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Bureau of Indian Affairs Southern Plains Regional Office. National Budget Meeting – FY 2015. SOUTHERN PLAINS REGIONAL OFFICE JURISDICTION. Regional Demographics. Total Agencies\Field Offices: 5 Total Tribes: 24 Total Reservations: 20 Total Acres: 479,015.38 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Bureau of Indian AffairsSouthern Plains Regional Office
National Budget Meeting – FY 2015
SOUTHERN PLAINS REGIONAL OFFICE JURISDICTION
Total Agencies\Field Offices: 5 Total Tribes: 24 Total Reservations: 20 Total Acres: 479,015.38 Total People Serviced: 114,861 Total Programs Funded: 41 Total Employees: 225
Regional Demographics
TRIBES: KIOWA COMANCHE APACHE FT. SILL APACHE CADDO DELAWARE WICHITA & AFFILIATED
ANADARKO AGENCY
TRIBES: CHEYENNE & ARAPAHO
CONCHO AGENCY
TRIBES: KAW OTOE-MISSOURIA PAWNEE PONCA TONKAWA
PAWNEE AGENCY
TRIBES: IOWA TRIBE OF KS & NE KICKAPOO TRIBE IN KS PRAIRIE BAND POTAWATOMI SAC & FOX OF MO
HORTON AGENCY
TRIBES: ABSENTEE-SHAWNEE CITIZEN POTAWATOMI IOWA TRIBE OF OK KICKAPOO TRIBE OF OK SAC & FOX NATION OF OK
SHAWNEE FIELD OFFICE
TRIBES: ALABAMA-COUSHATTA TRIBE OF TX KICKAPOO TRADITIONAL TRIBE OF TX
REGIONAL OFFICE
Johnson O’Malley (JOM)
Other Aid Tribal Government
Social Services
Tribal Courts
Minerals and Mining
Budget Priorities
To provide Indian Students with adequate school supplies, equipment and other educational needs
To provide tutorial assistance to Indian Students to enhance their skills and understanding of the core education elements
To provide incentive programs that challenge Indian Students to earn and maintain above average grade scores
To provide opportunities for Indian Students to participate in Native Leadership Conferences and other leadership activities
Johnson O’Malley
Advancing Quality Communities for Indian Tribes & Tribal Nations
Promoting strong and stable tribal governments
Promoting Indian Self-Determination & Self-Governance:
Enhancing the abilities of Tribal Nations in the exercise of their authority as sovereign nations
Tribal Government
To improve the quality of life for individual Indians and Indian families living on or near Indian reservations
To protect children, the elderly and the disabled from abuse and neglect
To assist the needy in acquiring the most basic needs in life: food, clothing, shelter
To protect against the separation of and to assist with the reunification of Indian families
Social Services
To maintain law and order on tribal lands To protect life and property To empower tribal law enforcement
agencies and tribal governments to uphold tribal sovereignty and customs
Increased funding needed for the hiring of additional Police Officers and competent staff and Judges
PUBLIC SAFETY & JUSTICE
To provide essential support to Tribes and Indian Allottees in the development of renewable and conventional energy resources
To address the demand for increased Bureau involvement & services in all aspects of the Oil & Gas industries
To ensure all regulatory requirements are enforced
To provide improved customer services to tribes and Individual Indian Allottees
Minerals and Mining
JOHNSON O’MALLEY: +$320,125 TRIBAL GOVERNMENT: +$354,602 SOCIAL SERVICES: +$273,625 PUBLIC SAFETY & JUSTICE: +$300,158 MINERALS & MINING: +100,000
2015 Funding Request
Thank you!