Current Information from Mni Sose
updated January 5, 1999
Please note: Meetings and conferences are listed in ascending chronological order
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Meetings and Conference Announcements

The Blackfeet Tribe has recently joined the Coalition, increasing the tribal membership to 27 out of 28 Tribes in the Missouri River Basin. =>

Workshop minutes from April 28 and 29, 1998 Bureau of Reclamation Area Managers' Workshop #15 - Native American Issues


H.R. 3866 Water Resources Development Act of 1998 available here in .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat reader needed. NEW


Notes from Becky Otto, Omaha District Army Corps of Engineers regarding on-going work in the cultural resources program


Click here to access EPA's Clean Water Action Plan: Restoring and Protecting America's Waters


President Clinton's May 14, 1998, Executive Order on Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments NEW


Letter of commitment from Colonel Michael S. Meuleners, Army Corps of Engineers, to improve government-to-government relationships with Tribes and response letter regarding comments on draft American Indian and Alaska Native Policy from Rachael A. Rowland, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Intergovernmental Affairs


Memorandum on Indian Sovereignty and Government-to-Government Relations with Indian Tribes and Tribal Policy Principles from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers available here


Click here to read the April 17, 1998 news release from the Omaha District Army Corps of Engineers titled "Violators of Burial, Archaeological Sites Subject to Significant Penalties"


December 30, 1997 article by Mni Sose Executive Director Richard Bad Moccasin included in the Spring 1998 edition of the Sustainable Communities Review

1998 Preliminary Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement Workshop schedule for the Army Corps of Engineers' Missouri River Master Water Control Manual Review & Update (with letter from Col. Michael S. Meuleners, Deputy Division Engineer)

Mni Sose Intertribal Water Rights Coalition Quarterly Board of Director's Meeting, September 10 and 11, 1998, Seven Seas Inn, Mandan, North Dakota.


Conference Announcement: Peaks to Prairies: A Conference on Watershed Stewardship, September 27-30, 1998.
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