Native America: Winning the Future
The news came out this week of a new White House website launched to help improve communication between President Obama and Native Americans. The site is called “Winning the Future: President Obama and the Native American Community.” It was borne out of the recent listening session that tribal leaders held with the Obama Administration.
This new web site can hopefully be a help to the tribes. While over 560 tribes are federally recognized and sovereign nations, they are also heavily regulated by the federal government.
Tribal leaders are expected to navigate a maze of government bureaucracy that carries with it controls related to various aspects of tribal lands and resources, programs, education, enterprise, transportation, and use of funds even from tribally-owned operations. For some agencies that regulate Indian country, the functions and boundaries are obvious. For others, the functions and roles are less clear. This is further complicated by the fact that different tribes are bound by different governance and regulations.
The Resources page of the new web site is designed to provide American Indian tribes with easier access to all of these federal offices that have a say in Indian country:
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention – National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry; Office of Tribal Affairs
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support
- Corporation for National and Community Service – The Strategic Advisor for Native American Affairs
- Department of Agriculture – Office of Tribal Relations
Department of Defense – Office of Small Business Programs; Indian incentive Program - Department of Education – Office of Indian Education
- Department of Energy – Office of Indian Energy Policy & Programs
- Department of Energy – Bonneville Power Administration; Tribal Affairs Office
- Department of Health & Human Services – Indian Health Service
- Department of Health & Human Services – Administration for Native Americans
- Department of Homeland Security – Office of Intergovernmental Affairs; Tribal Desk
- Department of Housing & Urban Development – Office of Native American Programs
- Department of the Interior – Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Department of the Interior – Bureau of Indian Education
- Department of the Interior – Bureau of Reclamation; Native American Affairs Office
- Department of the Interior – Fish & Wildlife Service; Office of the Native American Liaison
- Department of Justice – Office of Tribal Justice
- Department of Labor – Employment & Training Administration; Indian & Native American Program
- Department of Transportation – Office of Legislative & Governmental Affairs; Tribal Transportation
- Department of Veterans’ Affairs – Office of Tribal Governmental Relations
- Environmental Protection Agency – American Indian Environmental Office
- Federal Communications Commission – Office of Native Affairs & Policy
- Internal Revenue Service – Office of Indian Tribal Governments
- National Park Service – American Indian Liaison Office
- Small Business Administration – Office of Native American Affairs
- White House Executive Office of the President – Office of National Drug Control Policy
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