sd department of tribal relations · issue # 24 january 2017 2 prepared by the south dakota...

Issue # 24 January 2017

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What’s Inside From Secretary Emery

92nd South Dakota Legislative Calendar

State Tribal Relations Save the Date!

Indian Country Legislators

Tourism Conference

Services Available at the State Library

2nd Annual State of the Tribes Address

Tribal Plates

Funding for Manufactured Home Repair

USDA Official speaks at Pine Ridge

Rural Business Development

Rural Development Program Deadlines

1930’s Tourist Video

Rural Development Publications

Benefits for Grandchildren

Follow Bills, Register as a Lobbyist

FROM SECRETARY EMERY

SD Department of Tribal Relations

As we head into the 92nd Session of the South Dakota Legislature I invite our tribal leaders to join us often here in Pierre to meet and talk with our state Representatives and Senators. Let your voices be heard on bills you support, attend committee meetings, listen to the debates on the house and senate floors, and meet with various departments of state.

Because South Dakota has a short legislative session things move fast! We have some exciting events happening this month.

On January 12th Chairman Robert Flying Hawk will give the 2nd Annual State of the Tribes Address to the South Dakota Legislature.

The State Tribal Relations Events are on January 25th & 26th, 2017. Join us along with SD Department of Game, Fish & Parks as we highlight education, opportunities, resource management, partnerships, and more.

Please feel free to contact our Department with any questions or concerns!

South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations

302 E. Dakota Ave.

Pierre, SD 57501

(605) 773-3415

www.sdtribalrelations.com

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At the Badlands. Courtesy Kent Killebrew


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Prepared by the South Dakota Legislative Research Council 1

92nd SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE SESSION CALENDAR 2017 38 Legislative Days

Please refer to the Joint Rules, Chapter 17 for complete information.

Sun Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat

Jan

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Session Opens 12 Noon (CST)

State of the State

State of the Judiciary State of the Tribes

L.D. 1 L.D. 2 L.D. 3 L.D. 4 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Executive orders filed (Constitution, Art. IV,

Sec. 8) Jt. Memorial Service

3:00 pm

Concurrent Resolution limited introduction

deadline (J.R. 6B-3)

L.D. 5 L.D. 6 L.D. 7 L.D. 8

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Last day for unlimited bill & joint resolution introduction

(J.R. 6B-3) Must be at the front desk TWO

HOURS prior to session.

L.D. 9 L.D. 10 L.D. 11 L.D. 12

Feb

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Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1 2 3 4

All bill drafts with sponsors due back in LRC

Last day for introduction of individual bills and joint

resolutions Must be at the front desk TWO


Last day for introduction of committee bills and joint

resolutions Must be at the front desk TWO


L.D. 13 L.D. 14 L.D. 15 L.D. 16 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Last day for JCA selection of

general fund revenue targets (J.R. 7-11.1)

L.D. 17 L.D. 18 L.D. 19 L.D. 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

L.D. 21 L.D. 22 L.D. 23 L.D. 24 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Presidents Day Last day to use J.R. 5-17

Last day to move required delivery of bills or

resolutions by a committee to the house of origin

Last day to pass bills or joint resolutions by the house of

origin

Last day for introduction of concurrent resolutions

L.D. 25 L.D. 26 L.D. 27 L.D. 28

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Feb 26 Feb 27 Feb 28 Mar 1 2 3 4

Last day for an appropriations committee to move required delivery

of special appropriation bills to house of origin

Last day for house of origin to pass special

appropriation bills delivered by an appropriations

committee

Last day for introduction of commemorations

J.R. 5-13 in effect

L.D. 29 L.D. 30 L.D. 31 L.D. 32 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Last day to move required

delivery of bills or resolutions by a committee

to the second house

Last day for a bill or joint resolution to pass both

houses

Reserved for concurrences or conference committees

Reserved for concurrences or conference committees

L.D. 33 L.D. 34 L.D. 35 L.D. 36 L.D. 37 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

Reserved for consideration

of gubernatorial vetoes L.D. 38

Recess

Recess


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District02:Brookings,Codington,Deuel,&Grant

District01:Brown,Day,Marshall,&RobertsCounties

SenatorJasonFrerichs

(D)

RepresentativeSusanWismer

(D)Representative

StevenD.McCleerey

(D)

SenatorBrockL.

