United South & Eastern Tribes

USET OERM Safe Drinking Water Act Regulatory Training Seminars
2021-11-17 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Virtual Event
USET Office of Environmental Resource Managements Presents
Safe Drinking Water Act Regulatory Training Seminars

Learn how to implement Safe Drinking Water Act regulations and obtain convenient help guides to achieve compliance excellence.
The various seminars will discuss items, such as:

How lead testing in schools and daycare centers is being offered through USET – learn about the program
New requirements by EPA for Lead and Copper monitoring – join us to develop your strategy
How the emerging pollutant PFAS will affect your utility – join us for an engaging conversation and then sign up for drinking water monitoring offered by USET to help you understand the levels of PFAS in your system and if new regulations may require increased treatment technologies to be applied.

Seminar Schedule:

Seminar 1: Update on Emerging Pollutant PFAS November 17, 2021 at 10:00 am Eastern
Seminar 2: Update on the New Lead and Copper Rule December 1, 2021 at 10:00 am Eastern
Seminar 3: Public Notification Rule and Easy to Use Templates December 8, 2021 at 10:00 am Eastern
Seminar 4: Stage 1 and Stage 2 Disinfection Byproduct Rule December 15, 2021 at 10:00 am Eastern

One CEU per seminar will be provided for USET member Tribal Nation staff.
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If you have any questions, please email Jennifer Bennett at jbennett@usetinc.org.

The Association on American Indian Affairs 7th Annual Repatriation Conference
2021-11-17, 2021-11-10 | Virtual Event
The Association on American Indian Affairs 7th Annual Repatriation Conference Virtual
November 3, 10 and 17

NAFOA Webinar Series - Building Career Pathways: Working for Treasury
2021-11-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
NAFOA and Treasury will be co-hosting a two-part seminar on November 16 and 17, 2021 to inform Native American youth and young professionals about the function of Treasury and how working for Treasury can contribute to professional growth while making an impact on their communities and country. The seminar will provide practical advice on how to navigate the job search, the USAJobs application process and how to highlight applicants’ experiences and talents to stand out during the recruitment and application recruitment process. Treasury staff will discuss why they chose Treasury for their careers and give insight into their day-to-day experiences.
Part I: Intro to Careers in Treasury
Tuesday, November 16 at 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Introduction to Treasury: Who are we, what do we do and why it matters
What’s it Like to Work for Treasury?
Career Opportunities with Treasury

Part II: The Application Process
Wednesday, November 17 at 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Applying for a Treasury Position
Standing Out from the Competition

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NAFOA Seminars - Building Career Pathways: Working for Treasuring
2021-11-16 14:00 - 15:00 | United States
NAFOA and Treasury will be co-hosting a two-part seminar on November 16 and 17, 2021 to inform Native American youth and young professionals about the function of Treasury and how working for Treasury can contribute to professional growth while making an impact on their communities and country. The seminar will provide practical advice on how to navigate the job search, the USAJobs application process and how to highlight applicants’ experiences and talents to stand out during the recruitment and application recruitment process. Treasury staff will discuss why they chose Treasury for their careers and give insight into their day-to-day experiences.
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Part I: Intro to Careers in Treasury
Tuesday, November 16 at 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Introduction to Treasury: Who are we, what do we do and why it matters
What’s it Like to Work for Treasury?
Career Opportunities with Treasury

Part II: The Application Process
Wednesday, November 17 at 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Applying for a Treasury Position
Standing Out from the Competition

ECHO Clinic: Virtual Care Implementation
2021-11-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
This ECHO clinic is designed to support I/T/U clinicians and administrators in implementing and overcoming common challenges associated with virtual care programs, such as apps that support healthy behaviors, telemedicine, and remote patient monitoring.
Date/Time: 3rd Tuesday of the month, 12:00 – 1:00 PM PT
To Join
Simply click on this Zoom link 5 minutes before the session begins (or at any time during the session): Zoom link >
Virtual Care Implementation Program

