U.S. Forest Service
Tribal Relations Strategic Plan VISION FOR TRIBAL RELATIONS IN THE FOREST SERVICE
The Forest Service is recognized as a leader among Federal land management agencies in partnering appropriately and collaboratively with American Indian and Alaskan Native Tribal governments and communities for mutually beneficial outcomes. MISSION OF THE TRIBAL RELATIONS PROGRAM
• Recognizes the inherent • Supports Tribal rights to sovereign status and pursue vitality of their reserved rights of Tribes. Tribal cultures, • Honors the Federal trust economies and land responsibility. • Promotes collaborative • Excels at conducting natural & cultural substantive consultative resource management process. MISSION OF THE TRIBAL RELATIONS PROGRAM CONTINUED…
• Uses traditional • Respect Tribal knowledge in connections to combination with the traditional landscapes Western science & • Seeks to enhance & technology maintain important • Advances American relationships with Tribes Indian & Alaska Natives & communities in the workforce. Current Issues: • Tribal Consultation • Farm Bill Implementation • Sacred Sites • Tribal Forest Protection Act • Water Rights • Special Forest Products. Tribes of Interest by State Idaho Nevada • Coeur D’ Alene • Battle Mountain Band (Shoshone) • Nez Perce • Benton Paiute • Kootenai Tribe of Idaho • Bishop Colony (Paiute-Shoshone) • Shoshone-Bannock • Bridgeport Indian Colony (Paiute) • Carson Colony (Washoe) Montana • Dresslerville Community (Washoe) • Blackfeet Nation • Duckwater Shoshone • Chippewa Elko Band (Western Shoshone) • Crow Nation • Ely Shoshone • Fort Belknap Indian Community • Fallon Colony (Paiute and Shoshone) • Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux • Fort McDermitt • Northern Cheyenne • Las Vegas Paiute • Rocky Boys Chippewa Cree • Lovelock Paiute • Confederated Salish Kootenai • Moapa Band of Paiute • Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians • Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribes of Interest by State continued Nevada Nevada • Reno-Sparks Colony (Washoe, Paiute, • Chemehuevi @ Colorado River Indian Tribes Shoshone) (CRIT) • Shoshone-Paiute South Fork Band Council • Chicken Ranch Tribal Council • Stewart Community Council • Duck Valley Shoshone – Paiute • Summit Lake Paiute • Pahrump Paiute (Not Federally Recognized) • Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone • Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians • Timbi-sha Shoshone Band North Dakota • Walker River Paiute • Spirit Lake Sioux • Washoe Tribe: Includes: Carson, Dresslerville, • Standing Rock Sioux Stewart, Washoe, Reno-Sparks, Woodsfords • Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, Colonies Arikara Nation) • Wells Band Colony • Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa • Winnemucca Colony Council (Paiute and Shoshone) South Dakota • Woodsfords Community Council (Washoe) • Cheyenne River Sioux • Yerington Paiute • Lower Brule Sioux • Yomba Shoshone • Rosebud Sioux • California Valley Miwok • Ogala Sioux Tribes of Interest by State continued Utah Washington • Goshute Indian • Umatilla • Hopi • Colville • Navajo Nation • Spokane Tribe of Indians • Northern Ute • Kalispel Tribe of Indians • Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation • Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah – Includes: Shivwits, Cedar City, Koosharem, Kanosh, Indian Peaks Wyoming/Utah Band • Eastern Shoshone • San Juan Southern Paiute Tribes • Northern Arapaho • Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians • Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (Weeminuche Band) • White Mesa Administration • Ute Indian • Navajo Utah Commission