DOI & BIA Engagement Sessions on Renewable Energy Accelerated Deployment Initiative
2023-08-24, 2023-08-28, 2023-09-06
The U.S. Department of the Interior (Department) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are hosting six engagement sessions throughout August and September on the Renewable Energy Accelerated Deployment Initiative for Indian Country (READI). Through these engagement sessions, the BIA intends to better understand and gather input on 1) what Tribal Nations need to proactively promote Tribal renewable energy development and 2) what the BIA should do to address Tribal needs with respect to renewable energy development.
The engagement session dates and times are as follows:

Monday, Aug. 21, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa, Catoosa, OK
Thursday, Aug. 24, Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula, CA
Monday, Aug. 28, Wild Horse Resort and Casino, Pendleton, OR
Wednesday, Sept. 6, via Zoom
Thursday, Sept. 7, via Zoom
Monday, Sept. 11, National Indian Programs Training Center, Albuquerque, NM
Sept. 2023, Hybrid Midwest/Eastern Area

The Department offers a travel stipend for one representative from your Tribal nation to attend one of the in-person engagement sessions. For travel stipend arrangements, please send a request to READI@bia.gov.
They welcome your written comments, which can be submitted by completing a form or emailing READI@bia.gov by 11:59 p.m. ET, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.
For more information on the Renewable Energy Accelerated Deployment Initiative (READI) visit the website bia.gov/readi

NCJTC Webinar: Preventing Child Abduction and Exploitation in Indian Country
2023-08-24 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Chicago) | Virtual Event
August 24 at 9:00 am – 10:00 am Central
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Learn the prevention, preparation methods and techniques to prevent luring of child sex-trafficking victims, internet exploitation, and child abduction incidents in Indian Country.

USET OERM Webinar: Managing Your Water and/or Wastewater System into the Future Webinar Series
2023-08-24 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual Event
USET’s Office of Environmental Resource Management and the University of North Carolina Environmental Finance Center is proud to present the Managing Your Water and/or Wastewater System into the Future Webinar Series
The Office of Environmental Resource Management is collaborating with University of North Carolina Environmental Finance Center (UNC EFC) to offer two webinar sessions on Managing Your Water and/or Wastewater System in the Future. The first webinar, “Managing Your Water and/or Wastewater System into the Future: Assessing Utility Financial Health,” will be held on August 17 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am Central/11:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern and the second webinar, “Managing Your System into the Future: Rate Setting,” will be held on August 24 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am Central/11:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern.
The speaker for these webinars is Dr. Ahmed Rachid El-Khattabi. He is the Associate Director of the Environmental Finance Center (EFC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His background is in applied economics and urban planning. He earned his Ph.D. in 2020 from the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. El-Khattabi’s expertise is in policy-oriented quantitative research and data management. His research focuses on issues at the intersection of economic development and environmental planning with a particular focus on urban water management. Prior to joining EFC, he was an ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow then an Economist in the Water Economics Center at the US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water. At EPA, he co-developed an environmental justice batch screening tool (EJSCREENbatch), contributed to the development of support tools for regulatory benefits analyses, and conducted research to support national rulemaking related to Waters of the United States.

Managing Your Water and/or Wastewater System into the Future: Assessing Utility Financial Health
When: August 17 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am Central/11:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern
Who should attend: Tribal Leaders, Tribal Utility Board members, Utility Managers, Tribal Infrastructure and Planning Directors, Financial Directors
What: This session will discuss how to think about a water and/or wastewater system as a financial entity and will examine the key financial indicators that allow these systems to make informed decisions in planning and investment. Specifically, this session will cover operating ratios, debt service coverage ratios, and other financial metrics that may be influential in assessment of long-term financial sustainability and introduce a financial health checkup tool that can be used to compare a utility fund’s actual performance against desired goals.

Managing Your System into the Future: Rate Setting
When: August 24 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am Central/11:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern
Who should attend: Tribal Leaders, Tribal Utility Board members, Utility Managers, Tribal Infrastructure and
Planning Directors, Financial Directors
What: This session will present the basics of rate structure design, and how these structures may affect revenue generation, help or hinder various utility objectives, and potentially support affordability initiatives. This session will also cover how a community can approach starting to charge for water/wastewater and where can revenue be applied and introduce a rates analysis tool that can be used to test scenarios and help determine whether the utility needs to adjust rates in order to achieve financial sufficiency.

Registration: Register for both webinars today!

For questions, please contact Veronica Menta, USET OERM Financial Analyst, at vmenta@usetinc.org.