Stakeholder Engagement Sessions: FEMA Region 6 Hazard Mitigation Assistance
2021-11-16 13:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
Greetings to you, our stakeholders! Based on your survey results, we have developed the virtual Stakeholder Engagement Sessions (Webinars) below to share Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) program information with you.
Application Development
7/29 9:00 am-12:00 pm (Central)
This presentation will cover Hazard Mitigation Assistance Project Eligibility and Project Scoping, Elements for Developing Quality Project Applications (Scopes of Work/Budget and Other Considerations), and Mitigation Project Resources.
Management Costs
8/10 10:00 am-11:30 am (Central)
During this webinar, we will be viewing a previously recorded presentation available here. Followed by a Question and Answer period at approximately 10:55 am.
Tribal Only- BRIC NOFO
10/7 2:00 pm- 4:00 pm (Central)
Learn about the FY 2021 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to include: overview, key dates, available funding, registering in FEMA GO.
Tribal Only- FEMA GO Application
10/14 2:00 pm- 4:00 pm (Central)
Learn how to input your BRIC or FMA applications into the FEMA GO system.
Tribal Only- Cost Effectiveness and Technical Feasibility Listening Session
10/21 2:00 pm- 4:00 pm (Central)
Tribal Only- BRIC Listening Session
10/28 2:00 pm- 4:00 pm (Central)
EHP- UFR Summit for Louisiana
11/16 1:00 pm- 4:00 pm (Central)
This is a FYI- the invite will come from our EHP folks
Application Development- Offering #2
11/17 9:00 am- 12:00 pm (Central)
**Repeat of Offering 1** This presentation will cover Hazard Mitigation Assistance Project Eligibility and Project Scoping, Elements for Developing Quality Project Applications (Scopes of Work/Budget and Other Considerations), and Mitigation Project Resources.

Charting Your Course: Navigating Funding Streams to Support Your Health Programs - CEDAR Branch: Strategic Planning for Community Advisory Boards
2021-11-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event
Charting Your Course: Navigating Funding Streams to Support Your Health Programs
The Charting Your Course: Navigating Funding Streams to Support Your Health Programs Community of Learning will provide Urban Indian Health Organizations’ (UIO), UIO leadership, behavioral health providers, grant and development staff the skills to help sustain current funding and secure new funding. This series supports building UIO’s grant writing capacity, program evaluation, and strategic planning skills. Each session will incorporate didactic learning and engaging activities.
CEDAR Branch: Strategic Planning for Community Advisory Boards
Nov 16, 2021 | 2 – 3 p.m. EST | Learn more and register
Presenters:
– Kevin Lachapelle
CEO, San Diego American Indian Health Center
– Margie Anderson (Yoeme Apache Hawaiian)
Substance Abuse Provider
Objectives:

Understand the Cedar Branch model: Community. Engagement. Diversity. Action. Revitalization.
Learn to develop of an effective, diverse, and culturally competent BH community advisory circle
Turn qualitative community feedback into a comprehensive strategic plan
Build an engaging coalition focused on community culture and healing

House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife: Hybrid Legislative Hearing
2021-11-16 13:00
November 16 at 2:00 pm Eastern
House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife: Hybrid Legislative Hearing on H.R. 59, H.R. 4690, and H.R. 5770.

H.R. 59 (Rep. Don Young, R-AK), To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes. Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act.
H.R. 4690 (Rep. Jared Huffman, D-CA), To reauthorize and amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes. Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021.
H.R. 5770 (Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-MI), To improve the management of forage fish. Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021.

Enterprise Webinar: Moving Upstream: Housing Stability to Prevent Evictions and Address Racial Disparities
2021-11-16 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual Event
Enterprise Webinar
Moving Upstream: Housing Stability to Prevent Evictions and Address Racial Disparities
Tuesday, November 16 at 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Eastern
The need for more affordable housing and a more comprehensive system to keep people housed is critical beyond this crisis to break intergenerational cycles of poverty and to enable robust preservation of our affordable housing stock.
What can communities do to increase long-term housing stability and promote financial resilience for families and individuals?
Join us to explore strong resident protections, expanded safety nets and other “upstream” affordable housing solutions that are key to avoiding evictions long after this pandemic ends – and addressing some of the enduring systematic racism in housing.
This event marks the closing session of a four-part series supported by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Register to reserve your spot today.

