>> GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME .
THE MARCH 6th, 2024 FINANCE
NATIVE COMMUNITY AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS COMMUNITY WILL
COME TOGETHER. IT IS 9:30 A.M.
I'M DAN STRAUSS, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE. CLERK, CALL THE
ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES ,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON , VICE
CHAIR RIVERA , CHAIR STRAUSS
.
>> I KNOW WE WILL BE JOINED BY
COUNCIL PRESIDENT IN JUST A
MOMENT. I WANT TO THANK NAOMI ,
MY LAND-USE COMMITTEE CLERK
FOR STEPPING IN, PINCHHITTING
AT THE LAST MINUTE AS WE HAD
AN ABSENCE IN OUR OFFICE THIS
MORNING AND EVERYTHING IS
GREAT. BUT THANK YOU, NAOMI,
FOR JUMPING RIGHT ON IN. WE
HAVE ONE BRIEFING ON THE
AGENDA TODAY. IT IS TWO
DIFFERENT ITEMS BECAUSE WE
HAVE OUR OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND
NEIGHBORHOODS WORK. BOTH
REGARDING OUR TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES WORK, THE
PORTFOLIO WITHIN OUR CITY .
BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE ONLY ITEM IS
INFORMATIONAL ITEM 241 THIRD.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. WE WILL NOT OPEN THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, YOU
SHOULD RELATE TO THE ITEMS IN
TODAY'S AGENDA OR THE PURVIEW
OF THIS COMMITTEE. HOW MANY
SPEAKERS WE HAVE?
>> TWO IN PERSON AND NO REMOTE
SPEAKERS.
>> THANK YOU. EACH SPEAKER
WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. WE WILL
START WITH IN PERSON SPEAKERS
FIRST. CLICK, I WILL READ THE
INSTRUCTIONS. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE
MODERATED AND IT IS FOR UP TO
20 MINUTES, SPEAKERS WILL BE
CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY
REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL
ALTERNATE BETWEEN SETS OF IN
PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS
UNTIL THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
HAS ENDED. WE HAVE BEEN JOINED
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SPEAKERS
WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR
ALLOTTED TIMES. MICROPHONES
WILL BE MUTED IF THE NOT END
THERE COMMENT . IN GENERAL,
PLEASE BE NICE. CULTURAL ITEM
WITHIN THIS COMMITTEE, WE
DON'T CLAP, WE RAISE OUR
HANDS AND WAIVE IF WE ARE IN
AGREEMENT. I'M GOING TO ON
THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS . CAN I
HAVE YOU SIGNED UP TWICE. SO,
WE WILL CALL YOU ONCE. WELCOME
TO IT. PLEASE. WELCOME, GOOD
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT POINT. I
WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT
MYSELF. I AM ORTMAN OF THE
TRIBE , COUNCILMEMBER OF THAT
SAME TRIBE. PRESIDENT OF OUR
NONPROFIT TRIBAL SERVICES AND
I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY
ABOUT THE INCLUSIVITY GUIDE
INDIGENOUS INCLUSIVITY GUIDE .
THAT DUWAMISH PEOPLE AND THE
INCLUSIVITY GUIDE DESCRIBES
THE DUWAMISH PEOPLE AS A
DESCRIPTOR THAT THE PEOPLE OF
THIS AREA, THE PEOPLE OF HUTCH
YOU THE LAKE PEOPLE, BLACK
RIVER PEOPLE AND DUE UP'S ARE
ALL DESCRIBED AS A DESCRIPTOR.
AND SO, I WOULD OBJECT TO THAT
TERM AND SO BRING THAT TO YOUR
ATTENTION, WE WOULD LIKE TO
REVIEW THIS DOCUMENT FOR THE
INCLUSION OF A PEOPLE , THE
FIRST PEOPLE OF THE CITY CALLED
THAT DUWAMISH. IF I MAY, I
WOULD LIKE TO ALSO TALK ABOUT A
SECOND POINT. I SEE I HAVE ONE
MINUTE. THAT WOULD BE THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
THE DUWAMISH ARE NOT INCLUDED
IN THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND SO
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE OUR
VOICE HEARD AND SOME OF THESE
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS . WE
APPRECIATE THE CITY FOR ALL
THEY DO TO HELP US IN OUR
STRUGGLES FOR RECOGNITION IN
THAT WE ARE CITIZENS OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND WE SUBMIT
FOR GRANTS AND SERVICES , JUST
AS ANY OTHER CITIZEN OF SEATTLE
, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE, WE
ARE ALSO -- WE DON'T HAVE
THESE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENTS THAT OTHER
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES DO.
