The National Park Service on Monday codified its efforts to ensure Native American and Alaska Native tribes can have “meaningful input” in looming policy decisions.
NPS Director Chuck Sams issued Director’s Order #71C, detailing how the public lands agency will engage the more than 570 federally recognized tribes.
“I have spent much of my career working to improve the dialogues between Indian Country and the United States government on issues like conservation, co-stewardship of federal lands, and water resource management,” Sams said in a statement.
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President Joe Biden has made improved nation-to-nation consultation a priority in his administration, including setting minimum standards for engaging tribal nations in federal policy decisions.