Expanding Global Awareness of Native Tourism With EXIM Bank
2021-11-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, join the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA), U.S. Commercial Service and the Export-Import Bank of the US (EXIM) and the La Jolla Adventure Park, for a panel discussion covering resources available to Native businesses looking to expand their tourism offerings to a global reach. Additionally, the panel will present case studies of success and challenges during the pandemic and provide ideas of other support tools available for hospitality industry businesses.
Learn more and register.

AIANTA Webinar Series - Expanding Global Awareness of Native Tourism With EXIM Bank
2021-11-16 11:00 | Virtual Event
AIANTA Webinar Series
Expanding Global Awareness of Native Tourism With EXIM Bank
Tuesday, November 16 at 11:00 am Central/12:00 pm Eastern
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, join the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA), U.S. Commercial Service the Export-Import Bank of the US (EXIM) and the La Jolla Adventure Park, for a panel discussion covering resources available to Native businesses looking to expand their tourism offerings to a global reach. Additionally, the panel will present case studies of successes and challenges during the pandemic and provide ideas of other support tools available for hospitality industry businesses.
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Quarles & Brady's informative webinar - Federal Vaccine Mandates: Key Takeaways and Action Steps for Employers
2021-11-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual Event
Federal Vaccine Mandates: Key Takeaways and Action Steps for Employers
November 16, 2021 at 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Central
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Program Overview:
Join Quarles & Brady’s informative webinar to help employers understand and prepare for the requirements outlined in OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Interim Final Rule, including the latest updates on the legal challenges underway. Given the imminent December 5th deadline, learn more about the important steps employers should take now to make decisions and plan to ensure compliance.
Who Should Attend:
This session is designed for HR professionals, in-house counsel, executives, compliance officers and hiring managers. Quarles & Brady reserves the right to limit or restrict attendance to the program.
CLE: Quarles & Brady will apply for 1.0 hour of continuing legal education credit. All participants seeking CLE credit must complete and return the electronic CLE form provided in the seminar’s dashboard materials.
NOTE: The Impact of COVID-19 on Continuing Legal Education:
Live Seminar/Webinar: Please note, to best comply with safety recommendations regarding COVID-19, many state bar offices are closed or operating with reduced staffing. This is anticipated to cause significant delays in approval for CLE accreditation. The processing time for course approval is estimated to take between 8-16 weeks.

HRCE: A Certificate of Attendance is provided in the webinar dashboard materials for HR professionals who self-report continuing education.
This webinar is complimentary.
Questions?
Please contact Katie Morris at katherine.morris@quarles.com or (312) 715-5268.

Webinar - Traditional Gathering Methods of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
2021-11-16 10:00 | Virtual Event
Tuesday, November 16 at 11:00 am Eastern
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The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation is hosting a free 30-minute webinar titled “Traditional Gathering Methods of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians” at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 16, in recognition of Native American Heritage Month.
Tribal Forest Resource Liaison Tommy Cabe will discuss how the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Nature Resource Office is collaborating with the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service to study traditional gathering practices and their impact on culturally significant plants, such as ramps and sochan. The joint effort is to demonstrate how the traditional gathering methods have much less impact on plant populations. Once these methods have been observed through scientific standards and proven, the goal is to allow access on traditional lands and to change policy on how some plants are gathered.
Cabe is a Tribal member from the Bird Town Community, and is a senior employee to the newly evolved Agricultural & Natural Resource Department. He studied environmental and natural sciences before discovering his interest in forestry. During his completion of the forestry program at Haywood Community College in 2000, he was employed by the EBCI Environmental Department as an Air Quality Technician before advancing to the evolving Water Quality Program as the Non-Point Source Coordinator. There, he managed several projects on Tribal lands to minimize pollution in the watersheds. Cabe also served as the Tribal Environmental Planner, where he oversaw both the Air Quality Program and the Non-Point Source program. As the Tribal Forest Resource Liaison, he is responsible for Forest Management Plan Development on the Trust Lands and on forested Tribal acres.

Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start
2021-11-15 12:00 - 15:00
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Head Start (OHS)
The OHS has scheduled three Tribal Consultation sessions. These one-day sessions will be held between HHS, ACF, and OHS leadership and the leadership of tribal governments operating Head Start and Early Head Start programs. The purpose of these consultation sessions is to discuss ways to better meet the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children and their families, taking into consideration funding allocations, distribution formulas, and other issues affecting the delivery of Head Start services in their geographic locations. The dates of the virtual sessions are included below:

National: Monday, November 15, 2021, 1–4 p.m. ET

Additional information can be found on the ELCKC website. To register, click here.

2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit
2021-11-15 - 2021-11-16 | Virtual Event
The White House is excited to announce that the 2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit will officially take place on November 15 and 16 2021. This year the Summit will take place virtually.
President Biden and the Administration look forward to hosting a robust and meaningful dialogue with Tribal leaders on key issues, policy initiatives, and goals for Indian Country. This year they have changed the name from a conference to a summit to reflect the federal government’s Nation-to-Nation relationship with Tribal Nations. The Biden-Harris Administration is deeply committed to honoring their trust and treaty responsibilities to federally recognized Tribal Nations and the Summit provides an opportunity for Tribal leaders to engage directly with officials from the highest levels of the Administration.
If you have any questions, please reach out to TNS@who.eop.gov.
The policy panels will include the following sessions:

Combating COVID-19
Native American Education and Native Languages
Public Safety and Justice
Climate Change Impacts and Solutions
Tribal Treaty Rights and Sacred Lands
Economic and Workforce Development
Infrastructure, Housing and Energy
Listening Session with Federal Officials

Agenda

Tribal Leaders Streaming Links
Tribal Leaders (representing federally recognized tribal governments) that registered for the White House Tribal Nations Summit online should have received a special link to participate in the virtual Summit. If you do not have the link or did not register to receive the link, please reach out to Wizipan Garriott or Joaquin Gallegos.
Public Streaming Links
For all other viewers, tune in to watch the White House Tribal Nations Summit through the general public streaming links below!
Monday, November 15
Location: Virtual from the White House
Date: Monday (11/15)
Start Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Time
Day 1 Tribal Nations Summit Streaming Link
Tuesday, November 16
Location: Virtual from the White House
Date: Tuesday (11/16)
Start Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Time
Day 2 Tribal Nations Summit Streaming Link

For more information and announcements that occur during the summit, please visit https://www.usetinc.org/resources/white-house-tribal-nations-summit/.

Mashantucket Pequot Museum - Honoring the Veterans Powwow
2021-11-13 09:00
Honoring the Veterans Powwow
Saturday, November 13 at 10:00 am Eastern
Mashantucket Pequot Museum
110 Pequot Trail
Mashantucket
The Mashantucket Pequot Museum will hold its annual Honoring the Veterans Powwow. The event will include performances, regalia and traditional music as approximately 100 dancers and drummers compete inside the Gathering Space. Event is included in museum admission. Admission for veterans and active-duty military is free of charge and includes a private luncheon at 10:30 a.m. in the museum’s Pequot Café restaurant. For more information, visit pequotmuseum.org/explore/events.