AND SO, I WOULD ASK THAT THE
DUWAMISH BE REPRESENTED ON THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL IN
THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KEN,
ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU,
ESPECIALLY AT 9:30 IN THE
MORNING. SEEING AS WE HAVE NO
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS PRESENT OR
REMOTELY PRESENT , WE WILL MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING THE
COMMITTEE TABLE AT THE START OF
THE MEETING. IT MAKES
EVERYTHING A LITTLE BIT EASIER
. THE FIRST ITEM IS A BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION ON OUR 2020 --
IT'S ACTUALLY A REVIEW OF LAST
YEAR'S WORK. UNDERSTANDING
HOW THIS BODY OF WORK HAS COME
TO BE , ESPECIALLY COLLEAGUES ,
THIS WORKER DID NOT EXIST FOUR
YEARS AGO. I KNOW WE HAVE GOT
TWO NEW COUNCILMEMBERS ON THIS
COMMITTEE . THIS IS NOT
SOMETHING TO BE TAKEN FOR
GRANTED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
WE MUST CONTINUE THE LEGACY.
CLERK, IF HE WOULD PLEASE READ
THE SHORT TITLE
>> INFORMATIONAL ITEM 2147,
BRINGING A DISCUSSION ON
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND NATIVE
COMMITTEES OVERVIEW. 'S
McQUEEN ARE JOINED BY TRIBAL
RELATIONS DIRECTOR TIM RING ON
FROM OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY LIAISON OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, FRENCH IT'S
BEEN MANON AND TWO MEMBERS OF
OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAILTO AND CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUBS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, DEREK BELGARDE, DEEP
GRATITUDE FOR YOUR PRESENCE
TODAY. THANK YOU FOR LETTING
US BE YOUR GUEST. I WILL ASK
MY FELLOW CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ,
AS WE ARE MOVING THROUGH, FEEL
FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS AS MOVING
THROUGH . IF I DON'T FORESEE
US HAVING ANOTHER TWO HOUR
MEETING LIKE WE DID LAST TIME ,
BUT IF FOR SOME REASON WE ARE
RUNNING LONG I WILL ASK TO HOLD
QUESTIONS AT THE END . I'M
GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU,
TIM, TO WALK US THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION AND WE WILL HAVE
A CONVERSATION. I KNOW IT FEELS
A LITTLE AWKWARD SINCE WE ARE
SITTING UP HERE AND YOU ARE AT
THE COMMITTEE TABLE, BUT THIS
IS INTENDED TO BE A
CONVERSATION TO LOOK AT THE
WORK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR SHORT
TIME HERE. COLLEAGUES, TIM IS
THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF TRIBAL
RELATIONS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
>> NOT QUITE.
>> I WILL PASS IT OVER TO YOU.
CORRECT ME WHERE I AM WRONG.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS,
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE . [
SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] GOOD
DAY TO YOU HONORABLE NOBLE
PEOPLE, MY DEAR PEOPLE, NOT --
MY NAME IS TIM REYNON . AS
CHAIR STRESS SAID I AM THE
RELATIONS DIRECTOR FOR CITY OF
SEATTLE AND I WAS HIRED TWO
YEARS AGO WITH THE POSITION
BEING VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS
PRIOR TO THAT THERE WERE OTHER
TRAVEL RELATIONS DIRECTORS
BEFORE ME . IT WAS VACANT FOR A
FEW YEARS PRIOR TO MY HIGHER.
WITH US TODAY, WE HAVE MEMBERS
OF THE IAC . I WILL HAVE THEM
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
>> --
>> YOU ALMOST HAVE TO EAT THE
MICROPHONE. IF THAT GREEN DOT
IS NOT LIT, IT IS NOT ON.
