Blog post by Jodi Gillette, White House office of intergovernmental affairs:
As part of the President Obama’s commitment to regular and meaningful consultation and collaboration with federally recognized Indian tribes, we are pleased to update you on the implementation of the Presidential Memorandum on Tribal Consultation, which the President signed during the White House Tribal Nations Conference on November 5, 2009. The President directed federal agencies to develop plans to implement Executive Order 13175, “Consultation and Coordination with Tribal Governments.” These plans are to be developed after consultation with Indian tribes and must be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget by February 3, 2010.
Through interagency coordination and other methods, agencies are presently seeking input from tribal leaders. For example, the Department of the Interior initiated a series of consultations starting on December 1, 2009. The Department of Justice is conducting teleconference calls with tribes; please visit their website for a complete schedule of calls. Through national conference calls and in writing, the Department of Homeland Security is requesting tribal input on a draft consultation policy and a plan. The Veteran’s Administration is also requesting written tribal input. The Department of Labor will be hosting two national consultations; more details can be found on their website.
Please communicate with the agencies directly for more information, and please click here if you would like a list of agency contacts.
For general questions, please email GeneralTribalIGA@dsr.eop.gov. We encourage you to participate in these ongoing discussions, and we look forward to working together to strengthen the Nation-to-Nation relationship.
Jodi Rave
Doris Respects Nothing
Wopila to the hard work of many,
I do hope the consultation process with the Obama admin is more effective than the admin’s before him who have tried and failed. The consultation process is needed now more than ever especially with the cobell settlement and the directives within it. We, trust landowners on the Pine Ridge have always been against the Indian land consolidation act and all the amendments to as well as the Indian Probate Reform Act. We would like to see more sessions within Indian country and not only in places where trust landowners have no resources to attend with real testimony taken back to Senate Committee of Indian Affairs and higher.
Jodi Rave
Thanks for the comments, which are all areas for further discussion. Jodi