Appendix A

Sample Tribal Resolution

Resolution #_______________ Tribe 

A resolution authorizing the establishment of a Tribal Coordinating Committee and to Develop and 

Implement a Tribal Action Plan for a Comprehensive Prevention and Treatment Program for 

Alcoholism and Other Substance Abuse. 

WHEREAS, the Business Committee of the Tribe met in a special meeting 

held the th day of , 20 , there being a quorum present, and 

WHEREAS, the Business Committee is authorized by the Constitution and Laws of then 

 Tribe to act on behalf of the Tribe, and 

WHEREAS, the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 1986, as amended by the 

Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010, proclaims alcoholism, addiction, and alcohol 

and substance abuse are among the most severe public health and safety problems 

facing American Indian and Alaska Native individuals, families, and communities, 

resulting in devastating social, economic, physical, mental and spiritual 

consequences, and 

WHEREAS, the Indian Health Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs officials publicly 

acknowledge that alcohol and substance abuse among Indians is the most serious 

health and social problem facing Indian people, and 

WHEREAS, Congress declared that the Federal government has a historical relationship and 

unique legal and moral responsibilities which include the treaty, statutory, and 

historical obligation to assist Indian Tribes to meet the health and social needs of 

their members, and 

WHEREAS, Congress declared that Indian Tribes have the primary responsibility for protecting 

and ensuring the well-being of their members and are providing resources to assist 

Indian Tribes in meeting that responsibility, and 

WHEREAS, the Tribe finds that alcoholism and other substance abuse affects 

the physical, mental, social spiritual, and economic wellbeing of Tribal members 

and other Indians living within the Tribal jurisdiction, and 

WHEREAS, the Tribe elects to join the Federal government to combat the 

damaging effects of alcoholism and other substance abuse, and to recognize the 

intent of the Memorandum of Agreement, and 

WHEREAS, the Tribe authorizes the establishment of a Tribal Coordinating 

Committee which shall, at a minimum, have as members a Tribal representative 

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who shall serve as Chairman and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Agency and Bureau 

of Indian Education Superintendants, where appropriate, and the Indian Health 

Service Chief Executive Officer, or their representative, the Office of Justice 

Programs, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 

and 

WHEREAS, the Tribal Coordinating Committee is provided full Business Committee support 

with the authority to develop and implement a Tribal Action Plan; have the 

responsibility for on-going review and evaluation of, and making recommendations 

to the Tribe relating to the Tribal Action Plan; have the responsibility for scheduling 

Federal, Tribal, or other personnel for training in the prevention and treatment of 

alcohol and substance abuse among Indians; to identify and address problems that 

arise concerning service coordination; and incorporate minimum standards for this 

program and services which it encompasses, and 

WHEREAS, the purpose of the Tribal Action Plan shall be to coordinate a comprehensive 

prevention and treatment program for alcoholism and other substance abuse and 

will include not only existing resources, but will identify the additional resources 

necessary to combat these problems, and 

WHEREAS, the Indian Health Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have identified major 

areas of common interest in health promotion and disease prevention as youth 

alcohol and drug abuse, nutrition, curricula development for health promotion and 

disease prevention, training for community health representatives, health aides, 

Tribal judges, law enforcement personnel, education and social service personnel, 

youth suicide, child abuse and neglect, teen pregnancy, fetal alcohol spectrum 

disorder, the Tribe charges the Tribal Coordinating Committee to 

prioritize services to Indian youth in the development of the Tribal Action Plan. 

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Tribe has prioritized alcoholism and substance 

abuse prevention and treatment as a primary issue to deal with, and has directed that a 

comprehensive program in compliance with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, P.L. 99-570, be 

developed to address the needs of Tribal members and other Indians living within the 

Tribal jurisdiction.

Certification

WE, , Principal Chief and , 

Secretary/Treasurer of the Tribe do hereby certify that Resolution 

# is true and exact as approved by the Business Committee in a special called 

meeting held Reservation, in the city of , in the state of on 

the day of , 20 , by a vote of yes and no. 

 

 , Principal Chief , Secretary/Treasurer

 Tribe Tribe

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