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Building Alliances Tribal Governments and Oklahoma’S Public and Private Sectors Oklahoma’s Second Century Building Alliances Tribal Governments and Oklahoma’s Public and Private Sectors The 2007 Town Hall An Official Oklahoma Centennial Conference Quartz Mountain Resort Arts and Conference Center, Lone Wolf, OK, October 28-31 The Oklahoma Academy 2007 Town Hall An Official Oklahoma Centennial Conference Julie Knutson Michael Lapolla Craig Knutson President & CEO Research Coordinator Research Coordinator Oklahoma Academy 2007 Town Hall 2007 Town Hall 2 - Building Alliances An Official Oklahoma Centennial Conference © The Oklahoma Academy This Research Says ... “Saddle Up, Oklahoma” Craig Knutson and Mike Lapolla, Academy Research Coordinators and Julie Knutson, Academy President and CEO The Oklahoma Advantage? Trust There are many things that Oklahoma will never Probably as fundamental - perhaps the MOST have such as high mountains, blue oceans and deep fundamental - is TRUST. There is ample evidence water ports. These - and other unobtainable civic that tribes and non-tribal entities are wary of each assets - seem to be contemporary magnets for other. Each presumes the other is seeking advantage - development. But what DO we have that no other and most have incomplete understandings of the states possess? That would be 37 sovereign tribal political systems at work. Bob Sullivan and Principal governments each with special authority, advantages Chief Jim Gray (Osage) will state: and responsibility. And we have a public and private sector (very) slowly developing an expertise of “For Tribal and non-tribal parties to prosper working with these tribes. together, rather than to simply coexist, it is essential that this kind of trust be earned by all parties through This Research performance. Otherwise, the barriers that have Veteran Town Hall members and Academy leaders existed for so long between tribes and government / will notice that this document is not as long as in private sector parties will continue to prevent large previous years. There are two reasons for that. scale, mutually beneficial prosperity.” One is that we made a conscious decision to do Politics reduce the work to 100 pages in order that it be less It is not well understood or appreciated that tribal intimidating and a more “user friendly length”. The officials are involved in the electoral process too! other is that we really could not identify a full 100 Howard Barnett’s article includes this: pages of material relevant to the “alliances” that we hoped to find. Therein lies our major research finding “But a subtle impediment – and one we non-Indians – while there are some alliances, there are not as tend to forget – is that the tribal government with many as we had presumed. which you are negotiating is elected and the elected officials are themselves keenly cognizant of their own Therein also lies our opportunity. We know by the tribal politics and how any agreement they might existing alliances that “win-win’ is very possible. But make could affect the next election. we could not find an abundance of examples. That should inspire all of us to create “win-win” in any This was vividly brought home to me in a negotiation number of civic areas such as health care, oil and gas, that had become bogged down over a complicated banking, economic development, education, issue. I proposed a rather complex and I thought infrastructure and other key elements of society. elegant solution, to which the Chief of the tribe responded,––“That works. We could do that. Of Alliances course I wouldn’t get re-elected, but we could do When you cut through all the fog, there are that.” So much for my elegant solution! fundamental reasons why there are not already a large number of dynamic alliances. The primary Summary reason is that there is not much knowledge and a lack There it is in one page. The challenge of the Town of understanding about how tribal governments work Hall is to identify tribal and non-tribal alliances that and how alliances could work. The other reason is allow each party to accomplish something they could that Oklahoma is a very young state and alliances not do alone. These alliances must be politically take time to develop. Now comes trust. acceptable to all parties - and leavened with trust; alliances that create a win-win and benefit all © The Oklahoma Academy An Official Oklahoma Centennial Conference Building Alliances - 3 The Guardian Oklahoma’s Symbolic Alliance Created by Enoch Kelly Haney -Oklahoma's Capitol was one of only two capitol buildings de- signed for a dome which didn't have one put on when it was first built. The other was the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Just as President Lincoln put the dome on the U.S. Capitol as a symbol of the vibrancy of the Union, we in Oklahoma put a dome on our capitol