NAP Member Education Session: Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Beyond
2023-08-24 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual Event
August 24 at 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern
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Join Native Americans Philanthropy (NAP) moderator, Stephine Poston (Pueblo of Sandia) and Indigenous changemakers, Carly Bad Heart Bull (Dakota/Muscogee), Mahrinah Shije (Tewa/T’siyameh), and Kimball Sekaquaptewa (Hopi) as they discuss how philanthropy can work differently to not only better support the exercising of Indigenous Data Sovereignty but also uplift the vital infrastructure and policy reform needed for sustainable practices.

WHCNAA Consultation on Tribal Treaty Rights
2023-08-24 12:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
Dear Tribal Leader Letter
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.

Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center 25th Anniversary Gala
2023-08-25 | Mashantucket Pequot Museum, 110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket, CT, 06338, United States
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Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center 25th Anniversary Gala
August 11, 2023

Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule Public Meeting
2023-08-26 12:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-30 16:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Event
EQ will conduct four virtual public meetings for the proposed rule on

Saturday, August 26, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT;
Wednesday, August 30, 2023, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. EDT;
Monday, September 11, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT; and
Thursday, September 21, 2023, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.

For additional information and to register for the meetings, please visit CEQ’s website at www.nepa.gov.
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is proposing this “Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule” to revise its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including to implement the Fiscal Responsibility Act’s amendments to NEPA. CEQ proposes the revisions to provide for an effective environmental review process that promotes better decision making; ensure full and fair public involvement; provide for an efficient process and regulatory certainty; and provide for sound decision making grounded in science, including consideration of relevant environmental, climate change, and environmental justice effects. CEQ proposes these changes to better align the provisions with CEQ’s extensive experience implementing NEPA; CEQ’s perspective on how NEPA can best inform agency decision making; longstanding Federal agency experience and practice; NEPA’s statutory text and purpose, including making decisions informed by science; and case law interpreting NEPA’s requirements. CEQ invites comments on the proposed revisions.
You may submit comments, identified by docket number CEQ–2023–0003, by any of the following methods:

Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 202–456–6546.
Mail: Council on Environmental Quality, 730 Jackson Place NW, Washington, DC 20503.

DHS/FEMA Extreme Heat Summit
2023-08-28 15:00 | Virtual Event
August 28 at 4:00 pm Eastern
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FEMA invites you, your teams, and all Tribal Nations to register for the Department of Homeland Security/FEMA Extreme Heat Summit taking place on Monday, August 28th at 4:00 p.m. ET. During the Summit you will hear from Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, along with Tribal Nation, state, local and territorial leaders, discuss best practices and success stories of communities taking action to mitigate the impacts of extreme heat. They are very excited to share that Chief Mike Williams of the Akiak Native Community will be joining this panel to share his knowledge regarding the impacts of climate change and extreme heat on Tribal Nations. They know that Tribal Nations are on the front lines of many of the impact of climate change including extreme heat and hope that you will join them for this important discussion.

National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) Open Meeting
2023-08-29 - 2023-08-30 | Virtual Event
August 29-20, 2023 at 1:00pm – 4:30 pm Eastern each day
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The purpose of this meeting is to convene NACIE and conduct the following business: FY24: Calendar, Annual Report to Congress, and Activity Planning; Collaborative NACIE-Related Organization Chart Discussion, Federal Stakeholder Updates, Bylaws Update, Open Public Comment; and discussion with other federal stakeholders, e.g., U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), WHI-NATCU, U.S. Department of Labor, and U.S. Department of Education, Office of Indian Education.
Members of the public may access the NACIE meeting via virtual teleconference. Up to 350 lines will be available on a first come, first serve basis for those who wish to join via teleconference. The dial-in listen only phone number for the meeting is: 1-669-254-5252 and Meeting ID is: 161 715 5166. The web link to register to access the meeting via Zoom.gov is: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItce6gpjsvHQ8KGik8VaRXX-f9_xJi86U

DOI SGAC and IHS TSGAC Meeting
2023-08-29 - 2023-08-31
The Department of the Interior’s Self-Governance Advisory Committee and the Indian Health Service’s Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee will meet in August 2023.
DOI SGAC Meeting:
Aug 29 (all day)
Aug 30 (AM)
IHS TSGAC Meeting:
Aug 30 (PM)
Aug 31 (all day)
Please submit agenda requests by July 28 for the August DOI SGAC and IHS TSGAC meetings to info@tribalselfgov.org or you can complete the web forms located at:

DOI SGAC Meeting: https://www.tribalselfgov.org/advisory-committees/sgac/
IHS TSGAC Meeting: https://www.tribalselfgov.org/advisory-committees/tsgac/

HOTEL ROOM BLOCK (Embassy Suites): https://book.passkey.com/gt/219145167?gtid=d016bdb869a3e9de2c9c9d533d3a19c2
REGISTER FOR THE MEETING: https://www.tribalselfgov.org/sgac-and-tsgac-members-register-for-the-doi-self-governance-advisory-committee-and-or-the-ihs-tribal-self-governance-advisory-committee-meetings-scheduled-for-august-2023/
A virtual option will be available.

