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Box 2574 :: :: Olympia, Wa Fido Net 1:352/333 :: :: 98507-2574 206-786-9629 :: :: USA The Quarto Mundista BBS :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1 9 7 7 C O N F E R E N C E O F T R I B A L G O V E R N M E N T S Doubletree Inn, Tukwila February 12-15, 1977 POLICY RESOLUTION HUMAN RESOURCES PREAMBLE: Tribal sovereignty is inherent and original, derived not from grants of authority by the United States but from Indian governments, cultures, and social institutions which have been established since time immemorial. Intrinsic to our right of tribal self-government is the responsibility to protect and develop Indian human resources. The fulfillment of this responsibility must be in accordance with established sovereign tribal legal rights, spiritual beliefs, social institutions and customs, and relationship with the land. Concomitantly, it is the responsibility of the State that in providing human resources based on Washington State's disputed assumption of jurisdiction on Indian Reservations and in providing human services required by Indians as citizens of the State, to respect the dual status of Indians as tribal members and as State citizens. The "negative assimilation - termination" policies, practices, and effects which characterize some of the current federal and state health, education, employment and social welfare services delivered to Indian People must be replaced with positive services. WHEREAS, tribal governments have the authority and responsibility to plan, regulate, protect, and provide our own Indian human resources, and to regulate human services provided by federal and state governments to tribal members, and to ensure delivery of such services in a manner consistent with the unique legal, social and cultural rights of Indians as tribal members; and WHEREAS, the federal government has the authority and responsibility to provide health, education, employment and social welfare services to Indian People consistent with federal recognition of the unique legal, social, and cultural rights of tribal governments and their members. State government's responsibility to provide human services to Indian Peoples must be consistent with the federal policy and obligation to protect and ensure tribalsovereignty in the planning for and delivery of human services; and WHEREAS, Indian tribes are not political sub-divisions of State governments but are distinct political entities with inherent and original powers of self-government, whose members enjoy a dual citizenship as citizens of the State in which they reside and as members of their tribes. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the 1977 Conference of Tribal Governments hereby affirms the policy that tribal governments have the right to plan, regulate, provide and protect our own human resource services to tribal members and the right to regulate human services provided by federal and state governments in order to ensure the delivery of such services in a manner consistent with the unique legal, social and cultural rights of Indian Peoples; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the 1977 Conference of Tribal Governments support and implement this Conference's major policy statement on the retrocession of state jurisdiction to tribal governments; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the 1977 Conference of Tribal Governments supports a policy calling for tribal governments and the Governor of Washington State to establish a series of compacts and agreements declaring the principles of State- Tribal relations in the areas of health, education, employment and social welfare services. These compacts and agreements shall also outline the mutually agreeable methods for the development of procedures by which federal and state human services are delivered to all Indian People eligible for such services. The state offices and agencies which will be addressed include but are not limited to: The Department of Social and Health Services, the Superintendent of Public Instruction's Office, the Office of Community Development, and the Employment Security Department; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the 1977 Conference of Tribal Governments supports the formulation of a mutually agreeable bilateral compact between Tribal Governments and the Governor of Washington State related to the reporting relationship, structure, and administration of the Indian Desk of the Department of Social and Health Services. Introduced by: Mary Jo Butterfield, Chairperson Committee on Human Resources Adopted: February 15, 1977 Conference of Tribal Governments -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To have a current Center For World Indigenous Studies Publication Catalogue sent to you via e-mail, send a request to jburrows@halcyon.com FTP ftp.halcyon.com /pub/FWDP/CWIS Center For World Indigenous Studies P.O. Box 2574 Olympia, WA U.S.A. 98507-2574 BBS: 206-786-9629 OCR Provided by Caere Corporation's PageKeeper