
    Brandon McIntyre, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
• Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs – Ricky D. Alex, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
• Eastern Regional Tribal Conservation Advisory Committee Regional Rep: Jerry Pardilla, USET
• EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) – Vacant
• EPA Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) – Regional Rep: Eric Thompson Tehoroniathe (Bright Sky), Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Nation
• EPA National Tribal Water Council
  • Michael Bolt, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (NTWC Vice Chair)
  • Daniel Kusnierz, Penobscot Indian Nation
  • Brian Patterson, Oneida Indian Nation
  • Shaun Livermore, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
• EPA Region IV Regional Tribal Operations Committee – Vacant
• Federal Communications Commission InterTribal Advisory Committee – Vacant
• Federal Communications Commission  Native Nations Broadband Taskforce – Vacant
• Federal Communications Commission Native Nations Communications Taskforce
  • Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah
  • Michael Conners, Sub Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
• Federal Employee Health Benefits Tribal Workgroup – Vacant
• Federal Emergency Management Agency National Advisory Council
• Federal Emergency Management Agency National Integration Center - National Mutual Aid System Strategic Plan Working Group – Vacant
• Federal Emergency Management Agency Tribal Emergency Mutual Aid Compact
• Federal Emergency Management Agency Youth Preparedness Council – Vacant
• First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) – Regional Rep: Willo Sylestine, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
• Forest Research Advisory Council – Vacant
• Haskell Board of Regents – Dalton J. Henry, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
• Health and Human Services Administration for Children & Families Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee – Vacant
• Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health Advisory Committee
  • Kirk Francis, Chief, Penobscot Nation
  • Alternate: Marlene Wakefield, Seneca Nation
• Health and Human Services Region IV Public Health Training Center – Advisory Board Vacant
• Health and Human Services Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee
  • Regional Rep: Crystal Williams, Vice Chairman, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
  • Alternate: Paulette Voiselle, Councilwoman Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
  • At-Large Alternate: Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah
  • Technical Advisor: Dee Sabattus, USET
• Health and Human Services Self-Governance Tribal Federal Workgroup – Vacant
• Health and Human Services Task Force on Substance Abuse
• Health Resource and Services Administration Tribal Advisory Committee
  • Regional Rep: Cyrus Ben, Chief Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
  • Technical Advisor: Christy Duke, USET
• HUD – Tribal Housing and Related Infrastructure Interagency Task Force – Vacant
• HUD Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory Committee – Vacant
• Indian Health Care Improvement Fund Workgroup (IHCIFWG)
  • Regional Rep: Primary Casey Cooper, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
  • Mark Skinner, IHS
  • Kristina Rogers, IHS
• Indian Health Service Contract Support Cost Workgroup
  • Primary: Cyrus Ben, Chief, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (Delegate: Doug Weaver)
  • Alternate: Steven Tupponce, Councilman Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe
• Indian Health Service Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee
  • Regional Rep: Stephen Adkins, Chief, Chickahominy Indian Tribe
  • Alternate: Brian Harris, Chief, Catawba Indian Nation
  • Technical Assistant: Stephen Wyatt, USET
• IHS Director's Advisory Workgroup on Tribal Consultation
  • Regional Rep: Chairwoman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
  • Councilman John Silver, Nansemond Indian Nation
  • Technical Assistant: Liz Malerba, USET SPF
• Indian Health Service Director’s Workgroup on Improving Purchased/ Referred Care (PRC) Membership:
  • Carrie Janus, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
  • Alternate: Stephen Tupponce, Councilperson Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe
  • Technical Assistant: Stephen Wyatt, USET
• Indian Health Service Facilities Appropriations Advisory Board
  • Regional Rep: Vacant
  • Alternate: Vacant
• Indian Health Service Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee
  • Beverly Cook, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
  • Alternate: Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
  • Technical Advisor Liz Malerba, USET SPF
• IHS Information Systems Advisory Committee (IHS ISAC)
  • Sarah Wachacha, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
  • Alternate: Vacant
• Indian Health Service Nashville Area Budget Formulation Team
  • Adrian Compton, Tribal Administrator, Monacan Indian Nation
  • Kerry Lessard (Urban Indian Advisor)
  • Dee Sabattus, USET
  • Kitcki Carroll, USET
• Indian Health Service National Community Health Aide Program Tribal Advisory Group (CHAP TAG)
  • Clarissa Sabattis, Chief, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
  • Alternate: Vacant
• Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) Tribal Food Safety Advisory Committee (TFSAC) – Lea Zeise, USET
