Tribal Input on Federal Infrastructure Decisions

On September 9, 2016, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army, and the Department of the Interior issued a Joint Statement regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in which the Departments committed to formal, government-to-government consultations on two questions:

(1) within the existing statutory framework, what should the federal government do to better ensure meaningful tribal input into infrastructure-related reviews and decisions and the protection of tribal lands, resources, and treaty rights; and

(2) should new legislation be proposed to Congress to alter that statutory framework and promote those goals.

Final Report: Improving Tribal Consultation and Tribal Involvement in Federal Infrastructure Decisions - January 2017

The Joint Statement can be viewed on the Department of Justice website here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/joint-statement-department-justice-department-army-and-department-interior-regarding-standing

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Please click this link to read the letter requesting input on Federal infrastructure decisions: Dear Tribal Leader Letter Announcing Consultation As noted in the letter, Tribal representatives are also invited to submit written input to consultation@bia.gov by 11:59 p.m. EST on November 30, 2016. These sessions are formal Tribal consultation sessions between Tribal and Federal representatives, and are not open to the public.

Consultation Details

Date	Meeting Time (local time)	Meeting Type	Location	Venue	Participating Federal Agencies
Tuesday 10/11/2016	6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	Listening Session Transcript	Phoenix, Arizona (at the site of the National Congress of American Indians 73rd Annual Convention)	Phoenix Convention Center 100 N. 3rd St, Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Tuesday 10/25/2016	8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Tribal Consultation Transcript	Seattle, Washington	Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, WA 98199 Meeting Room: Lower Level	DOI - IA & BLM DOJ - Office of Tribal Justice Army - Civil Works & USACE USDA - NRCS & RD DOE ACHP
Thursday 10/27/2016	8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Tribal Consultation Transcript	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Indian Pueblo Cultural Center 2401 12th St., NW Albuquerque, NM 87104 Meeting Room: Chacon I & II	DOI - IA DOJ - Office of Tribal Justice Army - Civil Works & USACE USDA - NRCS & RD FERC DOE ACH
Wednesday 11/02/2016	8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Tribal Consultation Transcript	Billings, Montana	DoubleTree by Hilton 27 N. 27th St. Billings, MT 59101 Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom BC	DOI DOJ USACE ACHP USDA
Thursday 11/10/2016	8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Tribal Consultation Transcript	Old Town, Maine	Sockalexis Arena 16 Wabanaki Way Old Town, ME 04468 Meeting Room: Arena	DOI DOJ ACHP USDA US Forest Service Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council DOE
Tuesday 11/15/2016	8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Tribal Consultation Transcript	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Mystic Lake Casino 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd Prior Lake, MN 55372 Meeting Room: Santee	DOI DOJ USACE ACHP USDA US Forest Service DOE Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council FAA DOT EPA
Thursday 11/17/2016	8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Tribal Consultation Transcript	Rapid City, South Dakota	Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza 505 N. 5th St. Rapid City, SD 57701 Meeting Room: Dakota Ballroom	DOI DOJ USACE ACHP USDA US Forest Service Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council DOE FAA
Monday 11/21/2016	12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time	Tribal Consultation by Teleconference Transcript	Teleconference	Call-in number: 888-790-1868 Passcode: 8468468	DOI DOJ USACE ACHP USDA DOT

Comments Received

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Mashantucket Pequot, 10-10-16	Suquamish Tribe, 10-11-16	Yakama Nation, 10-25-16	Yankton Sioux, 11-17-16	Fond du Lac, 11-17-16
Leech Lake, 11-17-16	MHA Nation, 11-17-16	Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance, 11-17-16	Dossett, John, 11-17-16	DeVille, Lisa, 11-17-16
Article Env'l Science & Technology, 11-17-16	Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, 11-10-16	Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, 11-15-16	Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, 11-15-16	Northern Arapaho Tribe, 11-7-16
Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Assoc., 11-17-16	USET Sovereignty Protection Fund, 11-2016	Tulalip Tribes, 10-31-16	Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, 9-26-16	Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 8-1-16
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, 10-17-16	Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, 11-22-16	Southern Ute Indian Tribe, 11-16-16	Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, 11-29-16	Lummi Indian Business Council, 11-17-16
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, 11-21-16	Basketfield, Barbara, 11-29-16	Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, 11-29-16	Lowrey, Teresa, 11-28-16	White Earth Reservation Tribal Council
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, 11-28-16	Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, 11-29-16	Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, 11-29-16	Battle Mountain Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone, 11-29-16	Cowlitz Indian Tribe, 11-29-16
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, 11-23-16	Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians	Elk Valley Rancheria, 11-30-16	United Auburn Indian Community, 11-30-16	Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, 11-28-16
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 11-30-16	Native American Caucus	Rosebud Economic Development Corporation, 11-30-16 Attachment	Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota, 11-22-16	Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Water Resource Control Board, 11-30-16
Mentz-Wilson Consultants LLC, 11-30-16	Santa Domingo Tribe	Suquamish Tribe, 11-30-16	Colorado River Indian Tribes, 11-30-16	Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior, 11-30-16 Attachments One, Two, Three & Four
USET, 11-30-16	Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 11-30-16	Village of Tyonek, 11-30-16	Hualapai Nation, 11-30-16	Mescalero Apache Tribe, 11-30-16
Nez Perce Tribe, 11-30-16	Pueblo of Laguna	Puyallup Tribe of Indians, 11-30-16	Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, 11-25-16	Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, 11-30-16
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, 11-27-16	Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation, 11-28-16	Spokane Tribe, 11-30-16	Yankton Sioux Tribe, 11-30-16	Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 11-30-16
Pechanga Indian Reservation, 11-30-16	NCAI, 11-30-16	Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, & Siuslaw Indians, 11-30-16	Young, Phyllis	Oglala Sioux Tribe, 11-30-16
Cherokee Nation, 11-30-16	Native American Rights Fund, 11-30-16	Dry Creek Rancheria, 11-30-16	Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, 11-30-16	Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, 11-30-16
Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, 11-30-16	Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 12-2-16	Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, 11-30-16	Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, 12-2-16	Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 12-2-16
Pueblo of San Felipe, 12-2-16	Rosetta, Gabby, 12-2-16	Dahozy, Candace, 12-2-16	Fragua, Bryn, 12-2-16	Suina, Phoebe, 12-2-16
Pueblo of Santa Ana, 12-2-16	Ho-Chunk Nation, 11-30-16