WHCNAA Consultation on Tribal Treaty Rights
2023-08-24 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Virtual Event
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August 24 at 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern
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The White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) seeks your guidance and recommendations through Tribal consultation on further efforts the Federal government could take to protect Tribal treaty rights, reserved rights, and similar rights.

USDA APHIS Listening Session on the Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program Standards
2023-08-29 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
September 18 at 1:00 pm Eastern
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) seeks your and your staff’s input on revising the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Herd Certification Program (HCP).
The HCP is a cooperative effort between the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), State animal health and wildlife agencies, and farmed cervid owners. APHIS coordinates with these State agencies to encourage cervid owners to certify their herds and comply with the CWD Herd Certification Program Standards. The goal of the HCP is to provide a consistent, national approach to control the incidence of CWD in farmed cervids and prevent the interstate spread of CWD. Achieving this goal will ultimately result in several important long‐term outcomes, including:

Healthy cervids (both farmed and wild populations) with a reduced risk of CWD.
Increased confidence that HCP‐certified herds are at low risk for CWD infection.
Strong trade of cervid animals and products (increased market confidence).
Reduced risk of transmission from, and environmental contamination by, CWD‐positive herds.

You may provide written comments or questions during the session using the meeting chat function, registration form, or file written comments before, during, or after the meetings by emailing CWD@usda.gov or mailing to Dr. Hillary A. McManama, Veterinary Medical Officer, Cervid Health Staff, Strategy and Policy, Veterinary Services, APHIS; c/o Ms. Melanie Rouse, 4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737. Written comments by attendees or other interested stakeholders will be welcomed for the public record up to the close of business on Monday, November 13, 2023. Please refer to Docket No. APHIS-2023-0042 when submitting your comments.

Virtual SAMHSA Tribal Consultation
2023-08-29 15:00 | Virtual Event
August 29 at 4:00 pm Eastern
Registration is required. Instructions to access the Zoom virtual consultation will be provided in the above link following registration.
The purpose of Tribal Consultation is to advance SAMHSA support for, and collaboration with, federally recognized AAI/AN Tribes. To advance these goals, SAMHSA conducts government-to-government consultations with Indian Tribes represented by the Tribal President, Tribal Chair, Tribal Governor, or an elected or appointed Tribal Leader, or their authorized representative(s) to the extent practicable and permitted by law before SAMHSA takes any action that will significantly affect Indian Tribes. Consultation is an enhanced form of communication that emphasizes trust, respect, and shared responsibility. It is an open and free exchange of information and opinion among parties that leads to mutual understanding.
Federally Recognized Indian Tribes represented by the Tribal President, Tribal Chair, or Tribal Governor, or an elected or appointed Tribal Leader, or their authorized representative(s) may participate in this consultation by submitting written views, opinions, recommendations, and data. Testimony received, including attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the public record and subject to public disclosure. Do not include any information in your testimony or supporting materials considered confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure. If you include your name, contact information, or other personal identifiers in the body of your testimony, that information will be on public display. SAMHSA will review all submissions and may choose to redact, or withhold, submissions containing private or proprietary information such as social security numbers, medical information, inappropriate language, or duplicate/near duplicate examples of a mass-mail campaign. SAMHSA will carefully consider all testimony submitted into the docket.
Oral Tribal Testimony: Based on the number of participants giving testimony and the time available, it may be necessary to limit speaking times for each presenter. We will adjourn the Tribal consultation meeting early if all attendees who requested to provide oral testimony in advance of and during the consultation have delivered their testimony.
Written Tribal Testimony: SAMHSA will accept written Tribal testimony until 5:00 p.m., until September 28, 2023. Written Tribal testimony should be submitted by email to otap@samhsa.hhs.gov. All submissions must include Tribal affiliation. All relevant comments, including any personal information provided, will be posted without change. Written testimony received in advance of the meeting will be included in the official record of the meeting. The consultation meeting will be recorded, transcribed, and posted without change to https://www.samhsa.gov/tribal-affairs/news-events, including any personal information provided.
This meeting is being held in accordance with Presidential Executive Order No. 13175, November 6, 2000, and Presidential Memorandums of November 5, 2009, and September 23, 2004, and January 26, 2021 on Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Government and SAMHSA’s Tribal Consultation Policy, which can be found at: https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/topics/tribal_affairs/tribal-consultation-policy-2017.pdf

