Office of Self Governance Update – July 2019

1. Office of Self Governance Update – July 2019

2. Personnel Changes • Darryl Lacounte • Appointed to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Director. • Effective April 28, 2019. • Previously, LaCounte served as Acting BIA Director since April 2018.

3. Personnel Changes • Tammie Poitra • Appointed to Midwest BIA Regional Director. • Effective June 23, 2019. • Previously, Poitra served as the Deputy Regional Director for Trust Services in the Midwest Region since July 2010.

4. Personnel Changes Timothy LaPointe • Appointed to Great Plains BIA Regional Director • Effective June 23, 2019 • Previously, LaPointe served as the Midwest Regional Director since February 2018.

5. Office of Self Governance Director Sharee Freeman Administrative Specialist Emma Phillips Program Analyst Vickie Hanvey Financial Manager (Vacant) Senior Policy Analyst Ken Reinfeld NW Field Office Manager Matt Kallappa Financial Specialist Rufina Villicana Compact Negotiator Gordon Smith Financial Specialist Celeste Engles Program Assistant Maureen Marcellay Compact Negotiator (Vacant) Financial Specialist Lance Fisher Financial Specialist Miles Reader Financial Specialist Thomas Gubatayao

6. Number of SG Tribes (288) by Region FY 2020 • Alaska – 191 Tribes • 32 Funding Agreements • 10 Consortium Funding Agreements • Northwest – 26 Tribes • Pacific – 23 Tribes • Rocky Mountain – 1 Tribe • Western – 7 Tribes Eastern – 2 Tribes Eastern Oklahoma – 12 Tribes Midwest – 12 Tribes Southern Plains – 8 Tribes Southwest – 6 Tribes

7. New Self Governance Tribes for 2020 • Pueblo de Cochiti (Southwest) • Hopland Band of Pomo Indians (Pacific) • Organized Village of Kasaan (Alaska)

8. Office of Self Governance – Finance • To date, OSG has received and obligated approximately $463,895,210 in FY 2019 funding for distribution.

9. OSG Finance - FY 2019

10. OSG Finance - FY 2019

11. Contract Support Cost (CSC) 2019 Distributions • FY 2019 paid to date: $85,894,989 • FY 2019 CSC Data Call • Dear Tribal Leader Letter dated June 7, 2019. • OSG is requesting CSC data to calculate 100% need for fiscal year 2019. • Submission Deadline is August 1, 2019. • Contact: • Miles Reader at (360) 699-1004 or by email at miles.reader@bia.gov • Tom Gubatayao at (360) 699-1010 or by email at Thomas.gubatayao@bia.gov

12. Contract Support Cost (CSC) 2018 Update • FY 2018 total need: ~$108,797,302 • FY 2018 total paid: $106,505,612 • Additional $2,346,814 has been requested from OIS. • FY 2018 Overpayments: • $55,124 (2 Tribes) or 0.05% of total funding.

13. Request for Information on 2018 Tribal Self-Governance for Congressional Report • OSG Memo emailed to Self Governance Coordinators on June 25, 2019. • Requesting Self Governance Tribes to provide OSG with information on the 2018 Tribal Self-Governance activities. • Submission Deadline: August 16, 2019. • 3 ways to submit data: • Minimum Data Collection Report • Tribal Reports or Brochures • Tribal Program Highlight • Contact: • Vickie Hanvey at (918) 931-0745 or by email at Vickie.hanvey@bia.gov

14. BIA Fire Programs • The OSG Director attended and presented at the Intertribal Timber Symposium in June. • BIA is working with the Solicitors Office on a new standardized template for Fire Cooperative Agreements. • BIA Forestry has Strike Teams based out of Billings, Montana available to assist tribes with timber sales upon request. • When requesting assistance to help with fire fighting, prepare a detailed 209 Form (Incident Status Summary) and submit for consideration by the National Interagency Coordination Center (NIFC).

15. Tiwahe Update • OSG and OIS Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed, fulfilling the OIG’s Recommendation #6. • The 14 IAM 2: Initiative Funding and Funding Increase Distributions has been published as of June 5, 2019, fulfilling the OIG’s Recommendation #7. This can be viewed at https://www.bia.gov/policy-forms/manual.

16. Appraisal and Valuation Services Office (AVSO) MOU • The MOU between the OSG and the AVSO has been signed as of June 20, 2019. • The purpose of this MOU is to ensure that AVSO provisions for Real Estate Appraisal Services included in the funding agreements are executed and funded in an accurate and timely manner. • Requires close coordination between the OSG and the AVSO.

17. BIA – Office of Justice Services 2018 Report to Congress • A 2018 report to Congress on Law Enforcement Needs of Terminated and Restored Tribes has been prepared in response to FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act, Public Law 115-141. • In response to a SGAC request, a copy has been made available.

18. Negotiation Guidance • In response to a SGAC Request, a copy of the Negotiation Guidance Reporting Requests, Attachment 4, has been made available.

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20. Announcements

21. Job Announcement • The OSG job announcement for a Finance Manager is posted at usajobs.gov and can be found at the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/538232800

22. Welfare Assistance Process • In response to a SGAC request, the Welfare Assistance process can be found in the Indian Affairs Manual (IAM) part 70 Human Services Chapter 3 Financial Assistance and Social Services Reporting.

23. Contract Support Cost (CSC) Workgroup • CSC Workgroup meeting has been scheduled for July 30 – 31, 2019 in Albuquerque, NM at the Southwest BIA Training Center.

24. Johnson O’Malley (JOM) Program Consultations • Congress recently updated the JOM Act to clarify the eligibility requirements for Indian students, to clarify the funding formula and process to ensure full participation of contracting parties, and to reconcile and modernize the rule. • BIE is proposing to update its JOM regulations to implement the JOM Act updates. • BIE will be hosting Tribal Consultation sessions on the proposed rule.

25. JOM Consultation Sessions

26. Intertribal Timber Symposium • The Intertribal Timber Symposium has provided the following locations for future symposiums: • 2020: Tanana Chiefs Conference, Fairbanks, AK • 2021: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Walker, MN • 2022: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, NC • 2023: Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes, MT

27. Additional Personnel Changes • Spike Bighorn • Appointed to Acting Director of Office of Indian Services. Previously Associate Deputy Director. • Anthony “Morgan” Rodman • Detailed to Acting Director of Indian Energy and Economic Development. Previously Branch Chief for Real Estate Property and Leasing. • Tyler Fish • Detailed to the White House as a Tribal Liaison and Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. Previously Counselor to the AS-IA. • Jessie Young • Detailed to Counselor to the AS-IA. Previously Solicitor at the Portland Office.