Federal Resources

• Multi-Agency Memorandum of Agreement to further the Native American Languages Act of 1990 by establishing new goals and programs that support the protection and preservation of Native languages spoken by federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American groups in the United States
• Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) BIA OSG ONRR and BLM – identifies some inherently federal functions (see Annex B) and functions that Tribal Nations can assume under a Tribal Energy Resource Agreement (TERA) (see Annex A)
• MOU Among Federal Agencies Regarding Protection of Indian Sacred Sites
• Department of Veterans Affairs/Indian Health Service MOU

• Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Region
  • BIA Fee-to-Trust Handbook May 2016
  • Understanding the Fee-to-Trust Process for Off-Reservation
  • Discretionary Trust Acquisitions 2015
  • Fee-To-Trust Process for On Reservation Discretionary Acquisitions 
• Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs – Federal Register Notice January 30, 2020 Volume 85, No. 20 
• Indian Affairs Manual

• Bureau of Indian Education Launches New Strategic Direction 2018-2023 ~ First strategic plan released by the BIE

2021 Bureau of Indian Education Justifications

• NIEA NYState Profile – Current status of Native Education
• NIEA FLState Profile – Current status of Native Education
• NIEA NIE Negotiated Rulemaking Overview
• NIEA BIE Negotiated Rulemaking Issue Brief on Standards
• NIEA NIE Negotiated Rulemaking Issue Brief on Assessments
• NIEA BIE Negotiated Rulemaking Issue Brief on Accountability
• NIEA BIE Negotiated Rulemaking Issue Brief on Tribal Waivers
• NIEA Summary of Major Provision of Section 1111 of the Every Student Succeeds Act

• Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Federal Funding for Native American programs (Native American Crosscut)
• Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Federal Funding for Native American programs (Native American Crosscut)
• FY2022 Interior Budget in Brief
• Tribal-Interior Budget Council Information
• USET Federal Budget Process Animation Video

Department of the Interior

• National Indian Education Study 2019 - American Indian and Alaska Native Students at Grades 4 and 8
• National Indian Educations Study - Setting the Context

• Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women: New Efforts Are Underway but Opportunities Exist to Improve the Federal Response - November 1, 2021
• COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Interior and Treasury's Administration of CARES Act Funds Could Improve Federal Emergency Relief to Tribes - October 2021
• Health Care Capsule: Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - September 2021
• NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL RESOURCES: Improved Information Could Enhance Agencies’ Efforts to Analyze and respond to Risks of Theft and Damage – March 2021
• INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Provider Misconduct and Substandard Performance – December 10, 2020
• Federal response to COVID-19 – COVID-19: Opportunities to Improve Federal Response and Recovery Efforts
• BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION: Actions Needed to Improve Management of a Supplemental Education Program – April 10, 2020
•  INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE: Facilities Reported Expanding Services Following Increases in Health Insurance Coverage and Collections – October 1, 2019
•  GAO update of ongoing and potential reviews focused entirely on Indian programs/ Indian Affairs/ IHS - August 2019
•  VA AND INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE: Actions Needed to Strengthen Oversight and Coordination of Health Care for American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans
•  TRIBAL CONSULTATION: Additional Federal Actions Needed for Infrastructure Projects
•  Public School Choice: Limited Options Available for Many American Indian and Alaska Native Students
•  EPA Should Improve the Reliability of Data on National Priorities List Sites Affecting Indian Tribes
•  Indian Programs: Interior Should Address Factors Hindering Tribal Administration of Federal Programs
•  Indian Health Service: Spending Levels and Characteristics of IHS and Three Other
•  Federal Health Care Programs
•  TRIBAL BROADBAND – FCC Should Undertake Efforts to Better Promote Tribal Access to Spectrum
•  INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE Considerations Related to Providing Advance Appropriation Authority
•  BROADBAND INTERNET: FCC’s Data Overstate Access on Tribal Lands
•  NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH: Involvement in Justice Systems and Information on Grants to Help Address Juvenile Delinquency
•  Indian Health Service: Agency Faces Ongoing Challenges Filling Provider Vacancies
•  Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure: Opportunities Exist to Enhance Federal Agency Needs Assessment and Coordination on Tribal Projects
•  Agencies Need to Continue Efforts to Address Management Weaknesses of Federal Programs Serving Indian Tribes
•  Implementation of the Major Disaster Declaration Process for Federally Recognized Tribes
•  Progress on many high risk areas, while substantial efforts needed on others
•  Federal Management challenges related to Indian Energy Resources
•  Actions needed to address serious weaknesses in Federal Management of programs serving Indian Tribes 589T
•  Actions needed to address serious weaknesses in Federal Management of programs serving Indian Tribes 587T

