Summary Report: North Dakota Air Force Regional Tribal Relations Meeting, March 21-22, Grand Forks Air Force Base, Minot Air Force Base, and Cavalier Air Force Station ...

• Main Authors: Stell, Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: North Dakota; Grand Forks; Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Fort Belknap Indian Community; Santee Sioux; Cheyenne River Sioux; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara; Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation; Rosebud Sioux Tribe; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; Grand Forks Air Force Base; Cavalier Space Force Station; Minot Air Force Base; Cavalier Air Force Station; Tribal Relations Meeting; Consultation; Heritage Management; assiniboine
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48512/xcv8470576; https://core.tdar.org/document/470576/summary-report-north-dakota-air-force-regional-tribal-relations-meeting-march-21-22-grand-forks-air-force-base-minot-air-force-base-and-cavalier-air-force-station

This summary report details the results of the First Air Force Regional Tribal Relations Meeting hosted by Grand Forks Air Force Base (GFAFB), Minot Air Force Base (MAFB), and Cavalier Air Force Station (CAFS), on March 21 and 22, 2018 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. This was the first regional-style meeting to include all three North Dakota Air Force Installations. The goal of the meeting was to continue developing and maintaining government-to-government relationships with Native American Tribes that have ancestral cultural affiliation to the United States Air Force Base (USAF) installations. The intent for this meeting was for the Tribes to identify the topics most pertinent to the interactions with Air Force Bases (AFBs) with the goal of maintaining relationships for future land management. Commanders from each installation presented an overview of their base missions, histories, and resources. During these presentations, Tribal representatives were encouraged to raise questions and concerns. This effort ...