Joe Watkins, Washington Area Service OfficeReed Robinson, Midwest Regional Office

April 25, 2017

tribes may include in annual funding agreements “programs, activities, services, or portions thereof” which are of “cultural, historical, or geographical significance” to them with agencies within the Department of the Interior other than the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Tribes approach the park and request available information pertinent to the management and funding of that program

Parks must provided information within 15 days

Grand Portage National Monument and the Grand Portage Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe

Redwood National and State Parks and the Yurok Tribe Chickasaw National Recreation Area and the Chickasaw

Nation of Oklahoma

AFAs in place since 1999 Also includes Isle Royale National Park Base agreement about park operations including

maintenance and construction, interpretative services and planning, resource management, basic cultural and natural resources research, and repair and rehabilitation

Since 1999, more than 50 AFAs totaling 288 projects, totaling more than $18,868,041

AFAs in place since in 2002 Agreements deal with Native American consultation

overviews, trail maintenance, cultural resources inventories, watershed restoration, marine mammal contamination studies, and a youth partnership program (known as the Yurok Tribe Land Conservation Corps)

Possibility of adding condor reintroduction program 55 projects totaling more than $5,521,800

Agreement signed December 2016 Details haven’t been worked out yet but likely to

include shared employment opportunities for tribe and shared facilities

Sitka National Historical Park and the Sitka Tribe of Alaska

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

Reed Robinson

NPS Midwest Regional Office Tribal Relations Indian Affairs Officer405 East Omaha St. Rapid City, SD 57701reed_robinson@nps.gov(605) 454-4098

NPS Washington Office American Indian Liaison Officer1849 C St NW, Room 7360Washington, DC 20240joe_watkins@nps.gov(202) 354-2126

Joe Watkins