Bureau of Indian Affairs Southern Plains Regional Office

1. Bureau of Indian AffairsSouthern Plains Regional Office National Budget Meeting – FY 2015

2. SOUTHERN PLAINS REGIONAL OFFICE JURISDICTION

3. Regional Demographics • Total Agencies\Field Offices: 5 • Total Tribes: 24 • Total Reservations: 20 • Total Acres: 479,015.38 • Total People Serviced: 114,861 • Total Programs Funded: 41 • Total Employees: 225

4. ANADARKO AGENCY TRIBES: • KIOWA • COMANCHE • APACHE • FT. SILL APACHE • CADDO • DELAWARE • WICHITA & AFFILIATED

5. CONCHO AGENCY TRIBES: • CHEYENNE & ARAPAHO

6. PAWNEE AGENCY TRIBES: • KAW • OTOE-MISSOURIA • PAWNEE • PONCA • TONKAWA

7. HORTON AGENCY TRIBES: • IOWA TRIBE OF KS& NE • KICKAPOO TRIBE IN KS • PRAIRIE BAND POTAWATOMI • SAC & FOX OF MO

8. SHAWNEE FIELD OFFICE • TRIBES: • ABSENTEE-SHAWNEE • CITIZEN POTAWATOMI • IOWA TRIBE OF OK • KICKAPOO TRIBE OF OK • SAC & FOX NATION OF OK

9. REGIONAL OFFICE TRIBES: • ALABAMA-COUSHATTA TRIBE OF TX • KICKAPOO TRADITIONAL TRIBE OF TX

10. Budget Priorities • Johnson O’Malley (JOM) • Other Aid Tribal Government • Social Services • Tribal Courts • Minerals and Mining

11. Johnson O’Malley • To provide Indian Students with adequate school supplies, equipment and other educational needs • To provide tutorial assistance to Indian Students to enhance their skills and understanding of the core education elements • To provide incentive programs that challenge Indian Students to earn and maintain above average grade scores • To provide opportunities for Indian Students to participate in Native Leadership Conferences and other leadership activities

12. Tribal Government • Advancing Quality Communities for Indian Tribes & Tribal Nations • Promoting strong and stable tribal governments • Promoting Indian Self-Determination & Self-Governance: • Enhancing the abilities of Tribal Nations in the exercise of their authority as sovereign nations

13. Social Services • To improve the quality of life for individual Indians and Indian families living on or near Indian reservations • To protect children, the elderly and the disabled from abuse and neglect • To assist the needy in acquiring the most basic needs in life: food, clothing, shelter • To protect against the separation of and to assist with the reunification of Indian families

14. PUBLIC SAFETY & JUSTICE • To maintain law and order on tribal lands • To protect life and property • To empower tribal law enforcement agencies and tribal governments to uphold tribal sovereignty and customs • Increased funding needed for the hiring of additional Police Officers and competent staff and Judges

15. Minerals and Mining • To provide essential support to Tribes and Indian Allottees in the development of renewable and conventional energy resources • To address the demand for increased Bureau involvement & services in all aspects of the Oil & Gas industries • To ensure all regulatory requirements are enforced • To provide improved customer services to tribes and Individual Indian Allottees

16. 2015 Funding Request • JOHNSON O’MALLEY: +$320,125 • TRIBAL GOVERNMENT: +$354,602 • SOCIAL SERVICES: +$273,625 • PUBLIC SAFETY & JUSTICE: +$300,158 • MINERALS & MINING: +100,000

17. Thank you!