2013 Annual Convention Resolutions

Resolution Submissions

Below is a list of resolutions submitted for consideration at NCAI's 70th Annual Convention in Tulsa, OK. The files linked in the table below include a cover sheet with recommendations from the NCAI Resolutions Committee and the resolution as submitted. If changes are suggested by the Resolutions Committee, those changes will be included as part of the document as well. Final action on these resolutions will occur on Friday, October 18, the last day of the NCAI General Assembly.

Res. #

 Action

Title/Content

Subm. by

Committee

Subcommittee
TUL-13-001  Passed Support for Aleutian Pribilof Island Association Restitution Act Amendments for Health Facilities  Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association Human Resources Health
TUL-13-002  Passed Supporting The Bureau of Indian Affairs Proposed Reform of the Federal Recognition Process  John Norwood  Litigation and Governance  Jurisdiction and Tribal Government
 TUL-13-003  Passed A Resolution Requesting the National Congress of American Indians to Recognize June 20th of Each Calendar Year as American Eagle Day   Leslie Tanyan, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma  Litigation and Governance  Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns
TUL-13-004  Passed Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey  Cheryl Causley Litigation and Governance   Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns
TUL-13-005  Passed National American Indian Holocaust Museum  Sheldon Spotted Elk, Northern Cheyenne  Litigation and Governance  Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns
TUL-13-006  Passed Calling for a Federal-Tribal Review to Determine If Sacred Places Were Taken with or without Native Peoples’ Free, Prior and Informed Consent, and to Protect Sacred Places   Suzan Shown Harjo Litigation and Governance   Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns
TUL-13-007  Passed Authorizing an NCAI, NARF and Morning Star Joint Initiative for the Protection of Sacred Places   Suzan Shown Harjo  Litigation and Governance Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns
TUL-13-008  Tabled and incorporated into TUL-13-032 Supporting Enactment of H.R. 3043 and S. 1507 “Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2013  Danielle Her Many Horses  Litigation and Governance Taxation
TUL-13-009 Ruled out of order The Delaware Tribe of Indians “Return to Kansas”  Chief Paula Pechonic, Delaware Litigation and Governance Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns
TUL-13-010  Passed Fair and Full Federal Mileage Rate for all Disabled Veterans Chief Paula Pechonic, Delaware Veterans  Veterans
TUL-13-011  Passed To support an end to funding disparities inhibiting VAWA related technical assistance to Indian Tribes Juana Majel  Litigation and Governance Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns
TUL-13-012  Passed A Resolution Requesting the Bureau of Indian Affairs Create a New Regional Office for Energy Producing Tribes  Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray  Land and Natural Resources Energy and Mineral Policy
TUL-13-013  Passed A Resolution Requesting the Environmental Protection Agency Extend the deadline for completion of an Oil and Gas Minor Source  Permit for Indian Country by at least one year and consult in a meaningful way with affected Tribes Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Land and Natural Resources Energy and Mineral Policy
TUL-13-014  Passed Support Legislation To Remedy Injustices By Providing The Northern Cheyenne Tribe Ownership Of Subsurface Rights Within Its Reservation And Control Over The Northern Cheyenne Trust Fund, And For The Transfer Of Tribally-Owned Fee Lands To The United States To Be Held In Trust For The Tribe Northern Cheyenne Tribe Land and Natural Resources Trust Lands, Natural Resources and Agriculture
TUL-13-015  Tabled Urging Congress to Take Action on Reauthorization of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act Fawn Sharp Economic, Finance, and Community Development Housing 
TUL-13-016   Tabled Support for the United States Attorney General to Reopen the Keepseagle V. Vilsack Settlement Agreement and Include the 1994 Land Grant (American Indian/Alaska Native) Institutions Fawn Sharp Land and Natural Resources  Trust Lands, Natural Resources and Agriculture 
TUL-13-017   Tabled Urging Congress To Exempt Tribal Colleges And Universities From Budget Cuts Due To Sequestration  Fawn Sharp  Human Resources  Education 
TUL-13-018   Passed Support of Inter-Tribal Trade Legislation    Fawn Sharp  Litigation and Governance  Taxation 
TUL-13-019   Passed Support of Crow Coal to Liquids Pilot Project  Fawn Sharp  Land and Natural Resources  Energy and Mineral Policy 
TUL-13-020   Passed Support for a Clarification from the Republican Conference of the U.S. House of Representatives that Indian Water Rights Settlements Do Not Fall Within the Definition of Earmarks for Purposes of the Current Moratorium Thereon  Mark Macarro  Land and Natural Resources  Trust Lands, Natural Resources and Agriculture 
TUL-13-021   Passed Energy Affordability through Weatherization and Renewable Systems