Greenfield(R)

RepresentativeLanaGreenfield

(R)

RepresentativeBurtTulson

(R)

District05:Codington

SenatorNealTapio

(R)

RepresentativeHughBartels

(R)

RepresentativeNancyYork

(R)

District08:Lake,Miner,Moody,&Sanborn

SenatorJordan

Youngberg(R)

Representative

(R)

Representative

(R)

District21:BonHomme,CharlesMix,Gregory,&Tripp

SenatorBillieH.Sutton

(D)

RepresentativeJulieBartling

(D)

RepresentativeLeeQualm

(R)

District24:Hughes,Hyde,Stanley,&Sully

SenatorJeffMonroe

(R)

RepresentativeTimRounds

(R)

SenatorTroyHeinert

(D)

Representative

26B(R)

SenatorKevinKiller

(D)

RepresentativeSteveLivermont

(R)

RepresentativeElizabethMay

(R)

District28:

SenatorRyanMaher

(R)

RepresentativeOrenLesmeister

28A(D)

IndianCountryLegislators92ndSessionThesemenandwomenareyourrepresentativesduringthe92nd

legislativesession.Findcurrentlegislativeinformationat:

http://www.sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Default.aspx?Session=Ninety-Second

SeewhatbillstheDepartmentofTribalRelationsisfollowingat:http://www.sdtribalrelations.com/sdleg.aspx

District26:Brule,Buffalo,Jones,Lyman,Mellette,&Todd

District27:Bennett,Haakon,Jackson,Pennington,&Shannon

Representative

26A(D)

RepresentativeMaryDuvall

(R)


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Come learn, network, and grow with us at the South Dakota Governor’s Conference on Tourism. The 2017 conference — titled “Building for the Future” — will take place on Jan. 17-19 in Pierre. Every year, the Ramkota Hotel & Conference Center in Pierre is transformed into a bustling hub of ideas, research, and fun! People from across the nation gather in Pierre to talk marketing, customer service and everything else that businesses need to realize their full potential. South Dakota is home to one of the premier tourism conferences in the nation, but this exciting gathering of industry researchers and gurus still needs one thing: you! Please join us in Pierre in 2017 as we bring professionals from all across the country to help South Dakota businesses and partners learn how to make 2017 their best year yet! The conference begins on Tuesday, January 17, with an opening reception and ends Thursday evening, January 19, with the Awards Night Gala. In between, you’ll be able to network with more than 550 attendees from across South Dakota and the United States while learning about the latest in travel trends, marketing, research and customer service. You’re sure to leave reinvigorated and full of ideas that will help you build for your future! Because of this conference’s outstanding national reputation, registration seems to fill faster and faster every year. Secure your spot and take advantage of early registration discounts by signing up at SouthDakotaTourismConference.com. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Natasha Bothun at [email protected]. See you in January!

Services Available at the

State Library The South Dakota State Library provides leadership for innovation and excellence in libraries and services to state government. In addition, it provides access to numerous databases to every South Dakota citizen, and opportunities for resource sharing through the statewide library catalog, SD Share-It https://sdsl-agent.auto-graphics.com/MVC/. Get to know your state library and the services it offers. The library is located in the MacKay Building at 800 Governors Drive and is open to the public M-F, 8-5. Visit in person or online at http://library.sd.gov/

AllSouthDakotacitizenshaveaccesstoalargecollectionofelectronicresourceslistedathttp://library.sd.gov/LIB/ERD/access/complete.aspx.YoucanlearnanewlanguagewithMangoLanguages,practicefortheACT,SAT,CDLormanyothertestsusingtheLearningExpressLibrarydatabase,gethelpwithschoolassignmentswithWorldBookEncyclopedia,orresearchyourfamilygenealogywithHeritageQuestorAncestryLibrary.Electronicresourcesareavailablefromhomewithalibrarycard.Applyforalibrarycardathttp://library.sd.gov/forms/librarycard/index.aspx

Thestatelibraryalsohasarepositoryofcurrentandhistoricalstategovernmentpublications.Viewthecollectionsathttp://cdm16384.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/.


