Culture and Heritage Resolutions
2017
- 2017 SPF:001 Urging an Amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act to Recognize Tribal Citizenship Rather than Blood Quantum for the Purposes of the Jay Treaty
- 2017 SPF:004 Support of the Tower Construction Notification Process Operated by the Federal Communications Commission
- 2017:005 Supporting Tribal Historic Preservation Staffing, Training & Equipping
- 2017 SPF:015 Requesting that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Consult with Tribal Nations and Implement Best Practices Protocols on Submerged Site Investigations
- 2017 SPF:020 Nominating Representatives to Federal Communications Commission Advisory Committees
2016
- 2016:006 Urging The United Nations, Member States, And Indigenous Governments To Implement Decisions Taken At The United Nations World Conference On Indigenous Peoples
- 2016:020 Calling For Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to Honor Its Trust Responsibilities Under Section 106 to Implement Avoidance Planning for Ceremonial Stone Landscapes
- 2016:021 Support of the National Register Multiple Property Listing Protocol
- 2016:022 Support for Increased Funding for the West Valley Demonstration Project Clean Up
- 2016:023 Request for Florida Legislature to Reject Senate Bill1054 and House Bill 803
- 2016:024 Request for the United States Congress to Amend the Restore Act to Provide for Tribal Nation Representation on Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
- 2016:025 Request for the Establishment of a Permanent Director of Tribal Relations Position within the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
- 2016:026 Establishment of an Annual Joint USET SPF and National Register of Historic Places Preservation Roundtable Meeting
- 2016:042 Request for the Ancient One to be Returned to the Claimant Tribal Nations for Proper Reburial
2015
- 2015:007 Support for the International Repatriation of Ancestral Remains and Cultural Items
- 2015:017 Request for the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc Member Tribes to Establish Cultural and Language Preservation Programs
- 2015:026 Ecosystem Recovery and the Return of Productivity of Food Fishery for Tribal Survival and Sustenance
- 2015:039 Opposition to Passage of Alabama House Bill 584 and Support for the Continuation of the Alabama Historical Commission
2014
- 2014:017 Support the Strengthening of Native Language and Culture Throughout the Implementation of Common Core State Standards
- 2014:018 Support to Develop Bureau of Indian Education Pilot Programs for Language Immersion in Elementary and Secondary Schools within Indian Country
- 2014:024 Urging Federal Support for the Teaching of Tribal Language and Cultures
- 2014:029 Support for the Passamaquoddy American Eel Management Plan and Tribal Representation on the Eel Advisory Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
- 2014:030 Expand United States Department of Agriculture Tribal Consultation Training to all Federal Agencies
- 2014:031 Opposition to H.R.687/S.339, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange Act of 2013
- 2014:056 Requesting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to Initiate Tribal Consultation
2012
- 2012:006 Opposition to H.R. 1904, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011
- 2012:011 Support of Listing the American Eel as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act
- 2012:021 United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc Culture & Heritage Committee Fiscal Year 2013 and 2014 Funding Priorities
- 2012:026 Support for the Nomination of the Poverty Point State Historic Site as a World Heritage Site
- 2012:028 Opposition to Massachusetts Bill S. 2053 entitled “An Act Relative to Certain Projects referred to the Massachusetts Historical Commission for Consultation”
- 2012:030 Opposition to House Bill 54 and Senate Bill 81 amending the Alabama Underwater Cultural Resources Act of 1999
- 2012:044 Urging the US to Protect Areas of Cultural Archeological & Historical significance to the Miccosukee people in its efforts to restore the Everglades
2011
- 2011:002 Condemning the Racist and Inflammatory Statements of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Calling Upon Tribal, National, State and Local Political Leadership to Express their Outrage to the Mayor
- 2011:015 Protection of the Louisiana State University Campus Mounds, State File Number 16EBR06
- 2011:016 Amending the Programmatic Agreement on Protection of Historic Properties During Emergency Response Under the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
- 2011:034 Inclusion of Cultural Resources in Tribal Interior Budget Council Priorities
- 2011:035 USET Culture & Heritage Committee Fiscal Year 2012 Funding Priorities
- 2011:057 Expressing Deep Concern Over the Use of “Geronimo” as the Code Name for Osama Bin Laden, or even the mission, and Respectfully Requesting that President Obama Lead a National Debate on Racial Stereotyping of American Indians
2010
- 2010:014 Calling Upon the Secretary of the Interior to Deny the Permitting of the Cape Wind Project Slated for Horseshoe Shoal, Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts
- 2010:015 Inclusion of Culture Resources in Tribal Funding Priorities
- 2010:019 Support of Legislation Recognizing Native American Veterans and Affirming “Native American Heritage Day” on the Friday After Thanksgiving In Honor of the Achievements and Contributions of Native American Veterans to the United States.
