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United Tribes o Michnzan 5453 thiglistbn Road. llarhor Springs, tvlichigan4'1)740 PIu 517-802-8650 Email: 1ientro,41!,-.)eltartersiet Fax: 23 (-242-0958- Fronk 1.:ttawal,e.shiA,11.veclitive Pirecior Executive Director's Report brua ry 29, 012 once again thank Clark Construction .Company for hosting our Februay United Tribe.s Meetinp„ They have not only provided the meetin.g space but Ine .generously provided are breakfast and lunch on the meeting day as well. This past quarter is the busiest each. year fortITM, I've bettii working on the nTariv-,einents for the Annual Legislative Reception lbw wtis scheduled for .1.nesday, 'February- 28, 2012. This year our 1R:4.; V P'!; 1:vere. nearly double. ,vitat they were the previous year. The chance to meet and network \vial:the eg...s.,I aiure and other state officials was the primary force that. led to the formation ot, thuted fribes. We nave cx.ptinded beyond the reception however throu4.,d, the many other connections we have been able to make during our regular meetings throughout the cad' year. Today's agenda is a full one bat I've tried to work it so we will be able to finish widnn the allotted time. We have as our honored guests Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Interior, Del L.averdure acid Bryan 'Newland, Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, 'United Tribes Financial Information: We have had several Sponsorships that have. conic in during this :fiscal yea dun started October I, 2011. Tribal sponsorships from Hanrt:ahville and Nottawuseppi hiun Band as well as corporate sponsorships .1.0rn Michigan Economic Development Corporatio.n., God Kahn, and RW1 Benefits, totaling $38,000„00. I have been told. ilw,..se-veral more are in process. Thanks to :All those who have made these sponsorships:. Our 1099 Mist: and 1096 formsbeen filed for 2011. We got an extensiwl filing the 990 Tax Form due to having to file a long form this year instead of the simple post card as for the.previous two years, Godfrey Wise Berg is the accounting firm who does this work for us. They are located in East Lansing.. Great: Lakes Water Issues: The US Supreme Coin just this past week denied an injunction to close the Chicago Sanitary? and Shipping 1 This closure was asked for the Michigan and other Great Lakes: States in an attempt stop the onset of Asian Carp coming up the Mississippi. This brot.L' going to he a tong tough one but the stakes are too high to let up the pressure to find a solution to this problem. T spoke at the International Joint Corral iission mectilg in Detroit on October 12'h and 14th. This joint meeting of the 1.1C, Great Lakes United and the Healing Our Waters Coalition, Preserving the Night !hN: I have previously Nported on the Headlands Park in. Emmet County being designated an international Dark Sky Park, the sixth in the US and only the ninth in the world. Preserving the view of the night sky is a mailer of cultural preservation for Indian Country. Many of our cultural teachings and stories are based in viewing the night sky. disorientation that conies from having the sky obscured at night by random light pollution is harmful to humans but is also harmful to plants and Executive Director's Repot 2-29-2012,
United Tribes fMu ligan 5453 HuiThston Road. Harbor Staino, 49740 Phone: 517-802-8650 Eiwith fettawaikenarer.net Fes: 23 1-24%0958 Frank Eilawagi ,:qiik, Executtre Director animals with whom we share this world, Since ifie oriuinal designation the Headlands there has been a movement in Northern Michigan 1.0 enlarge this area to other lands in the region,. This cifforthas culminated with the introduCtion of HB 54liA in. tire Michigan House by Representative Frank Foster from Entine.: County. This bill, i'passed, would expand the area desgriated to protect die nig.ht- sky to several. thousands of acres or stale Park lands and State Forest lands on the Lake Michigan side Tif the tip of the lower peninsula, Hu] Laws: I ANW.; incited to speak. on burial and historic preservation issues at 1 Michigan Anishinabok Cultural Preservation Lind Repatritoior, A] fiance meeting in Bay Mills at the end of October. The Lac Vieux. Desert Band k having an ongoing and increasingly cl.il1ictrlt t me in keeping one of their cemeteries free from vandals and dese,:..rat I on, IVIeetirtgs: The December 2011 MAST II weting in. Iowa was cancelled due to a e.,!iniliet with the meeting between President Ohm na and Tribal 1...taciers-, 1 atten.d.ed. the 11.1.30,1 AST consultation meeting held Odawa tic IL'i i i Petoskey on February 1.6 and 17, 2.012. The next MAST meeting will be the Impact Week in Washington DC in March, Tribal Leaders INeteetir12-: I arranged and attended a meeting at the request. of the tribal leaders on February 2, 2012 that was homed by Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians at Odawa ilotel in Petoskey. 'fwo proposed resolutions to be considered at today's meeting Testified from discussions at .that meeting I .qovst. from Bill Lart&eirif: I've attach communications Hhat I received the last two days from. Bill I...argent. His letter explains that his company bid on. an: R.. ftorit the MEDC and lost. is thinks the process was not fail and he would. like us :ft weigh in on this issue. NCAI .Executive Board: I participated in the monthly NCAI Executive l orrd phone conferences, 'file officers and directors for each t f.1he iraer-tribal Organizations in Indian Country are invited to attend these calls of the Executive Hoard, There will be a lunch rileCi.ltm rarthe inter-tribal organizations in DC at the NCAI Winter Executive Session in early March, 1. plan on attending at least of the NCAI session tlhs In November, I at-tem:lei:I the NC A1 Annual .Meetifig in Portland, Oregon. The resolution on HR. 1505 was dis• cussed and adopted but this issue has faded from the radar screen lately, The throat to Indian Country, jurisdiction still exists from the potential adoption of this act, ii-mtber Working Group:. The DOI. has conic out with their proposed new rule. It is not What we were hoping for. I've cirenlated these documents to the LITM ernail list Executive Director's R c)-2012, Page 2 of 3
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