2023 Annual Regional Tribal Consultations – Region 3
Save the Date: July 19 Virtual Dear Tribal Leader Letter
Save the Date: July 19 Virtual Dear Tribal Leader Letter
In coordination with the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development Center (NCAIED), the Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that it will host a Tribal Listening Session on Small Business Development Centers Program regulations. This session will be hosted in-person and virtually by NCAIED on Thursday, July 20, 2023 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm ET. […]
July 24 at 1:00 pm Eastern Registration link Web Join link The Office of National Tribal Liaison (ONTL) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) greatly values its partnerships with Tribal Nations and communities. To keep you abreast of some major APHIS activities, they have hosted several Tribal webinars […]
Dear Tribal Leader Letter July 25-26, 2023 Billings Hotel and Convention Center 1223 Mullowney Lane Billings, MT 59101 Register here if you plan to attend the hearing in person. In October 2020, the Not Invisible Act of 2019 was signed into law—to increase coordination in identifying and combating violent crime within Indian lands and against […]
July 25, 2023 12:00 pm Eastern Register As student loan borrowers prepare to return to repayment the White House Initiatives will host a briefing with Federal Student Aid to provide information as the payment pause comes to a close.
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Central Register
The Department of State will participate in Tribal consultations on the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act of 2021, Pub. L. 117-258. The STOP Act aims to prevent the international export of cultural items prohibited from trafficking under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA). […]
Dear Tribal Leader Letter The Department of Interior will participate in Tribal consultations on the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act of 2021, Pub. L. 117-258. The STOP Act aims to prevent the international export of cultural items prohibited from trafficking under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and the Archaeological […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a Dear Tribal Leader Letter announcing a Tribal consultation to update its Tribal Mitigation Plan Review Guide. This Guide was last updated in 2017 and is also known as the Trial Mitigation Planning Policy. FEMA’s official mitigation policy regulations are found at 44 CFR Part 201 and […]
Dear Tribal Leader Letter As part of the Indian Health Service (IHS) Health Information Technology (IT) Modernization Program, you are invited to join a series of four Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer(TC/UC) sessions in calendar year 2023 on Health IT Modernization. These are important and timely meetings for IHS to ask questions and get your […]
Dear Tribal Leader Letter August 2 at 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern virtual - Register The Department of the Interior seeks Tribal and Indian artist input on draft revisions to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. The draft revisions seek to modernize the Indian Arts and Crafts Act's regulations, which are implemented by the […]
August 2 at 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern Dear Tribal Leader Letter FEMA Advisory CDRZ FEMA will host a virtual tribal consultation on the implementation of the Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act enacted on December 20, 2022. Senior leadership from FEMA’s Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) will lead the consultation. GPD provides grants to prepare […]