>> SUZANNE SAILTO . GOOD
MORNING , MY NAME IS SUZANNE
SAILTO AND I'M FROM THE
SNOQUALMIE PEOPLE.
>> DERRICK BELGARDE, I'M ALSO
PART CHIPPEWA CREE . I'M THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THAT
CLUB. GLAD TO BE HERE.
>> MY NAME IS FRANCESCA
MURNAN. I SERVE IN OUR
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AS
A STAFF SUPPORT TO THE CITY
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME OF
THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN
DOING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS TO SHARE WITH YOU THE
CITIES APPROACH TO TRIBAL AND
URBAN NATIVE ENGAGEMENT
THROUGH OUR TRIBAL RELATIONS
AND INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL
PROGRAMS . TODAY WE WILL SHARE
SOME CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION TO
HELP SHED LIGHT ON THE
LANDSCAPE OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES IN OUR
AREA. WE WILL PROVIDE AN
OVERVIEW OF THE TRIBAL
RELATIONS WORK AND IAC WORK AT
THE DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS SITUATED IN A REGION
WITH SEVERAL FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES AND IS HOME
TO A DIVERSE AND THRIVING
COMMUNITY OF AMERICAN INDIAN
NATIVE AMERICAN AND NATIVE
HAWAIIAN PEOPLE FROM HUNDREDS
OF DISTINCT CULTURAL
COMMUNITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
FROM NATIVE COMMUNITIES
NATIONWIDE TRIBAL AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES HAVE INTEREST IN
LOCAL POLICY AND THESE
INTERESTS CAN EXTEND WELL
BEYOND THE GEOGRAPHICAL
BOUNDARIES OF LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS . CITY POLICY
SERVICES AND UTILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE A
FAR-REACHING IMPACT FOR TRIBAL
NATIONS, URBAN AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS
AND NATIVE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ,
WORK, PLAY AND EXERCISE TREATY
RIGHTS HERE WITHIN THE CITY
AND IN AND AROUND THE CITY AND
OUR REGION.
>> AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA
NATIVE POPULATION MAKE UP 2% OF
THE GENERAL POPULATION AND THAT
IS TRUE BOTH IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND IN KING COUNTY.
THAT'S NEARLY 17,000 NATIVE
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE AND ABOUT
52,000 IN THE COUNTY . AS YOU
CAN SEE IN THIS MAP, THIS IS
THE AMERICAN INDIAN ALASKA
NATIVE POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
WITHIN THE CITY WITH THE CITY
COUNCIL DISTRICTS SHOWN .
NATIVE PEOPLE ARE IN ALL CITY
COUNCIL DISTRICTS WITH SOME
CONCENTRATIONS IN NORTHGATE,
LOOKED IN SPRING, SOUTH PARK ,
DELL RIDGE, HIGH POINT ,
HIGHLAND PARK AND WHITE CENTER.
>> THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THAT
THERE ARE 29 FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON. THE MAP
HIGHLIGHTS THE EIGHT TREATIES
AND FEDERAL ACTIONS THAT
CREATED CURRENT TRIBAL LANDS .
THE TREATIES ESTABLISHED ARE
PROMISED RESERVATIONS FOR
EXCLUSIVE USE OF TRIBAL
NATIONS. IN ADDITION, TRIBAL
MISSIONS RESERVE RIGHTS TO
CONTINUE TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES
ON LAND BEYOND THE RESERVED
AREAS . LOCAL TREATIES CONTAIN
SIMILAR LANGUAGE RESERVING THE
RIGHT TO HUNT, FISH AND
CONDUCT OTHER TRADITIONAL
ACTIVITIES ON LANDS OUTSIDE OF
THE RESERVATIONS. SOME TRIBES
ALSO RESERVE AND EXERCISE
TREATY RIGHTS IN AND AROUND
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND LENGTH
WITH THE CITY MAINTAINS ASSETS.
