2025 USET/USET SPF Impact Week Wrap Up

Monday, March 10

• USET 501(c)(3) Board of Directors Business Session
  • Letter from Committee Chairs to BOD re: Committee structure
  • USET Programmatic and Administrative Departmental Priorities and Updates
  • Assessing the Economic Impact of USET Tribal Nations on National Gross Domestic Product (GDP): A Broad Analysis
  • Accounting Policies and Procedures
  • USET Investment Strategy Policy
• Joint Strategy Session: USET/USET SPF Updates, Approach, and Priorities under the New Administration

Tuesday, March 11

• SPF Policy and Legislation: Updates and Priorities
  • USET SPF Principles and Priorities: Selected Policy Positions

Wednesday, March 12

• Indian Country Population: The Discrepancy between US Census Data and Tribal Enrollment
  • Why the federal government needs to change how it collects data on Native Americans - Brookings
  • Our revised race standards still fall short for Indigenous Americans - The Hill
  • ​​​​​Federal data vastly undercount Native American college students. New federal standards could change that. - Brookings
  • The Explosion of the 2020 Census “Indian” Population and Its Implications for Tribal Policymaking - Taylor Policy Group

Other Items

• Close Up Youth Statement on Sovereignty

Resolutions

• 2025 SPF:008 ADVOCATING FOR THE SUSTAINED AND PROACTIVE PROTECTION OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE
• 2025 SPF:009 MITIGATING CLIMATE CRISIS CHALLENGES COASTAL TRIBAL COMMUNITIES FACE THROUGH LIVING SHORELINE RESTORATION PROJECTS
• 2025 SPF:010 MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION THROUGH ENHANCED COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
• 2025 SPF:011 PROTECTING THE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION AND TRIBALLY CONTROLLED SCHOOLS
• 2025 SPF:012 SUPPORTING PURSUIT OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AIMED AT USHERING IN THE DIPLOMACY ERA OF FEDERAL INDIAN LAW AND POLICY