• Indigenous Tourism Forum of the Americas Advisory Committee – Rebecca Naragon, USET
• Interior Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) on Nation-to-Nation Relationships
  • Regional Rep: Stephanie Bryan, Chair, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
  • Alternate: Ann Richardson; Chief, Rappahannock Tribe
• Internal Revenue Service Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT) –
  Chair of Committee & Regional Rep: Jean Swift, Treasurer Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee – Vacant
• National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations –Vacant
• National Advisory Council on Indian Education – OIE (NACIE) – Phyliss J. Anderson, former Chief, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
• Native CDFI Network (NCN) Policy Committee – Regional Rep: Russ Seagle, Sequoyah Fund Executive Director
• National Indian Gaming Commission Tribal Advisory Committee – Vacant
• National Indian Health Board of Directors
  • Regional Rep: Beverly Cook, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
  • Alternate: Kitcki Carroll, USET
• National Indian Health Board Medicare, Medicaid and Health Reform Policy Committee (MMPC) Tribal Technical Advisory Group to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (TTAG)
  • Regional Rep: Casey Cooper, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
  • Alternate: Nancy Johnson, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
• National Institute of Health Tribal Advisory Committee
  • Regional Rep: Brittany Jock, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
  • Alternate: Michelle Scott, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
  • Tech Rep, Vacant
  • Tech Advisor: Teri J. McHale (Mohegan Tribe)
• National Ocean’s Council – Regional Rep: Vacant
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Vacant
• National Tribal Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Behavioral Health – Vacant
• National Tribal Toxics Council – Vacant
• Native Financial Education Coalition – Rebecca Naragon, USET
• NCAI Climate Action Task Force
  • Regional Rep: Beverly Cook, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (Task Force Chair)
  • Technical Advisor: Casey Thornbrugh, USET
• NCGrowth (CREATE) Strategic Advisory Council – Rebecca Naragon, USET
• Northeast Climate Science Center Advisory Council – Regional Rep: Jerry Pardilla, USET
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission Technical Advisory Committee – Vacant
• Office of Minority Health Advisory Committee on Minority Health – Primary: Brenda Lintinger, Councilwoman, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
• Office of Special Trustee for American Indians Advisory Board – Vacant
• Prescription Drug Task Force
• President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability – Vacant
• Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives
• Regional Health Equity Councils – Vacant
• State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force On Climate Preparedness and Resilience –Vacant
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Tribal Technical Advisory Committee
  • Regional Rep: Beverly Cook, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
  • Alternate: Vacant
• Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity (TACRE) – Vacant
• Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council (THSAC)
  • DeCota Thompson, Lieutenant, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police Department
  • Harold Pierite Sr., Chief of Police, Tunica-Biloxi Police Department
  • Renita DiStefano, Seneca Nation of Indians
• Tribal Interior Budget Council
  • Regional Rep: Kitcki Carroll, USET
  • Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
  • Alternate: Vacant
• Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee
  • Regional Rep: Clarissa Sabattis, Chief, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
  • Alternate: Cameron Chase, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
  • Technical Advisor: Dietrich Taylor, USET
• United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues – Terri Henry, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
• USDA Forest Service Eastern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (RRAC) – Vacant
• USDA Tribal Advisory Committee: Eastern Region Rep: Whitney Sawney, Director of Communications and Policy, Native American Agriculture Fund
• USDOT Negotiated Rulemaking Committee for Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Program
  • Wesley Woodruff, Facilities Division Director, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
  • Jody Clark, DOT Director, Seneca Nation
• U.S. Department of the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC)
  • Rodney Butler, Chairman, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
• U.S. Department of Agriculture American Indian/ Alaska Native Elders Advisory Council – Vacant
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Regional Tribal Conservation Advisory Council (USDA NRCS RTCAC) – Rep: Kimberly S. Walden, Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana
• U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) – Regional Rep: Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah
• U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council – Vacant
• U.S. Sentencing Commission Tribal Issues Advisory Group – Vacant

• Guide to Indigenous DC App – Washington Post Article August 21, 2019
• Indigenous Podcasts to Tune in and Listen to

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