TREATIES ARE THE SUPREME LAW
OF THE LAND AND HAVE THE EFFECT
OF FEDERAL LAW , THE FORCE OF
THE FEDERAL LAW. IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE
RESERVATION IS CREATED BY
TREATIES WERE LATER
SYSTEMICALLY REDUCED THROUGH
FEDERAL POLICY . FOR EXAMPLE,
THERE ARE SEVERAL SEVERAL
FEDERAL POLICY THAT ATTEMPTED
TO ASSIMILATE NATIVE PEOPLE TO
BECOME FARMERS BY ALLOTTING
INDIVIDUAL TRIBAL MEMBERS ,
TRIBAL LANDS . AS OWNERSHIP
OF THESE LANDS WERE SOLD OR
STOLEN , TRIBAL RESERVATIONS
LANDS DIMINISHED . OVER THE
COURSE OF GENERATIONS, THESE
POLICIES DIRECTLY RESULTED IN
THE SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF TRIBAL
LANDS. CONTRIBUTE TO A
PHENOMENON KNOWN AS CHECKER
BOARDING. IT RESULTED IN
FRACTION LAND OWNERSHIP IN AND
AROUND THE RESERVATION. CHECKER
BOARDING IS AN EXAMPLE OF
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND
ATTEMPTS TO ERADICATE IT
TRUST AND TREATY -- AND THEIR
ABILITY TO EXERCISE TRIBAL
JURISDICTION AMONG MANY OTHER
GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES THAT CAN
INTERSECT WITH OUR WORK AS A
LOCAL JURISDICTION. AS YOU LOOK
AT THIS MAP AND YOU SEE A
RESERVATION, THINK OF IT
LOOKING LIKE A CHECKERBOARD.
LITERALLY MEANING, THERE ARE
PLOTS OF LAND THAT ARE TRIBAL ,
PLOTS OF LAND THAT ARE PRIVATE
OR GOVERNMENT OWNED. INSTEAD
OF IT ALL BEING TRIBAL LAND, IT
IS NO CHECKERBOARD IT. AND SO
THAT REALLY COMPLICATES
JURISDICTIONAL MATTERS.
>> TIM, I DIDN'T ASK YOU THIS
QUESTION WHEN WE MET BEFORE AND
I'M JUST NOTICING IT NOW IF
YOU NEED TO GET BACK TO ME WITH
THE ANSWER THAT'S FINE, I'M
NOTICING THAT THE ENTIRE SET OF
THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS ARE WITHIN
WHAT LOOKS TO BE A RESERVATION
THAT WE KNOW IT TODAY TO NOT
BE. IS THAT --. THE SAN JUAN
ISLANDS , IT IS CURRENTLY
LISTED AS SAMISH , BUT I
DON'T KNOW THE SAN JUAN
ISLANDS TO BE A RESERVATION. IS
THAT AN EXAMPLE OF CHECKER
BOARDING? DID SOMETHING ELSE
HAPPEN?
>> I WILL HAVE TO LOOK INTO
THAT. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT MY EXPENSE
WHEN I LIVED IN MONTANA NEAR
THE RESERVATION . IT WAS HARD
WHEN I WAS IN AMERICORPS DOING
FIRE PREVENTION WORK IN THE
FORESTS , IS INTERESTING THAT I
DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE LIVING
ON THE RESERVATION OR NOT. BUT
BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN A POLICY
AFTER THE RESERVATIONS HAD BEEN
ESTABLISHED STATING THAT
WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF
YEARS OF SOMEONE CAME IN AND
BUILT THE FENCE WITH THE FOUR
WALLS KEVIN AND A WOODSTOVE
THAT THEY WOULD THEN ON THAT
LAND. OR COULD BUY IT. AND
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT IS
NOT HOW INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
LIVED TOGETHER AND THAT WAS A
FOREIGN WAY OF EVERY FAMILY
LIVING BY THEMSELVES , WHICH IS
WHAT RESULTED IN THE CHECKER
BOARDING , AT LEAST YOUR BIG
ARM. IS THAT CONSISTENCE WITH
WHAT YOU KNOW? COULD YOU
ELABORATE?
>> THE CHECKER BOARDING
RESULTED FROM POLICIES LIKE
THAT , THAT BASICALLY ALLOWED
SETTLERS TO COME IN AND TAKE
LAND. AND AT THE SAME TIME,
THERE WERE LANDS THAT WERE SOLD
FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR OF
THEIR WORTH . WE HAVE EVEN
HEARD OF STORIES WHERE THEY
WERE STOLEN . SOME OF OUR
ELDERS TALK ABOUT LANDS BEING
TAKEN WHEN THE TRIBAL OWNER
WAS TAKEN OUT TO THE RAILROAD
TRACKS AND LEFT ON THE
RAILROAD TRACKS TO BE KILLED.
