Courtesy announcement for upcoming webinar: Tribal Planning Basics – How can tribes exercise their power to plan?
Presented by Northwest Tribal Technical Assistance Program & EWU Urban and Regional Planning Programs.
The practice of American Indian tribal planning is based on three foundations: 1) the principle of tribal sovereignty including inherent sovereignty, understood through a combination of the evolution of tribal legislation and tribal court cases that create the power to plan; 2) the application of comprehensive planning processes to the unique setting of individual tribal specific governments; and 3) the evolution and implementation of tribal planning by tribal governments in recent times—the practice of tribal planning. These three components of tribal planning, including tribal transportation planning, will be the focus of our Tribal Planning Basics class comprised of four 1.5 hour lectures. These will focus on tribal sovereignty as the basis for tribal planning; tribal court cases as the basis for the practice of tribal planning; the tribal comprehensive plan as the central component of tribal planning; and finally, the current practice of tribal planning by tribal governments through recognition of best practices. (more…)