- 2010:027 Calling Upon the Department of Interior to Reverse its Approval of the Cape Wind Project
- 2010:028 Federal Compliance with Section 106 Consultations Responsibilities on the Mississippi Canyon Oil Spill
- 2010:029 Support for the Development and Funding of the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Ceremonial Stone Structures and Landscapes Inventory Pilot Project
- 2010:040 Doctrine of Discovery & the Tribes
2009
- 2009:011 Protection of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
- 2009:013 Archaeological Site Surveillance
- 2009:025 Support of the Final Rule on Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Special Forest Products and Forest Botanical Products, with Exception
- 2009:026 Call to Department of Interior to halt Minerals Management Services Action on Cape Wind Project, Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts
- 2009:050 Preservation of Long Swamp Site
- 2009:051 Funding for Rights Protection and Fulfillment of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- 2009:057 Partnerships to Preserve Sacred Ceremonial Landscapes
- 2009:058 Concern Regarding Proposed RUS/NTIA Section 106 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement
2008
- 2008:009 Protection of the Sacred Ceremonial Stones/Prayer Hill from Impacts and Destruction
- 2008:010 Narragansett Indian Salt Pond Village & Burying Ground
- 2008:027 Request for Housing and Urban Development to honor their Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation Responsibilities
- 2008:030 Opposition to the Cape Wind Farm Proposal, Horseshoe Shoal, Nantucket Sound Massachusetts
- 2008:044 Commendation for the Charleston, Jacksonville, Mobile and Savannah Districts of the Army Corp of Engineers for Section 106 Consultation
- 2008:045 Commendation of Tennessee Valley Authority for Archaeological Resource Protection Act Enforcement
2007
- 2007:033 Cohokia Mounds State Historic Site, Illinois
- 2007:034 Support of Catawba Indian Nations Tribal Historic Preservation Efforts in the State of South Carolina
- 2007:035 Support for increase in National Park Service Tribal Historic Preservation Office Funding
- 2007:036 Request not to adopt the ACHP Human Remains Policy in its current form
- 2007:037 Sacred Ceremonial Stone Landscapes found in the Ancestral Territories of USET member Tribes
2006
- 2006:034 Support for Tribal Historic Preservation Funding Increase
- 2006:036 Recognition of Dr. Thomas H. Eubanks’ Services
- 2006:038 Support for USET and National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers work to stop Illegal Looting and Trafficking of American Indian Remains and Items
- 2006:067 Request for Extension of Comment Period for Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s Human Remains Policy
2005
- 2005:007 Creation of USET Task Force to Consult with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Archaeology Task Force
- 2005:008 Opposition to an Amendment to H.R. 10
- 2005:009 Acceptance of USET Model Explanation Cost Recovery Schedule
- 2005:018 Protection of Porcupine Caribou Herd Calving Grounds
- 2005:031 Grand Prairie Irrigation Reservoirs Consultation
- 2005:032 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Government-to-Government Consultation
- 2005:033 Nantucket Longhouse-Dwelling Protection
- 2005:062 Support to Continue Efforts Towards Implementation of Cell Tower Best Practices Agreement
- 2005:063 Support of Invista Actions to Protect and Preserve the Buckeye Knoli Site, Victoria, Texas
- 2005:064 Protection of the Stranahan Trading Post and Seminole Campsite
2004
2003
- 2003:018 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Land Exchange
- 2003:019 Tribal Traditional Cultural Authority
- 2003:020 Preservation of Ocmulgee National Monument and Ocmulgee Old Fields Traditional Cultural Property
- 2003:021 Failure of Fort Benning, GA to Consult in Good Faith
- 2003:022 Sacred Landscape within Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- 2003:041 FCC Consultation with Tribes on Cell Tower Siting
- 2003:064 First Nations of Canada Cultural Exchange
- 2003:065 National Historic Preservation Act Regulations Revisions
- 2003:066 Migratory Birds Treaty Act Regulations
- 2003:067 Sacred Sites Protection
- 2003:068 Fort Hamer Site
2002
- 2002:004 USDA Forest Service Special Forest Products Policy
- 2002:005 Federal Consultation Responsibilities
- 2002: 006 Federal Communications Commission Appointment
- 2002:007 Affirmation of Tribal Sovereignty
- 2002:008 Preservation of the Conly Site
- 2002:009 Federal Funding for Tribal Historic Preservation
- 2002:045 Protection and Restoration of Natural and Cultural Resources Impacted by Hydropower Dams
- 2002:046 Tribal Museum Endowment Fund