SO, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF
THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO OUR
PEOPLE DURING THAT ERA OF
ALLOTMENT , TERMINATION , AND
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS
THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING TO
OVERCOME EVEN TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT TREATIES AND
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION, THE TREATIES THAT
THE TRIBES LISTED HERE , THAT
WAS WITH THE FEDERAL UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT, CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
STATES, DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY
, SO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
EACH OF THESE LISTED TRIBES
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS A
DIRECT RELATIONSHIP . CAN YOU
ELABORATE ON THAT AT ALL?
>> AGAIN, THEY ARE THE RESULT
OF TREATIES AND EXECUTIVE
ORDERS , FEDERAL LEGISLATION
THAT ESTABLISHES THE TRUST
RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS WITH
TRIBES . AND AS TREATIES ARE
THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND,
ALL OTHER JURISDICTIONS NEED TO
COMPLY WITH THOSE TREATIES .
AND SO, THAT'S WHY WE SAY , WE
HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO HONOR
THOSE TREATIES AND HONOR THE
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES.
>> THANK YOU. JUST TO ELABORATE
ON THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE ,
THERE CAN BE MEMORANDUMS OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TRIBES
THROUGH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS SUCH AS OTHERS, BUT
COUNCILMEMBER SAILTO, I RECALL
OUR PRECISION WITH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WAR IS ABOUT
MEDICAID, WHERE THERE ARE THE
FORMAL FUNCTIONS BETWEEN THE
TWO GOVERNMENTS WHERE DATA IS
REQUIRED AND THERE IS THAT
DIRECT RELATIONSHIP, BUT IT IS
-- IT IS NOT THAT THEY ARE
COMPLETELY SEPARATE
GOVERNMENTS, BUT THAT THERE IS
A RELATIONSHIP THAT IS
INTERTWINED WITH THAT DIRECT
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
ELABORATE? I KNOW I DIDN'T
TELL YOU I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU
THAT QUESTION.
>> WE DO HAVE MEMORANDUMS OF
UNDERSTANDINGS WITH OTHER
AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENTS .
WHEN WE DO ONE, WE DO ONE
UNDER GOOD FAITH THAT WE ARE
GOING TO ADHERE TO WHAT IS
WRITTEN, AND ESPECIALLY LIKE
TO HAVE THE OTHER PARTIES
UPHOLD WHAT IS WRITTEN AS
WELL. AND WE LIKE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE KEEP EACH OTHER
ACCOUNTABLE WHEN WE DO THESE
MEMORANDUM AND UNDERSTANDING.
>> THANK YOU. I'VE READ
BETWEEN THE LINES THERE. BOTH
PARTIES NEED TO KEEP UP THEIR
END OF THE BARGAIN.
>> CORRECT.
>> NOW THAT I HAVE DISTRACTED
US FROM THE POWERPOINT --.
>> HERE IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON, WE HAVE THE
CENTENNIAL COURT AND
MILLENNIAL AGREEMENT. WE
COMPLY WITH , WHICH AGAIN ,
REQUIRES CONSULTATION WITH
TRIBES AND TO ENSURE THEY ARE
AT THE TABLE AND HAVING THEIR
VOICES HEARD AS POLICIES ARE
DEVELOPED. WERE GOING TO TALK
MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN A
MINUTE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO
BRING THAT UP AS PART OF THE
RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION.
>> FANTASTIC. TO PROVIDE THE
OPPORTUNITY, ANYTHING YOU WANT
TO AND ON THE SLIDE FRANCESCA
OR DEREK?
>> I BELIEVE WASHINGTON STATE
IS THE ONLY STATE IN THE
COUNTRY THAT RECOGNIZES THE
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 29
FEDERALIZED STATES. WE HAVE
THAT CLEARLY DEFINED AT A
STATE LEVEL.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. BACK TO YOU,
DIRECTOR REYNON.
