1 Tribal Consultation re Potential DOI Reorganization, 8-23-18 1 2 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 3 TRIBAL CONSULTATION 4 POTENTIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) REORGANIZATION 5 6 7 ____________________________________________________________ 8 TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS 9 ____________________________________________________________ 10 11 Held at Henry M. Jackson Federal Building 12 915 Second Avenue 13 Seattle, Washington 14 1:04 p.m. to 4:52 p.m. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 REPORTED BY: Julia Williams, CCR #2307 25 DATE OF PROCEEDINGS: August 23, 2018 Verb8M Reporting, Inc. Phone: 206-467-0800 E-mail:
[email protected] 2 Tribal Consultation re Potential DOI Reorganization, 8-23-18 1 A T T E N D E E S 2 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 3 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY - INDIAN AFFAIRS: 4 John Tahsuda, III, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs 5 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY - INDIAN AFFAIRS 6 OFFICE OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS AND COLLABORATIVE ACTION: Regina Gilbert 7 Annette Romero 8 AUDIENCE MEMBERS 9 CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE CHEHALIS RESERVATION: Harry Pickernell, Chairman 10 Jeff Warnke 11 COEUR D'ALENE TRIBE: Caj Matheson, Natural Resources Director 12 CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATION: 13 Cody Desautel Andrea George, Colville Business Council 14 Margie Hutchinson, Colville Business Council Janet Wak Wak Nicholson, Colville Business Council 15 Norma Sanchez, Colville Business Council 16 CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF GRAND RONDE: Michael Karnosh, Ceded Lands Manager 17 CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION: 18 Gary Burke, Chair Charles F. Sams, III, Communications Director, Staff 19 CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF WARM SPRINGS: 20 Austin Greene, Chairman 21 COWLITZ INDIAN TRIBE: Stephen Kutz 22 KOOTENAI TRIBE OF IDAHO: 23 Pamela Rentz 24 MAKAH TRIBE: Mike Chang 25 Nate Tyler, Chairman Verb8M Reporting, Inc.