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Ordering tribal plates is one of the many features available to South Dakotans on MySDCars. In addition to ordering any of our specialty plates, you may renew your vehicle registrations, report a sale, print a seller’s permit and much more.

Vehicle owners with a valid South Dakota driver’s license may complete these tasks by visiting http://mysdcars.sd.gov

Chairman Robert Flying Hawk

Yankton Sioux Tribe

2nd Annual State of the

Tribes Address

January 12, 2017 1:00 p.m.

South Dakota State

Capitol House of

Representatives


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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) South Dakota Acting State Director Bruce Jones today announced the availability of USDA loan and grant funding for South Dakotans who want to repair or rehabilitate a mobile or manufactured home. “In many places in rural Tribal areas there is a high percentage of manufactured homes that are in need of repairs. Finding funds to assist with the needed rehabilitation for these homes is difficult. USDA has the Section 504 Home Repair program that will assist these families in need. USDA housing programs provide ways in which we can help support low and very-low income homeowners whose homes are in need of repair or rehab to bring them up-to-standard for health and safety practices,” said Jones. The USDA Rural Development Section 504 Home Repair Program for a two-person household income of $24,800 offers a 20-year term loans of up to $20,000 and a 1% interest rate to very-low-income residents to help them make critical repairs to their owner-occupied homes. Qualifying seniors without repayment over the age of 62 may also be eligible for up to $7,500 in grant funds. A number of factors are considered when determining an applicant’s eligibility for USDA housing assistance. To qualify for the home repair program, must own home, site and occupy prior to application, must remove health and safety hazards, and the home must be on permanent foundation which can be either full below grade foundation or blocks, piers, or some other type of foundation with skirting, anchoring, and tie downs. “The inclusion of manufactured and mobile homes in the Section 504 Home Repair Program will be appreciated by those eligible homeowners who can utilize these funds to preserve the useful life of their home through repairs or rehab work. We are looking forward to working with USDA to inform our communities of this new housing improvement resource,” said Sharon Vogel, Executive Director for the Cheyenne River Housing Authority.

“For those residents who qualify for the program, it has been a godsend,” said Joseph Shields, Director of the Crow Creek Housing Authority. “There is still a tremendous need for programs like the Section 504 due to the restrictions on the funding we receive. I am just thankful that there are options out there for homeowners.” “This will be a great program for Indian Country! The program will provide a means to individuals and families who may not have any other avenues for home repair assistance,” said Shelli Marshall, Executive Director of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Housing Authority.

“I believe that this is an excellent opportunity for members of our Lower Brule community who are presently residing in a mobile or manufactured home. Access to desperately needed dollars for home repairs, is something that is really needed in our rural communities. I would highly recommend all interested parties to look into this opportunity and take advantage of these services while funding is available. This is information that we will gladly share with our low income eligible members. This is an unaddressed need that has existed for years and I am thrilled to see funding made available for renovations/repairs of mobile and manufactured homes,” said Jeannie Cadwell, Executive Director for the Lower Brule Housing Authority. "I highly recommend this program to not only our homeownerships who have paid off their houses but to all our tribal members who own their own homes," said Paul Iron Cloud, Chief Executive Officer for Oglala Sioux Lakota Housing.

“This is a needed opportunity for our homeowners on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation. We have many mobile homes that are older. The homeowner could utilize these funds to assist them with health and safety issues,” said Cheryl Whirlwind Soldier, Executive Director for the Rosebud Housing Authority.

USDA Announces the Availability of Funding for Manufactured Home Repair or Rehab

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Share Your News!

