Tribal/Interior Budget Council April 9-11, 2019 Washington Plaza Hotel Washington, DC Table of Contents Invocation ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Roll Call:......................................................................................................................................................... 2 Approval of TIBC April 2019 Agenda ............................................................................................................. 3 Approval of TIBC November 2018 Minutes .................................................................................................. 3 April 9, 2019 Opening Remarks, Tribal Caucus Update, and Discussion with Assistant Secretary Sweeney 3 BIA Update .................................................................................................................................................. 17 BIE Update .................................................................................................................................................. 30 Public Safety & Justice Subcommittee Update ........................................................................................... 44 Public Safety & Justice Subcommittee Follow-up from TIBC Meeting Day 2: ........................................ 54 Education Subcommittee Update ............................................................................................................... 56 Roads Subcommittee Update ..................................................................................................................... 63 FY 2019/FY 2020 Budget Updates............................................................................................................... 74 Formulation Process Update ...................................................................................................................... 88 Presentation of FY 2021 Regional and National Priority Ranking Results ................................................ 104 Deliberations on How to Align Ranking Results for 2021 Budget Strategy (April 10, 2019) .................... 105 DOI Re-Organization ................................................................................................................................. 116 Further Deliberations on How to Align Ranking Results for 2021 Budget Strategy (April 11, 2019) ....... 133 TIBC Protocols Discussion ......................................................................................................................... 155 Old Business/New Business ...................................................................................................................... 175 TIBC Session Adjourns ............................................................................................................................... 178 1 of 178 Invocation Juana Majel-Dixon, Pauma Band of Mission Indians Roll Call: Quorum Present TIBC Co-Chairs: Chairman Ron Allen, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe (Present) Chairman Rick Harrison, Chickaloon Native Village (Present) Chairman A.J. Not Afraid, Crow Tribe of Montana (Not Present) Alaska Region Chairman Rick Harrison, Chickaloon Native Village (Present) OPEN Eastern Region Chairwoman Andrews-Maltais, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) (Present) Kitcki Carroll, Executive Director, United South and Eastern Tribes (Present) Eastern Oklahoma Region Jefferson Keel, Lt. Governor, Chickasaw Nation (Not Present) Greg Pitcher, Tribal Representative, Shawnee Tribe (Present) Northwest Region Chairman Ron Allen, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe (Present) Greg Abrahamson, Vice Chairman, Spokane Tribe of Indians (Present) Great Plains Region Chairman Harold Frazier, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (Present) Chairman Larry Wright, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska (Not Present) Alternate: A. Gay Kingman, Executive Director, Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association (Present) Midwest Region Chairman Aaron Payment, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Present) Chairman Derrell Seki, Red Lake Band of Chippewa (Not Present) 2 of 178 Navajo Region President Jonathan Nez, Navajo Nation (not present) Vice President Myron Lizer, Navajo Nation (present) Pacific Region Chairman Robert Smith, Pala Band of Mission Indians (Not Present) Chairman Russell Attebery, Karuk Tribe Of California (Present) Alternate: Juana Majel-Dixon, Pauma Band of Mission Indians (Present) Rocky Mountain Region Chairman A.J. Not Afraid (Not Present) Terry Tatsey, Councilman, Black Feet Traditional Council (Present) Southern Plains Region Chairman Ronnie Thomas, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (Present) Angela Thompson, Tribal Council Member, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma (Present) Southwestern Region Joe Garcia, Head Councilman, Ohkay Owingeh (Present) Shawn Duran, Tribal Administrator, Taos Pueblo (Present) Western Region Herminia Frias, Councilwoman, Pascua Yaqui Tribe (Not Present) Chairman David Decker, Elko Band Council (Not Present) Alternate: Michael Dallas, Sr., Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (Present) Approval of TIBC April 2019 Agenda Motion to approve the April 2019 TIBC agenda passes. Approval of TIBC November 2018 Minutes Motion to approve the November 2018 TIBC Minutes passes. April 9, 2019 Opening Remarks, Tribal Caucus Update, and Discussion with Assistant Secretary Sweeney Tara Sweeney, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs: Thank you. So, good afternoon and I thank all of you for coming to this session. I also want to recognize the hard work put into bringing TIBC together by 3 of 178 the Budget Office and just the countless hours and the back and forth that George Bearpaw, Jason Freihage, Jeannine Brooks and many others have put into making sure that your voices are heard inside of Interior and within the Indian Affairs hallway. So thank you to the budget team at [the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary – Management (DAS-M)]. The deliberative process that we’re carrying out over the next couple of days is a new approach developed in response to input from this group and I believe that it will be successful in outlining major priorities within Indian Country and how best to address the success. We have a limited number of resources and a huge amount of responsibilities. The input that you provide at these sessions helps us to prioritize how best to meet those responsibilities. We appreciate your ideas and feedback on how we can expand our resources which is not always asking about money. We need to look at how we handle our responsibilities and determine if there’s a better way we can do things more efficiently. Can we deliver services in a manner that allows us to get more out of the pot of funding that we have and currently practice? Administrative adjustments within and developing stronger partnerships with other agencies are areas that will allow us to be more responsive to the people that we serve. As part of Interior’s ongoing work to leverage the use of taxpayer dollars as well as in consideration of feedback received through consultations with tribal governments, the Department will realign two offices. OST within ASIA and the Land Buyback Program within OST. Congress has had no objections to the OST related organizational changes in the 2019 budget. The move of OST will improve communication and coordination between BIA and OST for more effective delivery of services to Indian Country. The reforms that have been realized through OST must be institutionalized and that means a higher standard of care and best practices necessary for fulfilling the Secretary’s trust responsibility. This transition facilitates that important goal. This move maintains all OST functions in the Office of the Assistant Secretary. OST currently provides significant support to the Land Buyback Program. Thus the realignment of the Land Buyback Program will enhance the coordination of support activities and technical assistance provided by OST and present opportunities to streamline processes. As an example of our efforts to look for better ways to implement our programs and have an incredibly positive impact for our native youth, 2020 will be the first year that we have separate budget requests for both BIA and BIE. And I come from a family8 of educators and the education service we provide to our youth is second to none on my priority list as your Assistant Secretary. We’ve worked very hard on this in conjunction with the Appropriations Committee and OMB on this effort because our students deserve the best that we can give them. In addition to our recognition of the need to stand up BIA capabilities independently, both Appropriations Committee report language and other congressional direction has also compelled Indian Affairs to make this great improvement. Tony Dearman is here, as you all know, and he can address the details of the proposal later this afternoon. 4 of 178 I know you will be outlining your tribal priorities this week and formulating a tribal budget proposal. As you consider your priorities, the pillars supporting the administrative and policy functions of Indian Affairs include economic development, looking at ways to reduce the regulatory burden on our tribal lands and leading with Indian Country on categorical exclusions, administrative streamlining, standardizing our processes. And I’ve been to [Reservation Economic Summit 2019 (RES)], I’ve spoken about this at NCAI, I will be speaking about this at NAFOA but looking at how we