2023 Annual Regional Tribal Consultations - Region 4
2023-08-30 - 2023-08-31 | 123 Easy Street, Nashville, TN, 37211, United States
Save the Date: August 30-31
In-Person
Location TBD
Dear Tribal Leader Letter

IHS Tribal Consultation on Draft Consultation Policy
2023-08-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
The Indian Health Service has announced an additional Tribal consultation to discuss their updated draft Tribal Consultation Policy. The additional session will be held on August 30, 2023 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET. More information on the consultation can be found in the Dear Tribal Leader Letter. IHS also provided a summary of previous comments and work on the IHS TCP.

Department of Treasury Consultation on Treasury's Revised Tribal Consultation
2023-08-30 13:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
Dear Tribal Leader Letter
August 30 at 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern
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Specifically, they hope to receive your feedback on these topics:

Processes involving evaluating, noticing, and conducting a Tribal consultation.
Processes involving Tribal official requests to initiate consultation, consultation records; and training.
Processes involving listening sessions and Tribal engagement.
Preferences on whether Treasury should continue to hold consultations virtually to increase Tribal access or limit to in-person attendance.
Any other questions, comments, or suggestions regarding Treasury Revised Tribal Consultation Policy.

The deadline to submit written comments is Friday, September 29, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. AKT. Written comments should be sent to tribal.consult@treasury.gov.

Tribal consultation on an inter-agency Sacred Sites Best Practices Guide
2023-08-31 13:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
Dear Tribal Leader Letter
August 31, 2023 at 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern
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The White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) seeks your guidance and recommendations through Tribal and Native Hawaiian Community consultation on a draft Best Practices Guide for Federal Agencies Regarding Tribal and Native Hawaiian Sacred Sites. The consultation will be held on Thursday, 31 August.
Written responses to the questions can be submitted to the WHCNAA email at whcnaa@bia.gov until 29 September, 2023. Please note that information shared during this consultation may be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Tribal Consultation on Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Career and Technical Institutions Program (TCPCTIP), Ready to Learn (RTL), and Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Programs
2023-09-05 12:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
September 5 at 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern
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Please follow the registration link above to participate in the consultation. To maintain online security, each attendee must register individually, and registration cannot be transferred to or used by others. Once you have completed registration, an individualized access link for the session will be sent to you with additional information.

On September 5, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) will conduct a Tribal Consultation on the Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Career and Technical Institutions Program (TCPCTIP), Ready to Learn Programming (RTL or Ready to Learn, formerly Ready to Learn Television), and Education Innovation and Research (EIR). The purpose of this consultation will be to receive meaningful input from American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities to ensure that Tribal leader views inform these programs administered by ED. This consultation will advance the Department’s commitment to uphold the federal trust responsibility described in Executive Order 13175.

Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Career and Technical Institutions Program
The Department is considering waiving the requirements of 34 CFR 75.250 and 34 CFR 75.261(c), which limit project periods to 60 months and restrict project period extensions that involve the obligation of additional Federal funds. This action would extend the project period for the two current TCPCTIP grantees awarded grants under Perkins V in 2019 for FY 2024 and FY 2025, effectively resulting in a two-year extension. This action would depend on Congress continuing to authorize and appropriate funds under the existing program authority and would require the grantees to continue meeting the TCPCTIP requirements. Moreover, the Department would not announce a new competition or make new awards in FY 2024 or FY 2025, or in future years, if Congress continues to authorize and appropriate funds under the existing program authority. Based on FY 2023 appropriations, the Department expects to use an estimated $11,953,000 for FY 2024 grant extensions and $11,953,000 for FY 2025 grant extensions. We will consider continuation award requests under the current TCPCTIP statutory authority, subject to the requirements of 34 CFR 75.253, including the requirement that each grantee demonstrates that it is making substantial progress performing its TCPCTIP grant activities based on the requirements in the 2019 notice inviting applications.
The Department is considering this action to relieve the two TCPTIP grantees of the costs and time burden associated with submitting applications for a new competition in FY 2024. Please note that the Department took a similar action under Perkins IV; the Federal Register notice that announced the waivers under Perkins IV can be viewed here. TCPCTIP grantees first funded in 2007 received one-year grant extensions each year past the original project period until the Department conducted a new competition and made new awards under Perkins V in 2019.