Writing Indigenous Diplomacy: Indian Removal and the History of Native American Literature (webinar)
2021-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 | United States
Writing Indigenous Diplomacy: Indian Removal and the History of Native American Literature (webinar)
Date: Friday, November 12, 2021
Time 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern
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In the nineteenth century, when the crisis of Indian removal profoundly reshaped Indigenous America, many Native American diplomats and intellectuals turned to public speaking and writing to protest or negotiate U.S.-Indian relations. Through their efforts, scenes of Indigenous diplomacy—in Washington DC, at tribal councils, and in military outposts—became an important seedbed for Native American literature. In this lecture, Dr. Frank Kelderman explores the relation between these diplomatic settings and the history of Native American writing and oratory in the era of Indian removal. How did Native writers and speakers assert a public voice at a time when the power and livelihood of Indian nations was under increasing threat? What kinds of collaborations and deal-making went into these diplomatic scenes, and how did those shape the meaning of Indigenous texts? And what are the archival, historical, and interpretative problems that these writings pose for us as present-day readers? To explore these questions, this lecture will showcase a range of visual and written artifacts from different archives. Focusing on Native writers and speakers from the Great Lakes to the Missouri River Valley, it will show how the practice of Indigenous diplomacy gave rise to an unexpected and often misunderstood tradition of Native American writing.
Frank Kelderman is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Louisville. He is the author of Authorized Agents: Publication and Diplomacy in the Era of Indian Removal (SUNY Press, 2019). His articles on Native American literature and culture have also appeared or are forthcoming in journals including American Studies, Studies in American Indian Literatures, Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States, and American Quarterly. At the University of Louisville, Dr. Kelderman teaches courses on U.S., Native American, and global Indigenous literature.

USET COVID-19 ECHO
2021-11-12 11:00 | Virtual Event
Every second Friday of the month: USET COVID-19 ECHO The session will include updates related to Indian Country, updates on the status of COVID-19 in the USET region, and an opportunity to ask questions and receive expert advice.
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Central/12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern (join)
Join by phone only at any of the following numbers using meeting ID 918 0885 1929:
646-558-8656; 253-215-8782; 301-715-8592; 346-248-7799. Press *6 to mute your line.
**Continuing education credits are NOW available for these sessions.**

WHA IGA Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Briefings
2021-11-12 10:00, 2021-11-10 14:45, 2021-11-10 10:30 | Virtual Event
To learn more about the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and what’s next in the Administration’s plan to Build Back Better, the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs invites you to join us and other senior administration officials for one of the briefing opportunities offered this week.
Please register below and contact IGA46@who.eop.gov with if you have any questions.

IGA BID Briefing Schedule

BID Briefing with Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and senior White House and Agency officials
Monday, November 8
11:15 am Eastern
REGISTER HERE: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_dnorkkEUReKgNL5kJvCb5w

USDA Briefing with USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and senior White House and Agency officials
Wednesday, November 10 at
11:30 am Eastern
REGISTER HERE:
https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_EQqf7XRDTAGEdOYSfBBYNA

BID Briefing with Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves and senior White House and Agency officials
Wednesday, November 10
3:45PM ET
REGISTER HERE: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_qEz8Hwi8Qg2twNvLVfj0wg

BID Briefing with Department of Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh and senior White House and Agency officials
Friday, November 12
11:00 AM ET
REGISTER HERE: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_n14gjUdcQzemSworKJcy1Q

North County Climate Change Alliance: Our Changing Climate Series - Renewable Energy Opportunities
2021-11-11 19:30 | Virtual Event
North County Climate Change Alliance (NCCCA)
Our Changing Climate Series – Renewable Energy Opportunities
Thursday, November 11 at 7:30 pm Central
Solar power is by far the cheapest source of electricity available these days, beating coal, natural gas, and nuclear in your checkbook. But if the solar power is placed far away from the end user, these low prices are dwarfed by transmission costs and grid losses. Far away no longer makes sense. So, what are the solutions?
Please join us to hear about a prospective North County renewable energy project at Markel Reservoir, Carlsbad and as well as other nearby projects. While these projects are located here in San Diego County the approach could be used worldwide!
While the private sector brings significant technical skills, there needs to be a public-private partnership to expedite these projects. Learn how we can be a part of the team to promote this collaboration, to save money, create jobs, advance the use of renewable energy, and mitigate the climate crisis!
Local CCAs (Community Choice Aggregation, aka Community Choice Energy) such as the Clean Energy Alliance are in a position to bring hundreds of millions of dollars into their cities, with local jobs, local energy resiliency, lower energy prices, and additional city revenue. This is true community power!
We will also hear from Dave Rosenfeld, who is the Executive Director of the Solar Rights Alliance. He will update us on the current efforts underway to save rooftop solar.
(PG&E, So Cal Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric are lobbying the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to make consumer solar twice as expensive than it is today. The CPUC is expected to make a decision by the end of this year. If you were following the now-defeated AB 1139, the CPUC is where this issue will get settled.)
Please register in advance for this Zoom meeting.
There is no charge for this online event but you must register in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