• Office of the Inspector General
• December 2020 OIG Report: Incidence of Adverse Events in Indian Health Service Hospitals
• December 2020 OIG Report: Instances of IHS Labor and Delivery Care Not Following National Clinical Guidelines or Best Practices
• December 18, 2019 Report:  Indian Health Service Has Strengthened Patient Protection Policies but Must Fully Integrate Them Into Practice and Organizational Culture

HUD Section 184

• Pathways Home: A Native Homeownership Guide  –  Manuals Available
• Tribal Leaders Handbook on Homeownership

Indian Health Service

• Indian Health Service Strategic Plan for Fiscal Year 2019-2023
• IHS 2016 CSC Policy Update

• Native Governance Center Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgment
• Native Governance Center – BEYOND LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
• NATIVE LAND
  Website run by the nonprofit organization Native Land Digital — This is not an academic or professional survey of Indigenous territories, and the maps are constantly being refined from user input. These are meant more for the sake of helping people get interested and engaged.

Vacancies/Nominations

• Centers Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR) Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC)
  Submissions accepted until filled
• Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity Tribal Advisory Committee (CIIHE TAC)
  Questions on nomination process for delegates? Contact Violet Woo at Violet.Woo@hhs.gov. All other questions related to Tribal Affairs, contact CAPT Damion Killsback Damion.Killsback@hhs.gov.
  Submission Deadline January 7, 2022
• Indian Health Service Nashville Area Budget Formulation Team
  Submissions accepted until filled
• Interior Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) on Nation-to-Nation Relationships
  Additional information coming soon!
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tribal Advisory Committee (NIH TAC)
  Submissions accepted until filled
• National Tribal Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Behavioral Health
  Submissions accepted until filled
• Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee (TLDC)
  Please send nominations to bvenuti@usetinc.org with subject line: TLDC Nominations
• US Forest Service Advisory Council
  Questions? Contact Cassie Adams at cassie.adams@usda.gov
  Submissions accepted until filled
• Uncommon Dialogue on Hydropower, River Restoration, and Public Safety
  Questions? Contact Morgan Lommele at mlommele@kearnswest.com
  Submission accepted until filled

For upcoming meetings, please visit our calendar.