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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Web Join URL
Zoom Join URL:
Meeting ID: 161 989 8808
Meeting Password: [REDACTED]
Dial-in information: +1 669- 25-4 5252 US | +1 646- 82-8 7666 US
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.

Office of Indian Education Webinar | Indigenizing Health Career Pathways Across Generations: A Closer Look at Instruction and Practices in American Indian and Alaska Native Education
2023-08-29 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual Event
August 29 at 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern
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The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities (WHI TCU), along with the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education, will host a virtual four-part dialogue series that addresses multiple topics that impact employment for the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) community.
The fourth and final dialogue will focus on AI/AN health career pathways education. The dialogue will offer perspectives from experts from the AI/AN community who have participated in, advocated for, and benefited from a process of indigenizing curricula, education program design, and delivery for AI/AN individuals with and without disabilities. The speakers and featured practices span generations: from early health pathways engagement in a program geared toward high school youth, to a college nursing program designed to include college students who live in remote areas, to a nurse and professor and tribal elder who has been advocating for and providing nursing education that engages students’ aspirations and culture.

Virtual SAMHSA TTAC Meeting
2023-08-29 12:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
August 29 at 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern
Registration is required. You must register to obtain the call-in number, access code, and/or web access link or request special accommodations for those with disabilities.
The SAMHSA TTAC meeting is open to the public. An agenda with call-in information will be posted on the SAMHSA website prior to the meeting at: https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils/meetings. This meeting will include, but is not limited to, remarks from the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use; updates on SAMHSA priorities; follow up on topics related to the previous TTAC meetings; and council discussions. Meeting information and a roster of TTAC members may be obtained either by accessing the SAMHSA Council’s website at https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils /, or by contacting CAPT Karen Hearod, MSW, LCSW, Director, Office of Tribal Affairs and Policy, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Telephone: (202)-868–9931, Email: otap@samhsa.hhs.gov.

NAFOA Webinar: Cost Allowability and Allocability.
2023-08-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event
Join NAFOA and experts from FORVIS for a webinar on Tuesday, August 29 from 2-3:00 pm Eastern Time on Cost Allowability and Allocability.
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Unallowable costs have long been a prime target for the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) Auditors. Proper identification and segregation of unallowable costs is a key component of an adequate accounting system and failure to properly segregate such costs may result in penalties. Contractors need to segregate unallowable costs and maintain proper documentation in order to withstand audit scrutiny.
This beginner-level panel will provide an overview of the FAR cost principles and their impact on cost accounting and pricing challenges.
Topics Covered

FAR Cost Principles and Unallowable Costs
Best Practices to Identify and Segregate Unallowable Costs
Grey areas and penalties for Unallowable Costs

DCAA’s interpretation of FAR Part 31

National Indian Country Training Initiative: Culture as Prevention: Indigenous Knowledge and Tribal-based Practices
2023-08-29 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual Event
August 29 at 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Eastern
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Registration deadline: August 25, 2023
Applicants will receive notice of their application status by August 28, 2023
In this presentation, participants will learn about the Guidance for Federal Departments and Agencies on Indigenous Knowledge issued by the White House on November 30, 2022. See https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/OSTP-CEQ-IK-Guidance.pdf. The guidance offers support for federal departments and agencies in recognizing and including Indigenous Knowledge in research, policy and other decision making. Tribal knowledge of this guidance is important to make certain that their work with the federal government agencies requires acknowledgment of these principles.
In addition, participants will learn about promoting, evaluating and sustaining Tribal-based practices in their work. Tribes and their citizens have utilized culturally specific practices which reduce risk factors and increase protective factors for a wide variety of behavioral and health problems for hundreds of years.
Presenters will be: Delight Satter (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde), Senior Health Scientist, Office of the Director, National Center for STLT Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, and Caroline Cruz (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs), Health and Human Services General Manager for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and one of the main authors for Oregon Tribal Based Practices.
This webinar is available to all federal, state, local and Tribal juvenile justice and social service professionals, as well as those interested in understand more about Indigenous Knowledge and Tribal-based practices. There is no tuition charge for this training.

ABA Webinar: Indian Law Cases Decided By SCOTUS This Term: A Primer
2023-08-29 14:00 | Virtual Event
August 29 at 2:00 pm Central
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The United States Supreme Court decided several Indian law cases this term that touch on fundamental concepts at the core of federal Indian law. This panel, made up, in part, of lawyers who were directly involved in each of these cases on behalf of Tribal Nations, and other lawyers and scholars who will offer a broader perspective, will discuss each of these cases and their impact on broader federal Indian law principles.