Ready to Learn Programming
The Ready to Learn Programming (RTL) grant supports the development of educational ‘‘transmedia,’’ and grantees seek to create new, interrelated combinations of television and interactive media (games, apps, etc.) in which characters, narrative storylines, and problem-solving are used to support kindergarten readiness and early education for children ages 2-8. The RTL grant encourages partnerships that help promote the wider use of its educational media products in various settings, such as homes, daycare, libraries, museums, afterschool programs, and many other places where children learn. Tribal Consultation is critical to understand what subject matter content the focus of the next round of RTL (e.g., STEM, literacy, social-emotional learning, computational thinking) should be, and what strategies would be recommended for the dissemination and distribution of RTL-produced media and resources in reaching and serving Native communities and their young children.

Education Innovation and Research
The Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program supports efforts to use and build evidence on field-initiated innovation education to improve student achievement and attainment for high-needs students. Consultation is critical to understand what types of innovations are needed to serve Native communities, what emerging evidence exists on strategies to support students from Native communities, how EIR grantees might engage Native communities as potential implementation sites, what schools serving Native communities want to learn from EIR grantees, and how education leaders in Native communities might become involved as peer reviewers.

Written Comment Period
Written public comments for a topic will only be collected through the TribalConsultation@ed.gov email address. The comment period is now open, and all comments must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on 10/05/2023. The Department of Education remains steadfast in its commitment to honor the nation-to-nation relationship and advance Tribal sovereignty and self-determination.
A Tribal government may designate information provided during the consultation as “sensitive” and request non-disclosure of the information to the public. Certain federal laws, including the Freedom of Information Act, may require disclosure of information designated sensitive by a Tribal government. Questions about this notice can be sent to TribalConsultation@ed.gov. This consultation is a closed press event.

Advance Appropriations Implementation Listening Sessions
2023-09-06 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual Event
August 8, 2023
Dear Tribal Leader and Urban Indian Organization Leader:
I am writing to invite you to participate in Agency-sponsored Listening Sessions to share information and solicit your input on advance appropriations implementation. We will host two identical Listening Sessions on August 17, 2023, and September 6, 2023.
Congress enacted the first ever advance appropriations for the IHS in fiscal year (FY) 2023, providing $5.1 billion in FY 2024 resources that will become available on October 1, 2023. The advance appropriations provides the full-year FY 2023 funding level for nearly all IHS funding in the Services and Facilities accounts. Congress will determine a final appropriations level for the Agency in the FY 2024 appropriations process.
During the Listening Sessions, the IHS will share additional information on implementation plans and strategies for advance appropriations, and seek input from Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leaders. The information discussed in these sessions will be used to prepare public facing Frequently Asked Questions and other helpful materials.
Information to Attend Our Virtual Listening Sessions
Please make plans to attend a virtual listening session. Session details follow:

Thursday, August 17, 2023, 12:00-1:30 p.m., Eastern Time
https://ihs-gov.zoomgov.com/j/1610168198
Wednesday, September 6, 2023, 3:00-4:30 p.m., Eastern Time
https://ihs-gov.zoomgov.com/j/1608717068

We appreciate your feedback and insight on advance appropriations implementation. If you have
questions, please contact Ms. Jillian Curtis, Chief Financial Officer, IHS, by e-mail at
jillian.curtis@ihs.gov.
Sincerely,
Roselyn Tso
IHS Director

Listening Session Regarding Potential Uniform State ICWA Law
2023-09-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
Dear Tribal Leaders, Tribal Counsel, and Tribal Organizations,
Please find attached a Dear Tribal Leader letter from the Uniform Law Commission (ULC). As you may have heard, the ULC is currently evaluating whether to move forward with the process of drafting a uniform State ICWA law. As part of its discussion, the ULC believes that it is imperative to hold a listening session and solicit comments from tribal leaders or their designees.
The listening session will take place on September 6 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET and more information is included in the attached letter. The link to register for the meeting is here:
https://uniformlaws.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctdu-hrzsuHtf7iT3O6BSOJ2AygKcva9pT
While the listening session is taking place soon, the ULC will accept written comments until September 30, 2023.

