Consultation and Consent
USET SPF maintains that the United States must work to reform the Tribal consultation process as conducted by agencies across the federal government. There must be a reconciliation to provide certainty, consistency, and accountability in Tribal consultation. The federal government must work to standardize and provide a uniform foundation to its Tribal Consultation methods. It is time for a Tribal Nation-defined consultation model, with dual consent as the basis for strong and respectful diplomatic relations between two equally sovereign nations. In the short term, we must move beyond the requirement for Tribal consultation via Executive Order to a strengthened model achieved via statute. In the long term, we must return to the achievement of Tribal Nation consent for federal action as a recognition of sovereign equality and as set out by the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Comments
2025
2024
- Comments to EPA on Draft Meaningful Involvement Policy – January 16, 2024
- Comments to DOI on Developing a Framework Scientific Integrity Policy – May 31, 2024
- Comments to FEMA on Updating its Tribal Consultation Policy – July 30, 2024
- Comments to SBA on Implementation of EO 14112 – October 31, 2024
- Comments to NPS on its Draft Tribal Consultation Policy – August 26, 2024
- Comments to SSA on its FY 24 Tribal Consultation Call to Action Plan – December 13, 2024
2023
- Comments to Treasury re: Tribal Consultation Policy – March 31, 2023
- Comments to DOI and OPM re: Tribal Consultation Training for Federal Employees – May 17, 2023
- Comments to EPA on Proposed Revisions to its Tribal Consultation Policy and Tribal Treaty Rights Guidance – July 21, 2023
- Comments to Treasury on Revised Tribal Consultation Policy – September 29, 2023
2022
2021
- Comments re: DoD Consultation Plan of Action – March 8, 2021
- Comments on DOI Consultation – March 19, 2021
- Comments on EPA Consultation on Tribal Consultation – March 31, 2021
- Comments re: Treasury CRF Tribal Allocation – March 24, 2021
- Comments to HHS Consultation Policy – March 26, 2021
- Comments re: DOT Consultation on Consultation – March 31, 2021
- Comments to USDA on Tribal Consultation – March 22, 2021
- Comments to the Department of State re: Tribal Consultation – April 15, 2021
- Comments to DOL on Tribal Consultation – April 21, 2021
- Comments to OMB on Consultation – April 9, 2021
- Comments: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Creation of the Office of Public Participation – April 23, 2021
- Comments to Treasury, VA, SBA, and SSA re: Tribal Consultation – April 15, 2021
- Comments re: HUD Consultation on Consultation – April 5, 2021
- Comments to DHS on Tribal Consultation – May 25, 2021
- Comments to EDA re: Consultation and Tribal For-Profit Grant Eligibility – April 28, 2021
- Comments to IHS on Consultation – June 15, 2021
- Comments to EEOC on Draft Tribal Consultation Process – June 28, 2021
- Comments on CDC Tribal Consultation Policy – September 7, 2021
- Comments to NIH on Consultation – August 31, 2021
- Comments re: Proposed Revisions to DOI Tribal Consultation Policy – December 17, 2021
Letters
2023
2022
- Letter to Secretary Haaland re: Support for Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) Applicants and Views on Selection Criteria and Agenda – May 2, 2022
- Priority Issue Areas for Incoming DOI Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) – May 1, 2022
- National and Regional Tribal Partner Organizations Letter to the House Natural Resources Committee Regarding the RESPECT Act (H.R. 3587) – September 2, 2022
2021
Joint Letters
2022
Testimony
2021
2020
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