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

HUD Virtual Training: Admissions and Occupancy
2023-08-30 - 2023-08-31 | Virtual Event
Admissions & Occupancy Management is an interactive course designed to enhance the job performance of admissions & occupancy specialists and other tribal housing professionals working on admissions & occupancy issues. This course will cover the application and selection process, eligibility, calculating annual income, determining monthly rental or homeownership payments, occupancy standards, collections practice and compliance, effective communication techniques with residents, and lease agreement compliance. Participants are encouraged to bring calculators and copies of their admissions and occupancy policies so that they can practice applying them to case studies and role-playing exercises presented to them during this course.

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.

NCUIH Webinar: Vax Chat 2023: Paths to Equity
2023-08-31 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event
August 31 at 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern
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The National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) invites all experts and community members in urban Indian health to discuss what materials and strategies are needed to achieve permanent, equitable vaccination of adult American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) peoples, including COVID-19 and other vaccines.
Objectives:

Identify common challenges in outreach efforts that promote adult vaccinations to urban AI/AN people.
Discuss the vaccines that Urban Indian Organizations (UIO) plan to promote to their communities.
Identify what resources and strategies providers need when educating and encouraging urban Indian patients to get vaccinated.
Discuss how NCUIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) can develop and share vaccination resources for frontline community health staff to help increase patient referrals.

Presenters:

Tiffani Stark, Public Health Program Manager, NCUIH
Myca Grant Hunthrop, Public Health Project Coordinator, NCUIH

Audience:

UIO ED/CEOs
UIO Staff

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).

Shinnecock Indian Powwow
2023-09-01 - 2023-09-04
The Shinnecock Indian Powwow is one of the largest Native American Gatherings on the East Coast. As we dance upon the earth we are reminded that our culture and love for one another is the resounding heartbeat that transcends all that we face; wherever we face it. We dance upon our drum. The sound of the drum and our footsteps are recorded year after year within the drum that we dance upon. We may be the only Nation that dances upon its drum.
​The trees that surround our circle also record our Powwow historical moments within their barks as they grow with the People. We dance with all of our relations, past and present, from nearby and from afar. We welcome home our distant families as well as our guests with open arms and prayers as we share ourselves, our culture, arts & crafts, good food and our ceremonies during each Labor Day weekend.
​We begin at 3pm on Friday with our first Grand Entry of dancers from all over the Americas at 7pm. Each day we host competitive dancing, guest entertainment, prayers, ceremonial dances, the acknowledgement of sponsors and visiting dignitaries. We honor our veterans for protecting this life as we know it. Grand Entry re-occurs each preceding day at 12:30pm and 7pm with the exception of Monday. We conclude Monday evening at 6pm with the awarding of prizes to our competing drums and dancers.
We also host 100 Native American arts, crafts and food vendors from all over the Americas. Cultural enrichment and the opportunity for cultural education abounds as Native American representatives from every region are available to demonstrate and share their stories to all who ask.
This celebration of tradition has been fostered by our community leaders and the Shinnecock Church to whom we are forever grateful. Each year as we fill ourselves with the excitement of the upcoming Powwow celebration, we are reminded of the other things we are thankful for. We thank our patrons for joining us each year. May your way continue to be beautiful.
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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.

26th Biannual CDC/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting
2023-09-06 - 2023-09-07 | Virtual Event
On behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR), you are invited to the 26th Biannual CDC/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting, September 6-7, 2023 (6:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. AKT • 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. PT • 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. MT • 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CT • 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET).
The meeting will be hosted by the Oneida Nation, and you are invited to attend virtually. Please use this registration link to receive access to the virtual meeting.
This meeting will provide opportunities for Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) members to engage with CDC leadership. CDC relies on the TAC to identify immediate and emerging public health issues in Indian Country. These topics will include, but are not limited to, tribal priorities for CDC /ATSDR and CDC programmatic highlights. The meeting agenda will be available on the CDC/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Committee Meeting webpage the summer of 2023.
For more information about the meeting, please contact the Office of Tribal Affairs and Strategic Alliances at TribalSupport@cdc.gov or 404-498-0300.

HUD In-Person Conveyance Process Training
2023-09-06 - 2023-09-07
September 6-7 at 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Eastern
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Location: The Courtyard/Resident Inn Phoenix Downtown
A special rate of $134/night plus local tax has been blocked for this event. Use the link below to access more information about this hotel accommodation.)
This training assists Tribal Nations and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) in completing the proper steps to convey units as they are paid off. This class helps Tribal housing professionals and other interested individuals to understand their roles and responsibilities in transferring the housing unit, as well as helping homeowners understand their new responsibilities.