Treasury Consultation on Interim Final Rule for State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund
2023-09-12 12:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
Treasury has issued a Dear Tribal Leader Letter announcing a Tribal consultation on an Interim Final Rule for the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF). The SLFRF allocates $20 billion for Tribal governments to support response and recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency. In December 2022, Congress amended the SLFRF program in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 to provide additional flexibility for SLFRF recipients to use funds to respond to natural disasters, build critical infrastructure, and support community development. An Interim Final Rule for the SLFRF was published and became effective on August 9, 2023 to implement the SLFRF changes made in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. Treasury is now consulting and seeking comments on the Interim Final Rule.
Details regarding the upcoming Tribal consultation are as follows—

Date/Time: September 12, 2023 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm ET
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For additional information and Framing Questions for the upcoming consultation, please view the Dear Tribal Leader Letter. The deadline to submit comments is Friday, October 13, 2023 and can be sent to tribal.consult@treasury.gov.

IMLS Nation-to-Nation Listening Session
2023-09-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
On behalf of the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) Director Crosby Kemper, you are cordially invited to join a virtual Tribal Listening Session taking place on September 12, 2023. Please save the date and register using the link below.
Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Time: 3:00 – 5:00 pm ET
Location: Virtual via Zoom. Please click here to register
Our agenda includes:

Welcome and Opening Blessing
IMLS Overview
Director’s Remarks
IMLS Responses to Previous Tribal Consultation/Feedback (~40 minutes)

IMLS Tribal Relations Summary
Grant-making
Research and Evaluation
Policy and Collaboration

Open Floor for Tribal Leaders and Participants (~50 Minutes)
Topics for discussion include, but are not limited to:

Reflections on agency updates
Trends in funding needs and experiences
Current community needs

During the Open Floor portion of the Listening Session, speaking priority will be given to Tribal Leaders and their Proxies. If time remains, we welcome others to share their thoughts and comments. We always welcome written comments (via email or the Zoom chat) or phone calls as well!
We invite you to pass this information along to Tribal leadership and staff who you feel would be appropriate to attend, such as those working with your Tribe’s library, museum, archives, cultural centers, or related grants. Please be aware that there may also be others in attendance, including representatives of organizations that serve Native interests.
If you have any questions or comments, or if you would like to request reasonable accommodations, please contact Brianna Ingram at bingram@imls.gov or 202-653-4616.

White House Tribal Consultation on Revised NEPA Regulations
2023-09-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
Dear Tribal Leader Letter
September 12 at 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern
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The White House Council on Environmental Quality will be holding consultations on proposed revised NEPA regulations. The proposed rule includes tribal provisions, including ones related to the incorporation of Indigenous Knowledge into environmental reviews, consideration of reserved rights in environmental reviews, and exclusion from NEPA review for certain actions approved by Tribal Nations on tribal trust lands. The consultation session will take place on September 12 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT.

Government-wide Listening Sessions on Implementation of the Federal Framework for Scientific Integrity
2023-09-15 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-09-20 16:00 - 18:00 | Virtual Event
NOAA will participate in Government-wide Listening Sessions on Implementation of the Federal Framework for Scientific Integrity. The listening sessions are scheduled for Friday, September 15, 2023, 1 p.m.–3 p.m. ET and Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 5 p.m.–7 p.m. ET. The sessions will inform finalization and implementation of the NOAA Scientific Integrity Policy. You can register to attend these sessions here.

NOAA is well-represented on the team of the National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Scientific Integrity, which is charged with implementing the requirements associated with the Federal Framework on Scientific Integrity Policy and Practice and the Presidential Memorandum on Scientific Integrity. These listening sessions are fulfilling NOAA’s obligation to gather public input on development and implementation of the forthcoming NOAA Scientific Integrity Policy.

Tribal Leader Consultation on Native Language
2023-09-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-20 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-09-26 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
Dear Tribal Leader:
The federal inter-agency Education Committee of the White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) is releasing a draft 10-year National Plan on Native Language Revitalization (National Plan)—and your input is needed. In September, the Education Committee will host a number of events to gather input from Tribal leaders and other Tribal experts about:

How can the federal government work with Tribes, Native Hawaiian Organizations, Tribal and non-profit organizations, states, schools, higher education institutions, and the private sector to raise national awareness about the importance of Native languages for Tribes and the country?
What can the federal government do to create national awareness of the current crisis of Native language loss and establish a sense of urgency for immediate national action?
How important to a National Plan is a formal policy recognition of the historic role that the federal government played in Native language erasure?

