Tribal Consultation Basics
This term refers to a formal, government-to-government process that occurs before decisions are made on issues of mutual importance.
What is Tribal Consultation?
Compared to consultation, this type of interaction is less formal and happens more frequently.
What is Tribal Engagement?
Each of the Nine Federally Recognized Tribes of Oregon follow the same process and protocols for Tribal consultation.
What is False?
This is the number of Tribes with a AAA (Area Agencies on Aging).
What is One?
This individual is the contact for the first step in developing a new policy or program action that may impact at least 1 of the Nine Federally Recognized Tribes in Oregon.
Who is the APD Tribal Affairs Consultant (Laura)?
Tribal consultation must occur between individuals of this type of governmental stature.
What are officials of comparable governmental stature and authority?
Engagement may occur in various formats, including these two digital or telecommunication methods.
What are phone calls and text messages?
A Tribal General Manager can request a government-to-government consultation with ODHS.
What is True?
This resettlement city in Oregon has hundreds of Native communities located in its urban area.
What is Portland, Oregon?
This body of elected Tribal representatives qualifies for formal consultation.
This body of elected Tribal representatives qualifies for formal consultation.
Tribal consultation fosters this kind of outcome through mutual understanding, trust, and shared responsibility.
What is informed decision-making or consensus?
Created originally for SSP, this internal resource is available to ODHS staff to assist with Tribal engagement efforts.
What is the Tribal Engagement Toolkit?
Tribal governmental officials will always affirmatively respond to every request for Tribal Consultation.
What is False?
The oldest continuously inhabited community in North America until the falls and nearby settlements were submerged by the construction of the Dalles Dam in 1957.
What is Celilo Village?
This executive-level Tribal position may be consulted if designated by the Tribe.
What is the Tribal CEO or General Manager?
This policy, guides the process of conferring before action is taken.
What is the Tribal Consultation Policy?
Unlike consultation, engagement may involve staff at this level within the Tribe.
Who are Tribal program or administrative staff?
The APD Title VI Regional Meet and Greet is considered a form of engagement with Tribes, though not at the consultation level.
What is Maybe?
Engagement occurs, but it's not at the level of government required for formal consultation.
They include Seven Feathers, Three Rivers, Wildhorse, Spirit Mountain, Old Camp, Kla-Mo-Ya, Kah Nee Ta High Desert, and Chinook Winds.
What are Tribal-owned casinos and resorts in Oregon?
This group includes social workers and administrative personnel but does not qualify for consultation.
Who are Tribal staff?
An essential quality of Tribal consultation is that it happens at this point in the process.
What is the earliest possible point?
This type of individual, who is a member of one of the Nine Federally Recognized Tribes of Oregon, may be engaged but not consulted.
Who is a Tribal member?
Rules that do not reach the level of a Critical Event do not need to undergo Tribal engagement.
What is False?
With a confederation of 27 bands, these Tribes were the first in Oregon to be fully restored to federal recognition in 1977.
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
This role supports service navigation and engagement efforts but does not represent the Tribe for consultation.
Who is a Tribal Navigator?