five years ago as a symbol of Oklahoma rising. We were too poor to put a dome on in 1918 but we could do it in the 21st Cen- tury. The 22 foot bronze sculpture "The Guardian" (facing page) was selected by the Arts Standard Committee of the Capital Preservation Commission to top the Oklahoma State Capitol Dome in a dedication ceremony that occurred on November 16, 2002. It was created by Enoch Kelly Haney, the Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. His grandfather, Willie Haney, was chief of the Seminole Tribe in the 1940's. Principal Chief Haney is an internationally recognized artist who has exhibited through- out the United States, Europe, and Asia. As a professional artist, Chief Haney owns and operates Haney, Inc., an art business in Seminole, Oklahoma and has earned the title of "Master Artist of the Five Civilized Tribes". A member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Chief Haney has also served in the Native American Community as a business consultant, councilman and planner/business manager for the Seminole nation; andd has also served in the Oklahoma State Senate. (see www.kellyhaney.com) 4 - Building Alliances An Official Oklahoma Centennial Conference © The Oklahoma Academy © The Oklahoma Academy An Official Oklahoma Centennial Conference Building Alliances - 5 2007 Town Hall An Official Oklahoma Bicentennial Event This Research Says ... “Saddle Up, Oklahoma” Craig Knutson and Mike Lapolla, Academy Research Coordinators and Julie Knutson, Academy President and CEO ................................................................................................ 3 Oklahoma’s Symbolic Alliance ...................................................................................................................... 4 NEW MEXICO & ARIZONA American Indians in New Mexico Report of the 21st New Mexico First Town Hall, June 4-7, 1998, Albuquerque, New Mexico ..................... 9 American Indians in Arizona “American Indian Relationships In a Modern Arizona Economy” Sixty-Fifth Arizona Town Hall, October 30 - November 2, 1994 ................................................................ 16 OKLAHOMA Prairie - Indian Territory - Oklahoma Charles W. Blackwell, Esq., Chickasaw Nation Ambassador to the United States of America: Dr. Rennard J. Strickland, American Indian Law Center, University of Oklahoma School of Law and Michael C. Hoenig, Esq. and Alicia F. Madalena ................................................................................ 21 SOVEREIGNTY The Independent Origin of Tribal Sovereignty Research compiled by Ryan Leonard, Attorney at Law, Oklahoma City..................................................... 25 GOVERNMENTS The Unoffical Congressman for Indian Country Representative Tom Cole, 5th Congressional District, Oklahoma .............................................................. 31 The Federal-Tribal Relationship By Neal McCaleb, Former Assistant Secretary of Interior-Indian Affairs Member, Chickasaw Nation......................................................................................................................... 34 Tribal Sovereignty: The Reality of Negotiating Howard Barnett, former Chief of Staff, Office of the Governor .................................................................. 37 State Persective on Tribal Sovereignty Scott Meacham, Treasurer, State of Oklahoma............................................................................................ 40 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT American Indian Land Tax Credits Oklahoma Department of Commerce .......................................................................................................... 43 6 - Building Alliances An Official Oklahoma Centennial Conference © The Oklahoma Academy State Policy Towards Tribes and Economic Development Larkin Warner, PhD, Regents Professor Emeritus, Oklahoma State University ......................................... 44 The Local Economic Impact of Tax Exempt Tribal Retail Sales Mark C. Snead, Ph.D., Director, Center for Applied Economic Research, Oklahoma State University and, Steven R. Miller, Ph.D., Director, Center for Economic Analysis, Michigan State University ........... 58 Sustainable Cultural Tourism Linda Turnbull-Lewis, Corporate Marketing Consultant, Cherokee Nation .............................................. 61 A Snapshot of Tribal Operations on Oklahoma Oklahoma Indian Nations Directory, Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission - 2006 Edition..................... 65 ALLIANCES Alliances Are Not New Mary Jane Warde, PhD, Historian, Stillwater, Oklahoma .......................................................................... 67 Choctaws and Durant Tim Young, Assistant City Manager, City of Durant ...................................................................................
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