What should the content and nature of a formal policy recognition be?
How could a formal policy recognition help secure federal resources and support for Native language revitalization?

How could the National Plan support the integration of Native language revitalization into mainstream society, e.g., school curriculum, immersive learning, early and adult education, federal and state policies, signage, etc.?
How could the National Plan stimulate and facilitate access to financial support for Native language revitalization (including federal, state, and philanthropic funding)?

The National Plan will establish a long-term, all-of-government strategy that works with Tribal Nations and, as appropriate, nonprofit organizations, subject matter experts, and other entities for the revitalization, protection, preservation, and reclamation of Native languages. Attached for your review and comment is a summary of research that may inform the development of the National Plan.
Dates and registration information:

Monday, September 18, 3–5 p.m. ET Registration Link
Wednesday, September 20, 1–3 p.m. ET Registration Link
Tuesday, September 26, 3–5 p.m. ET Registration Link
Thursday, September 28, 2–4 p.m. ET Registration Link

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the meeting. If you want to provide written input, please email your comments to NativeLanguage@kauffmaninc.com no later than September 29, 11:59 p.m. ET.
If you have any questions regarding the tribal consultation, contact the WHCNAA via whcnaa@bia.gov.
Sincerely,
Anthony Morgan Rodman
Executive Director
White House Council on Native American Affairs

Department of Energy Briefing on CITAP NOPR
2023-09-20 13:00 | Virtual Event
September 20 at 2:00 pm Eastern
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On August 10th, the U.S. Department of Energy proposed a rule to establish the Coordinated Interagency Transmission Authorizations and Permits (CITAP) Program to accelerate Federal environmental review and permitting processes for qualifying onshore electric transmission facilities. The Grid Deployment Office is holding series of meetings to increase awareness with interested parties of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) and encourage public comment on the proposal. They currently have a briefing scheduled for Tribal governments, Tribal affiliates, and Preservation Officers on Wednesday, September 20th at 2pm.

Tribal Consultation on Simplifying FEMA Preparedness Grants Request for Information
2023-09-20 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual Event
Date: September 20, 2023
Time: 2:00 p.m. CDT – 3:30 p.m. CDT
Location: Virtual
Zoom Meeting ID: 160 558 8138
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Join by phone: (669) 254-5252
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FEMA aims to improve the management and administration of its preparedness grant programs to continue to assist the nation and first responders in building, sustaining and improving our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate terrorism and other high-consequence disasters and emergencies. FEMA is issuing a Notice and Request for Information (RFI) to seek public input on simplifying and streamlining its preparedness grant process to improve the efficiency and accessibility of its suite of preparedness grant programs.
FEMA will host a virtual tribal consultation to discuss the benefits and burdens of FEMA’s preparedness grant programs, including feedback on regulations, information collections and policies. Senior leadership from FEMA’s Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) will lead the consultation. GPD provides grants to prepare state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and first responders, as well as non-profit organizations and port and transit systems owners/operators, to measurably improve capability and reduce the risks from manmade and natural disasters. Topics of discussion include:

Any administrative burdens, program requirements, information collection burdens, waiting time, or unnecessary complexity in FEMA’s grant processes;
Meaningful and helpful engagement that have been, or should have been provided to enhance the knowledge and accessibility of FEMA’s preparedness grant programs;
Specific data that documents the costs, burdens and benefits of existing requirements to the extent they are available; and
Ways to improve the grants customer experience for Tribal Nations and their partners.

Department of Treasury Tribal Consultation on NPRM Guidance for Prevailing Wage & Apprenticeship Requirements
2023-09-25 12:00 | Virtual Event
September 25, 2023, 1:00 p.m. ET – Treasury is hosting a Tribal Consultation on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Increased Credit or Deduction Amounts for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements, which covers prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements for certain Inflation Reduction Act tax credit incentives. Register here for the consultation.
You may find the Dear Tribal Leader Letter here.
Treasury is accepting written comments until October 27, 2023, 11:59 p.m. Alaska Time. Submit written comments at tribal.consult@treasury.gov.