>> MANY FOLKS ARE AWARE THAT
NATIVE PEOPLE OFTEN EXPERIENCE
DISPARITIES IN HEALTH,
HOUSING, EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC
OUTCOMES AMONG OTHERS . THIS IS
A RESULT OF THE CHRONIC
UNDERFUNDING OF TRUST AND
TREATY OBLIGATIONS,
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM, AND
INEQUITABLE PRACTICES OF
GOVERNMENT. AND KING COUNTY,
NEARLY ONE IN SIX NATIVE
FAMILIES LIVE IN POVERTY. 16% ,
WHICH IS 4.8 TIMES THE
PROPORTION OF NON-HISPANIC
WHITE FAMILIES LIVING IN
POVERTY AT JUST 3%. NATIVE
HOUSEHOLD ARE 2.6 TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO LIVE BELOW 200% OF
THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL THEN
THERE NON-HISPANIC WHITE
COUNTERPARTS . WE ALSO KNOW
THAT NATIVE COMMUNITIES HOLD
THE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THESE
DISPARITIES THROUGH CULTURALLY
ATTUNED AND COMMUNITY DEFINED
APPROACHES. IN RECENT DECADES,
WE HAVE SEEN A SHIFT IN PUBLIC
POLICY FROM THE FEDERAL AND
STATE LEVEL THAT HAS FOSTERED
GREATER SELF-DETERMINATION AND
SUPPORT FOR TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY
AS A RESULT WE ARE CLEARLY
SAYING THAT TRIBAL NATIONS AND
NATIVE COMMUNITIES ARE ABLE TO
SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE
WAY THAT THEY KNOW OUR BEST .
AS A CITY WE ARE ALSO USING
THESE CULTURALLY DEFINED AND
COMMUNITY APPROACHES IN RECENT
-- IN OUR APPROACH WORKING
WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
NATIVE COMMUNITIES. WHENEVER
POSSIBLE, WE WORK TO ENSURE
THAT THE CITY'S EFFORTS SUCH
AS POLICIES, GRANTS AND
PROGRAMS ARE ADVANCING
SOVEREIGNTY AND SELF
DETERMINATION. THERE PROMOTING
COMMUNITY AND PLACED SPACE
CONNECTIONS AND WE ARE
REVITALIZING LANGUAGE AND
CULTURAL PRACTICES BECAUSE WE
KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE
STRATEGIES TO CREATE THE
RESILIENT COMMUNITIES NEEDED TO
ADDRESS THOSE DISPARATE
OUTCOMES.
>> THANKS. I WOULD LIKE TO
TEASE THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT
MORE. DEREK, I'M GOING TO ASK
ABOUT THE CALF WAY -- CAFE.
WHEN WE WERE SPEAKING , IT
DAWNED ON ME, WHAT YOU JUST
DESCRIBED HAS ONLY BEEN IN
PLACE FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS.
COLLEGE, SELF-DETERMINATION
WITHOUT TERMINATION, MEANING
THAT PREVIOUS TO THE 1970S ,
TRIBES , IF THEY WANTED TO
REQUEST UTILIZED FEDERAL
DOLLARS , THEY HAD TO DO SO AS
THE BIA ASCRIBED IT. SINCE
THE PASSAGE OF SELF-DETERMINATI
ON WITHOUT TERMINATION , TRIBES
ARE NOW ABLE TO ACCEPT THE
FUNDS. COUNCILMEMBER SAILTO
REMINDED ME THERE ARE STILL
METRICS , BUT THAT THE BIA IS
NOT DETERMINING HOW THOSE
FUNDS ARE USED. AND WHAT I
HAVE , GROWING UP HERE IN THE
NORTHWEST, ANYTIME I AM ON A
RESERVATION, I RECOGNIZE THERE
IS EARLY LEARNING, HEALTHCARE
CENTERS, TRANSPORTATION AND
HEADSTART , BUT BEFORE
SELF-DETERMINATION WITHOUT
TERMINATION OF -- IF A TRIBE
WANTED TO FUND THOSE, THEY
WOULD BE -- THERE TREATY WOULD
BE TERMINATED OR THE
CERTIFICATION --. HELP ME
UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS CHANGED
THEN AND HOW THAT IS IMPACTING
CULTURE TODAY.