CNAY presents virtual discussion with Paulina Alexis
2021-11-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Event
A Reckoning in Representation with Paulina Alexis
November 11 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern
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In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) at the Aspen Institute is pleased to announce a live discussion with Paulina Alexis (Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation). Paulina’s most recent film, BEANS, is the critically acclaimed coming-of-age story that had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Based on true events, Tracey Deer’s award-winning debut feature chronicles the 79-day standoff between two Mohawk communities and government forces in 1990 Quebec.
To commemorate the release of this powerful film, CNAY will be hosting a virtual Zoom discussion with Paulina Alexis on Thursday, November 11, 2021, from 7:00-8:00pm EST. This conversation will also include Native youth leaders who work to increase representation of Indigenous voices in main-stream media.
Featured speakers and panelists will include:

Nikki Pitre, Executive Director, The Center for Native American Youth
Paulina Alexis, Actress
Kaliko Kalāhiki, Youth Advisory Board, The Center for Native American Youth
Laura Deloodeneenła Ekada, Generation Indigenous Ambassador
Isabella Madrigal, 2020 Champion for Change

Join in celebrating the rise of Indigenous representation. Register early, via the link below, and share this invitation with colleagues and those in your network who may be interested in the event. This event will be streamed live to our Facebook page.
For questions, please contact Senior Program Associate Jen Peacock at jennifer.peacock@aspeninstitute.org.

NOAA Tribal Consultation Webinar
2021-11-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Consultation #1
Date: January 10, 2022
Time: 1pm – 3pm EST
Registration Link
Consultation #2
Date: January 11, 2022
Time: 11am – 1pm EST
Registration Link
Copies of all documents can be found here: https://www.noaa.gov/legislative-and-intergovernmental-affairs/noaa-tribal-resources-updates
NOAA requests your input on revisions to the following existing NOAA policies and guidance documents, which facilitate NOAA’s implementation of E.O. 13175: (1) NOAA Procedures for Government-to-Government Consultation With Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations (Draft Handbook); (2) NOAA Administrative Order 218-8, Policy on Government-to-Government Consultation with Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations (see last page of Draft Handbook); and (3) a traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) guidance currently titled NOAA Fisheries and National Ocean Service Guidance and Best Practices for Engaging and Incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Decision-Making.
The Draft Handbook and NOAA Administrative Order revisions are intended to update and formalize the productive practices and procedures NOAA has developed throughout its years of working with tribal governments, American Indians, and Native Alaskans. These proposed updates are intended to further strengthen NOAA’s relationships with Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and improve the Agency’s consultation procedures.
NOAA plans to update and apply the TEK guidance to all NOAA offices, and is interested in input regarding any updates or revisions to strengthen this guidance. TEK has the potential to inform and enrich many aspects of NOAA’s work, allowing us to better understand earth and ocean systems and fulfill our management responsibilities. The TEK Guidance has not been previously made available for tribal or public comment.
NOAA understands the importance of long-standing policies relating to government-to-government relations with tribal governments. In January 2021, President Biden issued a Presidential Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening the Nation-to-Nation Relationships that requires all federal departments and agencies to submit a plan for implementing Executive Order 13175. Executive Order 13175 charges federal departments and agencies to engage in regular, meaningful, and robust consultation with Tribal officials in the development of federal policies that have Tribal implications. The revisions to these policy and guidance documents respond to those Administration requirements.
The Federal Register notice for this request was published on November 24, 2021, and can be found at www.Regulations.gov.

