BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Thursday, March 28
- USET SPF Policy and Legislative Affairs Updates: Priorities for the Remainder of the 118th Congress and Biden Administration 1st Term
- U.S. Census - Indian Country Population: Unraveling and Defining to Achieve Greater Accuracy
- CICD Survey of Tribal Nations: Creating a USET Regional Pilot for National Advocacy
- National Indian Education Association
Handouts and Other Items
- USET/USET SPF Organizational Performance and Accomplishments (March 2024)
- USET SPF Principles and Priorities for Federal Officials and Candidates for Federal Office (March 2024)
- Congressional Research Service report: American Indian, Alaska Native, and Tribal Population Data (March 12, 2024)
- Washington Post article: The Native American population exploded, the Census shows. Here's why. (October 27, 2023)
- Presidential Executive Order 14112 December 2023
- EO14112 | A Letter of Support & Recommendations to the White House Council on Native American Affairs
- https://www.ncai.org/econtoolkit
Resolutions
- 2024 USET SPF:005 Support for the Creation of a Tribal Land and Water Conservation Fund
- 2024 USET SPF:006 Adopting an Organizational Approach to Federal Recognition
- 2024 USET SPF:007 Supporting Federal Legislation Removing Barriers to Tribal Nations' Exercise of Criminal Jurisdiction over Non-Native Offenders Committing Drug-Related Offenses in Indian Country
- 2024 USET SPF:008 Support for the Establishment of a Tribal Resiliency Continuity Program at the Department of Interior
- 2024 USET SPF:009 Requesting Increased Funding for the Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program
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- For 12 years, Keller George served as USET’s President with vision, passion, and strength. The USET/USET SPF Board of Directors honored his commitment, dedication, passion, and tremendous contributions to the success of USET as well as the support and sacrifice made by his family.
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- For many years, Greg Smith provided USET and many of our member Tribal Nations strong, sound, and culturally considerate legal counsel. The USET/USET SPF Board of Directors acknowledged and honored his work, thought leadership, commitment, dedication, passion, and humility.
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- The USET/USET SPF Board of Directors honored U.S. Air Force Veteran Theodore “Dana” Mitchell for his service, contributions, and commitment to Indian Country, as well as the selfless dedication he willingly bestowed for the benefit of others.
Committees
- Sign-in Sheets
- Committee Report
- 2024 Annual Meeting Agenda-at-a-glance
- Tribal Public Health Preparedness and Resilience Handout
- Presentations
- Presenter links
- March 2024 NAO Tribal Leader Letter-Em Mgmt Consultation
- NCSL and DOE-CESER: Updates on CESER Tribal Activities
- Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group (NETWG)
- Project TransAm: National Source for Medical Equipment
- FEMA Tribal Nation Declaration Process Overview
- Tribal Public Health Preparedness and Resilience
- Sign-in Sheets
- Election
- Committee Report
- 2024 Annual Meeting Agenda-at-a-glance
- Presentations
- Climate, Environment, and Human Health
- USET Office of Environmental Resource Management (OERM) Program Highlights
- Participatory Science, Biosurveillance, and Prospective Applications of AI/ML for Force Multiplication
- Introduction to US Geological Survey Program
- Utility of Modern Genomic Tools for Broad Surveillance of Emerging and Zoonotic Pathogens
- Sign-in Sheets
- Committee Report
- Transportation funding opportunities for Tribal Nations
- Presentations
- Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Overview
- National Environmental Policy Act Overview
- Office of Tribal Transportation Discretionary Grants Management Team
- Highway Safety "Safety 365"
- Low-Cost Safety Improvements
- Highway Safety Course Overview
- TTAP Next Generation Update
- Eastern Tribal Technical Assistance Program Center
- Election
- Committee Report
- 2024 Annual Meeting Agenda-at-a-glance
- LSU NCBRT Tribal Preparedness and Response Training Handout
- Summary of TL Webinar for 2024 Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies
- Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction December 2023 Handout
- Business cards: Jennifer Styles, IACP; Stephen W. Perry, DOJ, Bureau of Justice Statistics