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT FEDERAL
PUBLIC POLICY, THERE HAS BEEN
PERIODS OF POLICY THAT VERY
ACROSS TIME. IN THE 200+ YEAR
HISTORY OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT,
THERE HAVE BEEN PERIODS OF
TREATY MAKING WHICH
ESTABLISHED MANY OF THESE TRUST
AND TREATY OBLIGATIONS AND
THERE WERE LONG PERIODS LIKE
ALLOTMENTS THAT WERE
ENCOURAGING ASSIMILATION OF
NATIVE PEOPLE, AND THAT IS AN
ERA WHERE WE SAW URBAN
RELOCATION. I WILL LET DEREK
SPEAK TO THIS BUT IT WAS A
FEDERAL POLICY. SEATTLE WAS A
RELOCATION CITY. FOLKS WERE
INCENTIVIZED TO COME TO THE
URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND LOST
CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
IN THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES AND
ACCESS TO RESOURCES. URBAN
NATIVE PEOPLE , THAT'S ONE OF
THE LEADING POLICY FACTORS ,
BUT IN THE 70s AND LATE 60s WE
STARTED TO SEE A SHIFT IN
PUBLIC POLICY FOR GREATER
SELF-DETERMINATION, AUTONOMY
AND RESPECTING TRIBAL
SOVEREIGNTY AND WE ALSO SAW
FOLKS, URBAN INDIAN
ORGANIZATIONS BEING BENEFITS
OF THAT POLICY TOO. IN THE
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THERE IS A
GREATER UNDERSTANDING THAT
NATIVE PEOPLE, TRIBAL CITIZENS
AMONG BENEFICIARIES , DO LIVE
IN URBAN AREAS. THAT'S WHY WE
HAVE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT
SEATTLE INDIAN THE BOARD
BECAUSE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
RECOGNIZES THAT WE AS TRIBAL
PEOPLE MAY BE LIVING IN THE
URBAN AREA BUT HAVE A FEDERAL
OBLIGATION AND TRUST
RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTHCARE
SERVICES . THEY DO SERVE ALL
NATIVE PEOPLE AND THEY ARE
FEDERALLY QUALIFIED AND OPEN TO
ALL PEOPLE. ALL FOLKS IN THIS
REGION. THEY ARE ABLE TO USE
THOSE -- THIS NEW ERA OF
SELF-DETERMINATION, AUTONOMY,
TO BOTH HONOR THE POLITICAL
RELATIONSHIP AND STATUS, BUT
ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY AS WELL.
I WILL SEE IF DEREK HAS
ANYTHING TO ADD.
>> WE SERVE A LOT OF NATIVE
AMERICANS . WANTING TO KEEP IN
MIND IS, THE 29 TRIBES IN
WASHINGTON STATE , WE SERVE
VERY FEW OF THE WASHINGTONIAN
TRIBES . OUR DEMOGRAPHIC IS
SOUTHEAST ALASKAN REGION , AND
AFTER THAT IS BLACKFEET. I
OFTEN SAY, THERE IS ONLY TWO
WASHINGTON TRIBES THAT MAKE OUR
TOP 10 AND THAT WAS YOU, --
YAKAMA . ARE BISHOP BASE COMES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND IT
IS FROM AMERICAN POLICY THAT
HAS GRADED THE SITUATION FROM
TERMINATION RELOCATION ACT AND
NATIVES LEAVE THE RESERVATION.
ROUGHLY 80% OF NATIVE
AMERICANS LIVE IN URBAN CITIES
OFFERS ABOUT -- OFF
RESERVATION LANDS.
>> A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT
FRANCESCA WAS TALKING ABOUT, I
WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO ELABORATE
ON MORE, USING TRADITIONAL
METHODS OF HEALING AND CULTURAL
APPROPRIATE WAYS OF LIVING
LIFE . HOW DOES THAT OCCUR AT
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB? I WILL
TEASE , KENNY ALSO SHARE WITH
US NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION
THAT IS HOMELESS IS COMPARED TO
THE OVERALL?