- 2002:047 PCIA Protocols
- 2002:048 Pithlachocco/Newnan’s Lake
- 2002:049 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Consultation Guidelines
- 2002:069 In the Light of Reverence
- 2002:073 ACHP *Section 106 American Indian Consultation Database
- 2002:074 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and US Army Corps of Engineers
- 2002:075 Federal Communications Commission Model State Programmatic Agreement
- 2002:076 Narragansett Tribe and the US Fish and Wildlife Service
- 2002:077 Buckeye Knoll (Dupont) Site, Victoria, TX
- 2002:078 Vann House and Plantation Site Acquisition and Preservation
2001
- 2001:005 Calling Upon the State of Florida to Protect Indian Cultural Sites and Material Culture Remains
- 2001:006 National Park Service THPO Funding Formula
- 2001:007 Advisory Council Proposed Suspension of Section 106 Regulations
- 2001:008 Department of the Interior Funding Support for Tribal Projects
- 2001:024 State of Massachusetts to Protect an Indian Burial Site
- 2001:025 United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Rights
- 2001:031 Personal Communications Industry Associates Programmatic Agreement
- 2001:032 National Museum of the American Indian Groundbreaking
- 2001:033 Tennessee Department of Transportation
- 2001:034 Department of Defense Language Program
- 2001:035 Native American Religious Freedom
- 2001:065 Support of a Minimum Buffer Zone
- 2001:068 U.S. Navy Consultations with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
- 2001:071 Encouraging the Establishment of Keepsake Heritage Cemeteries
- 2001:072 Recommendation to Seek Immediate Revocation of Co-Location Programmatic Agreement
2000
- 2000:013 Tribal Historic Preservation Office Funding
- 2000:014 Protection of Sacred and Cultural Site Information
- 2000:015 NAGPRA Review Committee’s Draft Principles on “Culturally Unidentifiable” Human Remains
- 2000:016 Support for the American Indian Museum Association
- 2000:017 NHPA Section 106 Consulting Party
- 2000:040 Request for Letter of Appreciation
- 2000:041 Inquiry into the Status of the Army’s NHPA Section 106 Counterpart Regulations
- 2000:042 Commendation for Parties Involved in the Native American Historical Initiative
- 2000:043 NCPTT Native American Awareness Workshop
- 2000:044 Support for Narragansett Indian Tribe’s 101(d)(5) Application
- 2000:045 Tribal Historic Preservation Funding Increase
- 2000:046 Opposition to H.R. 3125 and S. 692
- 2000:078 Nominations to the NAGPRA Review Committee
- 2000:079 Section 101(d)(5)
- 2000:080 Wireless Communications Tower Permitting
- 2000:081 Five Civilized Tribes NAGPRA Issue
- 2000:083 Tribal Historic Preservation Funding Increase
- 2000:084 National Guard Bureau Cross-Cultural Resource Management Training Conference
- 2000:085 U.S. Army Alternate Procedures
- 2000:087 NAGPRA Administrative Structure
1999
- 1999:001 Supporting Funding Increases for the Natural resources Conservation Service’s Environmental Quality Incentive Program
- 1999:007 Consultation on Proposed Regulations
- 1999:025 USET Requests EPA Indian Coordinators from Regions I, II, IV, & VI Attend All USET Meetings
- 1999:026 USET Requests USFWS Indian Liaisons and BIA Eastern Area Natural Resources Officers to Attend All USET Meetings
- 1999:027 USET Requests BIA to Fully Fund Geographic Data Service Center for Remainder of Fiscal Year and Continue Funding in FY 2000
- 1999:035 A Resolution in Support of Federal Agency Compliance with Executive Order 13007
- 1999:036 Support for Amending the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 to Include NATHPO on the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation
- 1999:037 Support for Amending the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 to Change the Definition of Tribal Lands
- 1999:038 Cooperative Agreement for NAGPRA
1997
- 1997:010 Preservation of Cultural Patrimonial and Cultural History of Tribes
- 1997:011 Support of the Senate Bill S.1983
- 1997:012 NAGPRA Investigation
- 1997:013 Respect for Tribal Sovereignty of and Lands Governed by Ancestor Tribes
- 1997:034 Smithsonian Institute Repatriation Practices
- 1997:036 Request for Eastern Area American Indian Trust Consultation Meeting
- 1997:037 Request for Increased Funding
- 1997:039 Interim Rule on Penalties for Failure to Comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
1996
- 1996:018 Culture and Heritage Committee Formation
- 1996:028 Resolution to Clarify the History and Intent of 25 USC, 450 (b) and its Relation to the Native American Graves Protection Act of 1990
- 1996:029 Resolution to Call Upon Federal Agencies to Adhere to the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
- 1996:045 Everglades Lawsuit