Email: [email protected]

Or Contact us at the SD Department of Tribal Relations

605-773-3415

For further information on USDA housing programs, please contact the following Housing Specialist: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe; Rosebud Sioux Tribe… Pierre Area Office - Grady Olson, [email protected], or 605-224-8870, Ext. 4. Crow Creek Sioux Tribe…..Aberdeen Area Office - Kenneth Lynch, [email protected], or 605-226-3360, Ext. 4. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe…. Watertown Area Office - Diane Byer, [email protected], or 605-886-8202, Ext. 4. Oglala Sioux Tribe…Rapid City Area Office – Lance Lockwood, [email protected], or 605-342-0301, Ext. 4. Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate…Aberdeen Area Office - Roxanne Woodring, [email protected], or 605-226-3360, Ext. 4. Yankton Sioux Tribe…Mitchell Area Office - April Norton, [email protected], or 605-996-1564, Ext. 4. USDA Rural Development in South Dakota has offices in Aberdeen, Huron, Mitchell, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Watertown, and Yankton. For more information, visit the USDA Rural Development Website at http://www.rd.usda.gov/sd.

USDA Official Speaks at Pine Ridge Promise Zone Events

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Sam Rikkers today spoke at the Oglala Sioux Lakota Housing Summit and the Oglala Lakota Veterans Association Meeting. He also visited with Oglala Lakota officials and will tour the Pine Ridge Promise Zone.

“It’s exciting to witness firsthand the progress of the Oglala Lakota Tribe,” said Rikkers. “Conversations with Tribal leaders and members are key to better understanding how USDA can best support Pine Ridge’s success.”

Pine Ridge was designated as a Promise Zone in April 2015. The Promise Zone designation confers 10 years of significant Federal support to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. USDA will lead the Federal effort to help Pine Ridge increase economic activity, improve educational opportunities, leverage private investment, reduce violent crime, enhance public health and address other priorities.

The Promise Zone Initiative was launched by President Obama in 2013 to target federal and private resources to high-poverty urban, rural and tribal communities. A Federal community liaison and desk officer provide the Tribe with technical assistance, and five AmeriCorps Vista members help with the Promise Zone’s work. Projects in the Promise Zone receive preferences for competitive federal grant programs and new Promise Zone tax incentives.

Since receiving its Promise Zone designation, Pine Ridge has received more than $15 million in Federal investments.


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Program Application Deadline(s) Rural Energy for America (REAP) Applications accepted year round. Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program (Formerly known as the Biorefinery Assistance Program)

2017 application deadlines are unknown at this time.

Business & Industry Loan Guarantees

Applications accepted year round.

Rural Business Development Grant (formally known as RBEG & RBOG)

Applications being accepted for 2017 funding. 03/31/2017 Native American Set-Aside - applications due from applicants to field offices; and 4/28/2017 Non Set-Aside – applications due from applicants to field offices.

Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program

Quarterly deadlines.

Intermediary Relending Program Quarterly deadlines. Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program

Quarterly deadlines.

Value Added Producer Grant 2017 application deadlines are unknown at this time.

Small Socially Disadvantaged Grant 2017 application deadlines are unknown at this time.

Rural Cooperative Development Grant

2017 application deadlines are unknown at this time.

Rural Community Development Initiative

2017 NOFA is expected to be issued next spring.

Water and Environmental Programs

On-going application cycles; can apply anytime.

Community Facilities Loan and Grant Programs


Single Family Housing Programs… 502 Very-Low and Low Direct Loans; 504 Loans and Grants; and 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing (GRH) Loan Program


For additional program information, view the USDA Rural Development Programs Summary:

http://www.rd.usda.gov/files/RD_ProgramMatrix.pdf

Rural Development Program Deadlines USDA Invites Applications for Rural Business Development Grant

USDA Rural Development South Dakota Acting State Director Bruce Jones has announced the agency is accepting applications for the Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) program.

“This grant promotes long-term economic growth and community vitality in rural areas,” said Jones. “We encourage non-profits, tribes and public agencies to apply.”

The Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) is designed to assist with startup and expansion of small and emerging private businesses and/or nonprofits in rural communities. Eligible applicants include public bodies, government entities, Indian tribes, and non-profit organizations. Funds can be used for business incubators, leadership and entrepreneur training, acquisition or development of land or buildings, capitalization of revolving loan funds to be re-lent to local businesses and many other purposes – all to assist small businesses.