Workgroups/Taskforces

• Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Regional Rep: Germain l. Smith, Shinnecock Indian Nation; Alternate: Michael Augustine, Penobscot Indian Nation
• American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association Board of Directors Regional Rep: Darrell Waldron, Seacoke Wampanoag/Narragansett
• AmerindRisk Board of Directors: Susan M. Wicker, Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Jerri Killer, Cherokee Nation
• Association of Boards of Certification Regional Rep: Michael Bolt, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
• Attorney General Task Force AI/AN Children Exposed to Violence Vacant
• BIA Contract Support Cost Workgroup Regional Rep: Doug Weaver, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; DeMakus Staton, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
• Bureau of Indian Education Vacant
• Center for Disease Control (CDC) Opioid Workgroup
• Center for Disease Control/ATSDR Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee  Regional Rep: Vacant Alternate Regional Rep: Vacant
• Center for Indian Country Development Leadership Council – Dale White, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
• Census Bureau National Advisory Committee Vacant
• Climate Change Federal Advisory Committee Vacant
• Centers of Medicaid and Medicare Services Tribal Technical Advisory Group Regional Rep: Casey Cooper, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;  Alternate: Nancy Johnson, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Technical Advisor Elliott Milhollin, Hobbs, Straus Dean and Walker
• Council for Native American Farming and Ranching Regional Rep: Erin Parker, Assistant Director of the University of Arkansas School of Law Indigenous Food & Agriculture Initiative, Fayetteville, AR
• Department of Commerce National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee: Vacant
• Department of Energy Indian Country Energy and Infrastructure Working Group Regional Rep: USET Member Tribal Nations: Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Seneca Nation of Indians.
• Department of Energy Regional Advisory Committee  Vacant
• Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee Regional Rep: Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah); Alternate: Lynn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut; Technical Advisor: Kitcki Carroll, USET
• Department of Justice Global Advisory Committee Vacant
• Task Force on Research on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women (commonly referred to as the Section 904 task force) Regional Rep: Chris Rutherford, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
• Department of Justice Tribal Nations Leadership Council  CHARTER Regional Rep: Marilyn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
• Eastern Regional Tribal Conservation Advisory CommitteeRegional Rep: Jerry Pardilla, USET
• EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) Vacant
• EPA Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) Regional Rep Chief Eric Thompson Tehoroniathe (Bright Sky), Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Nation
• EPA Region IV Regional Tribal Operations Committee Vacant
• Federal Communications Commission InterTribal Advisory Committee Vacant
• Federal Communications Commission  Native Nations Broadband Taskforce Vacant
• Federal Communications Commission Native Nations Communications TaskforceCheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah; Michael Conners, Sub Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
• Federal Employee Health Benefits Tribal Workgroup Vacant
• Federal Emergency Management Agency National Advisory Council Paul Downing, Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township
• Federal Emergency Management Agency National Integration Center-National Mutual Aid System Strategic Plan Working Group Vacant
• Federal Emergency Management Agency Tribal Emergency Mutual Aid Compact
• Federal Emergency Management Agency Youth Preparedness Council Vacant
• First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Regional Rep: Willo Sylestine, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
• Forest Research Advisory Council Vacant
• Haskell Board of Regents Vacant
• Health and Human Services Administration for Children & Families Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee Vacant
• Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health Advisory Committee  Kirk Francis, Chief, Penobscot Nation; Alternate: Marlene Wakefield, Seneca Nation; Technical Support: Tori Reaves, USET
• Health and Human Services Region IV Public Health Training Center – Advisory Board Vacant
• Health and Human Services Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee  Regional Rep: Elizabeth Neptune, Councilwoman, Passamaquoddy Tribe – Indian Township; Alternate: Naomi Carney, Councilwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah; Technical Advisor: Dee Sabattus, USET
• Health and Human Services Self-Governance Tribal Federal Workgroup Vacant
• Health and Human Services Task Force on Substance Abuse
• Health Resource and Services Administration Tribal Advisory Committee Primary Rep: Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah); Alternate B. Cheryl Smith, Chief, Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Technical Advisor: Christy Duke, USET
• HUD – Tribal Housing and Related Infrastructure Interagency Task Force Vacant
• Indian Health Care Improvement Fund Workgroup (IHCIFWG) Regional Rep: Primary Marilyn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut; Casey Cooper, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Mark Skinner, IHS; Kristina Rogers, IHS
• Indian Health Service Contract Support Cost Workgroup Primary Cyrus Ben, Chief, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (Delegate: Doug Weaver); Alternate Steven Tupponce, Councilman Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe
• Indian Health Service Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee Regional Rep: William Harris, Chief Catawba Indian Nation; Alternate Vacant; Technical Assistant: Stephen Wyatt, USET
• IHS Director's Advisory Workgroup on Tribal Consultation Regional Rep: Chairwoman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah, Councilman John Silver, Nansemond Indian Nation; Technical Assistant: Liz Malerba, USET
• Indian Health Service Director’s Workgroup on Improving Purchased/ Referred Care (PRC) Membership: Carrie Janus, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut; Technical Assistant: Stephen Wyatt, USET
• Indian Health Service Facilities Appropriations Advisory Board Regional Rep Vacant; Alternate Vacant
• Indian Health Service Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee Regional Rep: Primary Marilyn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut; Alternate Casey Cooper, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Technical Advisor Liz Malerba, USET SPF
• IHS Information Systems Advisory Committee (IHS ISAC) Vacant
• Indian Health Service Nashville Area Budget Formulation Team Teresa Cochran, Micmac Service Unit; Edie Baker, Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Paula Manuel, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Dee Sabattus, Passamaquoddy Indian Township; Kitcki Carroll, USET
• Indian Health Service National Community Health Aide Program Tribal Advisory Group (CHAP TAG) Clarissa Sabattis, Chief, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; Alternate: Dee Sabattus, Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township
• Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) Tribal Food Safety Advisory Committee (TFSAC) Lea Zeise, USET
• Indigenous Tourism Forum of the Americas Advisory CommitteeRebecca Naragon, USET
• Internal Revenue Service Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT)
  Chair of Committee & Regional Rep: Jean Swift, Treasurer Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee Vacant
• National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations Vacant
• Native CDFI Network (NCN) Policy Committee Regional Rep: Russ Seagle, Sequoyah Fund Executive Director
• National Indian Gaming Commission Tribal Advisory Committee Vacant
• National Indian Health Board of Directors Regional Rep: Beverly Cook, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk, Alternate Nancy Johnson, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
• National Indian Health Board Medicare, Medicaid and Health Reform Policy Committee (MMPC) Tribal Technical Advisory Group to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (TTAG) Regional Rep: Casey Cooper, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Alternate: Nancy Johnson, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
• National Institute of Health Tribal Advisory Committee Regional Rep:  Beverly Cook, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk, Alternate: Vacant, Tech Rep, Christy Duke, USET, NALM: Marilyn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut & Rodney Haring, Seneca Nation of Indians
• National Ocean’s Council  Regional Rep: Michael Bolt, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Vacant
• National Tribal Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Behavioral Health Vacant
• National Tribal Toxics Council Vacant
• Native Financial Education Coalition Rebecca Naragon, USET
• Northeast Climate Science Center Advisory Council  Regional Rep: Jerry Pardilla, USET
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission Technical Advisory Committee Vacant
• Office of Minority Health Advisory Committee on Minority Health Primary: Brenda Lintinger, Councilwoman, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
• Office of Special Trustee for American Indians Advisory Board Vacant
• Prescription Drug Task Force
• President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability Vacant
• Presidential Task Force on on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives
• Regional Health Equity Councils Vacant
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Tribal Technical Advisory Committee Regional Rep: Beverly Cook, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe; Alternate: Marilyn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut; Technical Advisor: Tori Reaves, USET
• Tribal Interior Budget Council Regional Rep: Kitcki Carroll, USET; Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah; Alternate DeMakus Staton, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
• Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee Regional Rep: Lynn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe; Alternate Tracy Stevens, Seneca Nation; Technical Advisor Dietrich Taylor, USET
• United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Terri Henry, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
• USDA Forest Service Eastern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (RRAC): Vacant
• USDOT Negotiated Rulemaking Committee for Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Program Wesley Woodruff, Facilities Division Director, Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Jody Clark, Director, Seneca Nation DOT, Seneca Nation
• S. Department of the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC) Marilyn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
• S. Sentencing Commission Tribal Issues Advisory Group Vacant
• State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force On Climate Preparedness and Resilience Vacant
• US Highbush Blueberry Council Vacant
• United States Department of Agriculture American Indian/ Alaska Native Elders Advisory Council Vacant
• Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Indian Health Service Tribal Health Programs Healthcare Coordination Advisory Board (VA, IHS, THP  HCAB) Dee Sabattus, Passamaquoddy Indian Township

• Guide to Indigenous DC App – Washington Post Article August 21, 2019
• Indigenous Podcasts to Tune in and Listen to

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