Tanana Chiefs Conference  Land and Natural Resources  Energy and Mineral Policy 
TUL-13-022   Passed Federal Recognition of Alaska Native Hunting and Fishing Rights Tanana Chiefs Conference  Land and Natural Resources  Trust Lands, Natural Resources and Agriculture 
TUL-13-023   Passed Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation Act Reauthorization   Tanana Chiefs Conference  Land and Natural Resources  Trust Lands, Natural Resources and Agriculture 
TUL-13-024  Passed Resolution Calling for the State of South Dakota to Recognize Tribal Taxing Powers in Indian Country and the Non-Taxability of Products with Added Value and Tribal Enterprise Tony Reider Litigation and Governance  Taxation 
TUL-13-025  Passed In Support of the Census Bureau Tribal Boundary and Annexation Survey  Cheryl Causley Economic, Finance, and Community Development Housing
TUL-13-026  Tabled Supporting the President and Secretary of the Interior to Modernize the Federally Licensed Indian Trader Regulations in Furtherance of Developing a National Native Trade Network  Tex G. Hall Litigation and Governance Taxation
 TUL-13-027  Tabled Supporting a Plan to Ensure Tribal Leader Participation in the White House Council on Native American Affairs and Calling Upon President Obama to Issue a new Native Nations Policy Tex G. Hall Litigation and Governance Jurisdiction and Tribal Government
TUL-13-028  Tabled Supporting and Urging Congress to Pass H.R. 3043 and S. 1507, the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2013  Tex G. Hall Litigation and Governance  Taxation
TUL-13-029  Tabled A Resolution in Support of the Establishment of the Inter-Tribal Fish Commissions for the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers to Maximize Tribal Participation in the Management of Chinook and other Salmon Stock  Association of Village Council Presidents  Land and Natural Resources  Trust Lands, Natural Resources and Agriculture 
TUL-13-030   Tabled and incorporated into TUL-13-055 Resolution supporting full funding for Native American programs and support for specific provisions of bills pending in Congress regarding funding for various Tribal programs  Tex G. Hall  Litigation and Governance  Jurisdiction and Tribal Government 
TUL-13-031   Tabled Support for expanded President’s White House Council on Native American Affairs and Native Nations Policy  Tex G. Hall  Litigation and Governance  Jurisdiction and Tribal Government 
TUL-13-032  Passed Support for the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2013 pending in Congress   Tex G. Hall Litigation and Governance  Taxation 
TUL-13-033   Tabled Support for Federal legislation and regulations establishing and promoting the National Native Trade Network governing trade between the various Indian Nations  Tex G. Hall  Litigation and Governance Taxation 
TUL-13-034   Passed Support for strong Title VII related to Indian Education within the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act now pending in the 113th Congress  David M. Gipp  Human Resources   Education
TUL-13-035   Tabled Support for establishment of a native veterans memorial, along with a statute and ceremony that will honor the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye   Tex G. Hall   Veterans Veterans
TUL-13-036  Referred to EC Calling on the President and Secretary to Create a Subcommittee on Native Lands and Natural Resources of the White House Council on Native American Affairs Tex G. Hall  Land and Natural Resources  Trust Lands, Natural Resources and Agriculture 
TUL-13-037   Tabled Opposing proposal to cap indirect costs and opposing any legislation in Congress to cap indirect costs provided pursuant to the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act   David M. Gipp  Litigation and Governance  Jurisdiction and Tribal Government 
TUL-13-038   Passed Support for strong Tribal Transportation section of the new highway bill to be considered in the second session of the 113th Congress  David M. Gipp  Economic, Finance, and Community Development  Transportation 
TUL-13-039  Tabled Support for Full Funding for Tribal Justice Systems   David M. Gipp  Litigation and Governance Jurisdiction and Tribal Government 
TUL-13-040  Passed Support for further investigation regarding compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act by the state of South Dakota and other states  David M. Gipp Human Resources  Indian Child and Family Welfare 
TUL-13-041  Passed Support for preservation of significant battlefields of the so-called “Indian Wars” in the 19th century and earlier at which American Indians or Alaska Natives were killed and where remains were left on or near the battlefields  David M. Gipp and Tex Hall  Litigation and Governance  Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns 
TUL-13-042  Tabled and incorporated into TUL-13-055 Support for Full Funding for Tribal Colleges  David M. Gipp  Human Resources  Education 
TUL-13-043  Passed Support for removal by Congress and the President of barriers to full control by Tribal Nations of the development of their renewable and non-renewable energy resources   Tex G. Hall  Land and Natural Resources  Energy and Mineral Policy 
TUL-13-044  Passed Support for comprehensive education campaign about the Affordable Care Act and its potential benefits for American Indians and Alaska Natives, as part of an overall effort to improve health care for all American Indians and Alaska Natives  Tex G. Hall  Human Resources  Health 
TUL-13-045  Withdrawn Endorsing the success of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) IHBG formula Negotiated Rulemaking Committee and requesting the Committee to utilize protocols that will result in effective decision-making   David M. Gipp and Tex Hall Economic, Finance, and Community Development  Housing
TUL-13-046  Passed Support for appropriate consultation and training of Tribal leaders and Tribal emergency management programs regarding the recent changes to the Stafford Act that treat Tribes as purposes of states under the Act   David M. Gipp and Tex Hall  Litigation and Governance  Jurisdiction and Tribal Government 
TUL-13-047  Passed Support for the development of pilot programs, including the continuation of existing language immersion programs in elementary and secondary schools within Indian country through the Bureau of Indian Education  David M. Gipp and Tex Hall  Human Resources  Education 
TUL-13-048  Passed Support for establishment of a foundation to assist American Indian and Alaska Native farmers and ranchers with Keepseagle settlement funds    David M. Gipp and Tex Hall  Land and Natural Resources  Trust Lands, Natural Resources and Agriculture 
TUL-13-049  Passed Support Equal Treatment of the Social Security Withholding Tax Exemption   Mike Jones Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe  Litigation and Governance  Taxation 
TUL-13-050  Passed Commending Efforts to Eliminate Racist Stereotypes in Sports and Calling on the U.S. President and Congress to Combat These Continuing Affronts to Native Peoples   Suzan Shown Harjo  Litigation and Governance  Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns 
TUL-13-051  Passed Resolution calling for US Ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury  Pit River Tribe  Land and Natural Resources  Environmental Protection and Land Use 
TUL-13-052   Tabled Creation of NCAI-ITA Joint Task Force on Transportation    Economic, Finance, and Community Development  Transportation 
TUL-13-053  Passed Support for Tribal Adoption Tax Credit Parity  Terry Cross Litigation and Governance  Taxation
TUL-13-054  Passed Building Tribal Capacity to End High Rates of Suicide
 Mike Williams Human Resources  Health
 TUL-13-055 Passed Support for Funding Trust and Treaty Obligations in the Federal Budget and Stopping Sequestration  NCAI Litigation and Governance  Jurisdiction and Tribal Government