For example in 2016, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (SWO), utilized RBDG funds for a market assessment of value-added foods in demand in the market area, plus a farm-level feasibility study for local food producers located in a poverty and StrikeForce area. “The RBDG was a very competitive grant and we greatly appreciate that we were selected and received funding from USDA. This grant will provide us the opportunity to conduct a feasibility study and marketing assessment of our locally grown products, which are our buffalo, honey, produce and walleye. This has the potential to open many doors for the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and its membership,” said Ella Robertson, Planning Department Director for SWO.

Funds have been set aside nationally to assist Native Americans, and additional monies will be allotted among the states for non-set aside applicants. All grants will be awarded competitively, based on several areas including:

• Evidence showing job creation to occur with local businesses;

• Percent of nonfederal funding committed to the project;

• Economic need in the area to be served; • Consistency with local economic development priorities;

and • Experience of the grantee with similar efforts.

Two pools of grants funds are available, the Native American set-aside and statewide funding. The first deadline is March 31, 2017 for the Native American grant funds. The second deadline is for the RBDG statewide allocation, estimated to be about $150,000 and the deadline for that grant is April 28, 2017.


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USDA Rural Development has two new publications to serve our American Indian and Alaska Native Customers

The first is a brochure called “Assistance for Tribal Nations” that provides an overview of USDA Rural Development programs and encourages Tribal members to contact their nearest USDA Rural Development office and local Native American coordinator for assistance. The second, “Collaborating for Prosperity with American Indians and Alaska Natives,” is a special report with vital information for Tribal customers about how to engage with RD and access our resources. At this time, electronic copies of both publications are on the USDA Rural Development website. Hard copies of both documents are expected to be made available in the next few weeks. If you have any questions, please reach out to South Dakota’s USDA Rural Development Native American Coordinator Brian Ring at 1717 N. Lincoln Avenue, Suite 201, Pierre, SD 57501; [email protected]; or (605) 224-8870, Ext. 4. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.

Kent Killebrew shared stills from video his grandfather took on a trip to South Dakota in the late 1930’s

Driving through the Badlands

Nicolas Black Elk

Sharing culture with tourists

Working on Mt. Rushmore


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BENEFITS FOR GRANDCHILDREN

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ More and more parents are finding themselves raising grandchildren. Social Security will pay benefits to grandchildren if benefits are not payable on the work record of a parent. Grandchildren If a child is not receiving benefits from a parent when the grandparent retires, becomes disabled, or dies, the grandchild may then be able to qualify for benefits if certain conditions are met. Generally, the biological parents of the child must be deceased or disabled, OR the grandchild must be legally adopted by the grandparent. In addition, the grandchild must have begun living with the grandparent before age 18 and received at least one half of his or her support from the grandparent for the year before the month the grandparent became entitled to retirement or disability insurance benefits, or died. Also, the natural parent(s) of the child must not be making regular contributions to his or her support. If the grandchild was born during the one-year period, the grandparent must have lived with and provided at least one-half of the child's support for substantially all of the period from the date of birth to the month the grandparent became entitled to benefits. The grandchild may qualify for benefits under these circumstances, even if he or she is a step-grandchild. However, if the grandparents are already receiving benefits, they would need to adopt the child for it to qualify for benefits. Social Security has a toll-free number that operates from 7AM to 7PM, Monday to Friday: 1-800-772-1213 If you have a touch-tone phone, recorded information and services are available 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays. People who are deaf or hard of hearing may call our toll-free "TTY" number, 1-800-325-0778, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Monday through Friday. Please have your Social Security number handy when you call us.

Follow Bills The South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations will be following bills that may impact Indian Country you will be able to find the 2017 bills on our website next week at www.sdtribalrelations.com/sdleg.aspx.

Find all the bills introduce this session at the South Dakota Legislative Research Council’s website at http://www.sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Default.aspx?Session=Ninety-Second

Register as a lobbyist at the South Dakota Secretary of State’s website at https://sdsos.gov/services-for-individuals/lobbyist-employer-registration/default.aspx

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