Federal Transit Administration Consultation
2023-09-25 16:30 - 18:00 | 123 Easy Street, Nashville, TN, 37211, United States
Dear Tribal Leader Letter
In-person consultation will be held in conjunction with the National Transportation in Indian Country Conference in Anchorage, Alaska on Monday, September 25, 2023, from 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm. Additionally, a virtual consultation will be held on November 2, 2023.
Comments to the notice should be submitted by the following method, identifying your submission by docket number FTA-2023-0015: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting comments.

BIA Tribal Consultation re: Tribal land acquisition funded through LWCF
2023-09-26 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-09-27 12:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event
Dear Tribal Leader Letter
Proposed Criteria
September 26 at 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern
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September 27 at 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern
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September 28 at 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Eastern
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) invites you to participate in formal Government-to-Government consultation regarding Tribal land acquisition funded through the Land and Water Consultation Fund (LWCF). The LWCF was established by Congress in 1965 to help preserve, develop, and ensure access to outdoor recreation resources. The Great American Outdoors Act of 2020, P.L. 116-152, authorized $900 million annually in permanent funding for LWCF.
They welcome your written comments, which should be submitted by email to consultation@bia.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on October 5, 2023. If you have any questions, please contact Trina Locke, Acting Deputy Bureau Director, Trust Services, at trina.locke@bia.gov, or Lorna Babby, Division Chief, Trust Land Consolidation, at lorna.babby@bia.gov.

WHCNAA Tribal Consultations on Native Language Revitalization
2023-09-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
The federal interagency Education Committee of the White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) is releasing a draft 10-year National Plan on Native Language Revitalization and seeking input. The National Plan will establish a long-term, all-of-government strategy that works with Tribal Nations and, as appropriate, nonprofit organizations, subject matter experts, and other entities for the revitalization, protection, preservation, and reclamation of Native languages. A summary of research for the program can be viewed here. The upcoming consultation sessions will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm ET (register here) and on Thursday, September 28, 2023 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm ET (register here).

OMB Consultation on FY25 President's Budget Request
2023-09-27 12:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
September 27 at 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern
Registration is encouraged as soon as possible
Dear Tribal Leader Letter
The purpose of this Tribal consultation is for Tribal Nations to share views with OMB Leadership on the funding delivered to us in fulfillment of trust and treaty obligations as part of the President’s FY 2025 Budget process. As always, OMB will prioritize Tribal leader participation during this consultation. USET SPF will provide regional talking points for the use of our member Tribal Nations shortly.
Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email with a unique participant link. In addition to this virtual consultation, OMB welcomes written comments. Written comments on the FY 2025 President’s Budget are due by Friday, September 29, 2023 to tribalconsultation@omb.eop.gov.

DOJ Tribal Consultation and Listening Session on OJJDP Priorities
2023-09-27 12:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
Dear Tribal Leader Letter
Framing Paper
September 27 at 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern
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You are invited to a government-to-government Tribal consultations and accompanying listening sessions with the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) on OJJDP priorities, proposed regulations, and how OJJDP funding can best support Tribes to enhance and expand efforts to prevent and reduce delinquency and improve juvenile justice systems.
Each Consultation session will be immediately followed by a listening session for those other than Tribal leaders to weigh in on the topic.
During the Consultation, Tribal Leaders will be called in the order in which their registration is received. During the Listening Session, others interested to speak will be called in the order in which their registration is received.

USTR Tribal Consultation
2023-09-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
Dear Tribal Leader Letter
September 28 at 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern
Registration link
September 29 at 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern
Registration link
Please register with USTR by Friday, September 22, 2023, using either or both of the above links. We also welcome your written comments, which should be submitted by email to
TribalConsultation@ustr.eop.gov by 5:00 pm (EST) on Friday, October 13, 2023.

HHS and NIH Tribal Consultation on "All of Us Research Hub"
2023-09-28 12:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event
Announcement
September 28 at 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern
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Written Tribal testimony is due by October 28, 2023.
The consultation will include an update on our approach to Tribal engagement, discussion about integrating data from self-identified AI/AN participants in the program’s data platform, the All of Us Research Hub at https://www.researchallofus.org, and program planning.