 

TUL-13-056  Passed Support for Tribes Providing Online Short Term Consumer Financial Services Pursuant to Tribal Law and Ensuring Appropriate Regulation of these Services for the Protection and Fairness of Consumers Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians and Lac Vieux Desert Band of Chippewa Indians Economic, Finance, and Community Development and Litigation and Governance Economic Development, Finance, and Employment and Jurisdiction and Tribal Government
TUL-13-057 Passed Request for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to Act Consistent with Executive Orders on Tribal Consultation and with Federal Policy Supporting Tribal Self-Determination and Self-Governance  Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians and Lac Vieux Desert Band of Chippewa Indians  Economic, Finance, and Community Development Economic Development, Finance, and Employment
TUL-13-058 Passed Securing and Protecting the International Legal and Political Status of Alaska Natives  Mary Ann Mills, Chair, Kenaitze Indian Tribe  Litigation and Governance  Jurisdiction and Tribal Government
TUL-13-059  Passed Funding Support for Tribal Tourism Development and Technical Assistance Mary Jane Ferguson, Economic, Finance and Community Development Economic Development, Finance, and Employment
TUL-13-060 Passed Opposition to Use of Federal Funds for Projects Harming Tribal Cultural Resources  Allison Binney Litigation and Governance Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns
TUL-13-061 Passed Request that the Federal Communications Commission Preserve and Protect the Tribal Lifeline and Link-Up Programs Loris Taylor, Chair, Native Public Media Economic, Finance and Community Development Telecommunications
TUL-13-062 Passed Support for Parity and Fairness in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations Janie Simms Hipp Land and Natural Resources Trust Lands, Natural Resources and Agriculture
TUL-13-063 Passed Support Tribal Grant Scools to Participate in the Federal Health Employees Benefit Pogram in the Affordable Care Act Cecelia Firethunder Human Resources Health
TUL-13-064 Passed Support Tribal Grant Schools Request for Fielding Hearings to Investigate the Constraints of Federal Funds for Tribal School Facilities and Administrative Costs Cecelia Firethunder Human Resources  Education
TUL-13-065 Referred to EC Calling on the Secretaries of Interior and the Attorney General of the United States to Engage in Government-to-Government Consultation on Proposed Uranium Mining within the Mt. Taylor District of the Cibola National Forest and Grasslands in New Mexico  Joe Garcia Land and Natural Resources  Trust Lands, Natural Resources and Agriculture
TUL-13-066 Passed Recognition of J.R. Cook’s Lifelong Commitment to Native American Youth Leadership Mary Kim Titla, San Carlos Apache  Executive  
TUL-13-067 Passed Support for Legislation to Amend 42 U.S.C. § 418 (Section 218 of the Social Security Act) James DelaCruz Sr, Quinault Indian Nation Litigation and Governance Taxation
TUL-13-068 Passed Support for Dental Health Aide Therapist Programs in Indian Country   Human Resources Health
TUL-13-069 Passed Emergency Department of Interior Enforcement Required to Protect Tribal Sovereign Immunity   Litigation and Governance Tribal Gaming
TUL-13-070 Passed Support for Providing Relief for American Indian and Alaska Native Farmers and Ranchers with Keepseagle Settlement Funds Prior to Creation of a Foundation   Land and Natural Resources Trust Lands, Natural Resources and Agriculture