“Bounty” Live World Premiere
2021-11-10 18:00 - 19:30
November 10 at 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM CST
We are citizens of the Penobscot Nation. For this film, we bring our families to Boston to read our ancestors’ death warrant. This abhorrent proclamation, made in 1755 by the colonial government, paid settlers handsomely to murder Penobscot people. It declared our people enemies and offered different prices for the scalps of children, women, and men. Bounty proclamations like this, some even paid in stolen land, persisted for more than two centuries across what is now the United States.
The memory of being hunted is in our blood. We know this to be true, and the science now affirms that trauma can be passed down from generation to generation. In “Bounty” we take control of this process by inviting our children into the colonizer’s hall of injustice, to read their hateful words and tell the truth about what was done to our ancestors. We exercise our power by sharing the horrors of this hard history as an act of resistance, remembrance, and a step toward justice.
Join Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador Maulian Dana, film participant Dawn Neptune Adams (Penobscot), and filmmaker and Upstander Project director Adam Mazo for a conversation after the film.
Learn more about the film at bountyfilm.org.
REGISTER
EVENT SCHEDULE (all times Eastern)
7:00 PM – 7:05 PM: Film Introduction
7:06 PM – 7:14 PM: “Bounty” film
7:15 PM – 9:00 PM: Film Team Q&A

Tribal Health Program Support Gathering Circle
2021-11-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
The Gathering Circle will be an opportunity to expand our stakeholders’ understanding of ongoing USET Tribal Health Programs Support’s (THPS) programing strengths and challenges. The Gathering Circle will be a quarterly webinar. Each session will highlight various THPS programs.
Who should attend?

USET member Tribal Leaders
USET member Health Directors and Clinicians
Federal Partners

Participants will:

Learn about the history of epidemiology
Learn about the role of Tribal Epidemiology Centers
Learn about the resources USET’s TEC can provide Tribal Nations

Zoom Link

HouseSubcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands: Legislative Hearing
2021-11-10 11:00
November 10 at 12:00 pm Eastern
House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands: Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 268, H.R. 980, H.R. 1469, H.R. 2512, H.R. 2551, H.R. 3600, H.R. 4358, H.R. 4404, H.R. 4494, and H.R. 5118.

H.R. 1469 (Rep. Chellie Pingree), To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river segments within the York watershed in the State of Maine as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. York River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2021.
H.R. 4358 (Rep. Vern Buchanan), To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Little Manatee River as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. Little Manatee Wild and Scenic River Act.
H.R. 4404 (Rep. Darren Soto), To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Kissimmee River in the State of Florida as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Act.

House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations: “Hunger Among Veterans and Servicemembers: Understanding the Problem and Evaluating Solutions”

FDIC Webinar - Economic Inclusion for Native Americans: Access to Safe and Affordable Bank Accounts
2021-11-10 10:30 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Economic Inclusion for Native Americans: Access to Safe and Affordable Bank Accounts
Webinar
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM CDT
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is hosting a webinar to highlight the need for access to safe and affordable bank accounts in Native American communities.
Presenters from the Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition (ONAC) and two financial institutions that serve Native American communities will discuss why bank account access is critical for Native Americans, detail ONAC’s national effort to bring Native Americans into the financial mainstream, and offer strategies for reaching unbanked Native American households.

The FDIC’s #Get Banked Initiative and How America Banks Survey will also be discussed.

Recovery and Healing Conference
2021-11-10 09:30 - 18:00 | Virtual Event
Recovery and Healing Conference
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 10:30 am ET- 7:00 pm ET
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy is partnering with We are Warriors Emergency Operations Center and Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board to host a virtual Recovery & Healing Conference on Nov. 10, 2021, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MT. The conference will help Tribal leaders, nonprofit organizations, emergency managers, community leaders, disaster responders and funders understand:

The basic tenets of disaster recovery.
Long-term recovery groups and how they function in Native communities.
The importance of healing, strategies for healing and stories of healing.

Additional event details and registration information coming soon!
