Interior Secretary Deb Haaland sent a memo this week to White House agency department heads announcing two Native American rights training courses.
The Dec. 16 memo was also signed by Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Robert Shriver III, the acting director of the Office of Personnel Management.
The trainings — titled “Understanding Tribal Treaties and Reserved Rights” and “Introduction to Tribal Consultations” — can be used to meet an annual educational requirement created by President Joe Biden in 2022 for federal employees working with tribes or on tribal policies, according to the memo.
The courses are tied to a string of executive actions dating back to President Bill Clinton. He signed Executive Order No. 13175 in 2000, which encouraged a uniform approach for agencies working with tribal nations and sought to limit regulations that burden tribes financially without providing federal funding.