Summary Report Front Range Air Force Regional Tribal Relations Meeting for AFCEC/CZO Midwest Region
Creators: name: Stell
name: Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute
Publisher: name: Stell
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Colorado (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/526/colorado-state-territory
subject: El Paso (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3139/el-paso-county
subject: Yankton Sioux Tribe, South Dakota
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9623/yankton-sioux-tribe-south-dakota
subject: Rosebud Sioux Tribe, South Dakota
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9624/rosebud-sioux-tribe-south-dakota
subject: Ute Mountain Ute, Colorado
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9625/ute-mountain-ute-colorado
subject: Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, South Dakota
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9626/crow-creek-sioux-tribe-south-dakota
subject: Comanche Nation of Oklahoma
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9627/comanche-nation-of-oklahoma
subject: Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan, Hidatsa &amp; Arikara Nation, North Dakota
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9628/three-affiliated-tribes-of-the-mandan-hidatsa-arikara-nation-north-dakota
subject: Pawnee Nation Business Council #3
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9629/pawnee-nation-business-council-3
subject: Mescalero Apache Tribe, New Mexico
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9630/mescalero-apache-tribe-new-mexico
subject: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, South Dakota
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9631/cheyenne-river-sioux-tribe-south-dakota
subject: Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9632/jicarilla-apache-nation-new-mexico
subject: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, North Dakota and South Dakota
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9633/standing-rock-sioux-tribe-north-dakota-and-south-dakota
subject: Fort Belknap Indian Community, Montana
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9634/fort-belknap-indian-community-montana
subject: Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9443/cheyenne-and-arapaho-tribes-of-oklahoma
subject: Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9635/pueblo-of-taos-new-mexico
subject: Northern Arapaho of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9636/northern-arapaho-of-the-wind-river-reservation-wyoming
subject: Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Colorado
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9637/southern-ute-indian-tribe-colorado
subject: Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah &amp; Ouray Reservation, Utah
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9638/ute-indian-tribe-of-the-uintah-ouray-reservation-utah
subject: Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9639/pawnee-nation-of-oklahoma
subject: Front Range Air Force Regional Tribal Relations Meeting
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/171120/front-range-air-force-regional-tribal-relations-meeting
subject: Cheyenne Mountain
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/171117/cheyenne-mountain
subject: Consultation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/4/consultation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: This summary report details the results of the second-annual regional meeting coordinated for the Front Range Air Force (AF) Installation’s Tribal Relations Meeting between the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), Buckley Air Force Base (BAFB), Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station (CMAFS), F.E. Warren Air Force Base (FEWAFB), Peterson Air Force Base (PAFB), and Schriever Air Force Base (SAFB) held April 23–27, 2018 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The goal of the meeting was to continue developing and maintaining government-to-government relationships with Native American Tribes that have cultural affiliation to these United States Air Force (USAF) installations. In addition to the meeting, site visits to five of the six installations were conducted on April 23 (USAFA), 24 (SAFB and PAFB), 26 (BAFB), and 27 (WAFB). The intent for the meeting was for Tribes to identify and discuss the topics most pertinent to interactions with Air Force Bases (AFBs) and the goal of building and maintaining sustainable relationships. 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 was driven by Air Force Instruction (AFI) 90-2002, Air Force Interaction with Federally-Recognized Tribes, and is in compliance with all federal and state regulatory requirements and executive orders. The meeting was coordinated in collaboration with Base Cultural Resources Management Program (CRMP) Managers and Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (AFCEC) Cultural Resources Manager (CRM) Specialists. 
Texas A&amp;M Natural Resources Institute (Texas A&amp;M NRI) retained Stell to assist with the relations meeting and site visit planning, scheduling, and coordinating Tribal travel logistics, as well as facilitating and documenting the meeting. This report summarizes the meeting proceedings and site visits, includes a summary of the presentations and discussions, and presents Tribal concerns to assist in planning future relationship-building events.