>> I WILL TOUCH ON WHAT
FRANCESCA SAID, WE ARE 2% OF
THE GENERAL POPULATION. WILL
MAKE UP 15% OF OVERALL
HOMELESSNESS WHICH INCLUDE
CLOUDS -- COUCH SERVING AND
HOMELESSNESS . WE MAKE UP 30%
OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, WHICH
IS BASICALLY THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS BEEN THE MAJORITY. THE
DISPARITY IS GREAT AND HORRIBLE
. WHAT WE NEED TO DO -- OUR
DATA ALSO SHOWS NATIVE
AMERICANS ARE LEAST LIKELY TO
GET -- RECEIVE HELP FROM
NON-NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS .
THAT COMES FROM THE 500 YEARS
OF OPPRESSION , GENOCIDE, THAT
AMERICAN POLICY, FORCED TO
SIMULATION PROGRAMS , STILLING
OF OUR CHILDREN TO BOARDING
SCHOOLS, STERILIZATION OF OUR
WOMEN THROUGH THE 70s . A LOT
OF STUFF HAS LEFT US IN THIS
VERY HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF PTSD
AND MISTRUST TO GOVERNMENT
POLICIES, MISTRUST OF PEOPLE
WHO SAY THEY WILL HELP
ARCHIMEDES WITH A HAND THAT
HAVE ONLY PUSH US FURTHER INTO
THE MARGINS. TAKES A VERY
CULTURAL APPROPRIATE PROGRAM
AND OUTREACH TO ACTUALLY
CONNECT TO OUR COMMUNITY .
BEFORE WE OPENED OUR FIRST
SHELTER, NATIVE HOMELESSNESS
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CRISIS AND
A STATE OF EMERGENCY. I KNOW
THE CITY DECLARED IT LIKE IN
THE TO THOUSANDS. I DON'T
KNOW MAYBE 2010, BUT IN OUR
COMMUNITY IT WAS ALWAYS THERE.
WE WEREN'T GETTING SERVED.
COULD HAVE FILLED ANY SHELTER
IN THE SYSTEM BUT WE WERE NOT
COMING BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT
CULTURAL APPROPRIATE SERVICES.
THERE WASN'T NATIVE PEOPLE
THAT THEY COULD TRUST BECAUSE
EVERY TIME THEY WENT SOMEPLACE,
WE HAVE ALWAYS WENT SOMEPLACE
TO ACTUALLY -- WE ONLY GOT
HARMED MORE. IT HAS LEFT THIS
ENFRANCHISED GRIEF WHERE YOU
CAN'T GET OVER ONE ATROCITY
BEFORE ANOTHER ATROCITY AND
ANOTHER FOOT GETS PUT ON YOUR
THROAT. IT HAS LEFT US IN THIS
REALLY THAT WE NEED CULTURAL
APPROPRIATE SERVICES. WE NEED
PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE IT ,
PEOPLE WHO KNOW THAT. WHEN YOU
COME TO THE NATIVE PERSON YOU
KNOW NATIVE STUFF THAT
ACTUALLY TREAT YOU LIKE FAMILY
AND RELATIVES THAT UNDERSTAND
THAT TRAUMA AND UNDERSTAND WHAT
IT IS LIKE TO LIVE IN AN URBAN
CITY BEING 2% OF THE GENERAL
POPULATION AND HAVING A PLACE
TO ACTUALLY HONOR AND RECOGNIZE
AND SUPPORT YOUR HERITAGE AND
CULTURE. YOU GET THAT AT CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB AND INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD. YOU GET THAT AT ALL THE
TRIBAL SERVICES. IF WE ARE
EVER GOING TO TRULY GET RID OF
THAT DISPARITY, WE NEED MORE
SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> WONDERFUL. I MIGHT COME
BACK TO YOU TO ASK YOU MORE
ABOUT THE CAFE AND HOW YOU
WELCOME PEOPLE INTO ALL HOUSE
AND SERVICES. TO KEEP US
MOVING A LITTLE BIT --.
VICE-CHAIR RIVERA? BEFORE WE
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE I
WILL COME BACK TO THE.
>> A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU
RIGHT, DERRICK . YOU SAID 15%
OF OVERALL HOMELESSNESS AND
30% ?
>> OF CHRONIC , THAT WAS THE
LAST GOOD DAUGHTER WITH
SUPPORT. IT WENT DOWN WITH
LAST YEAR'S RHA ONE NIGHT
COUNT BUT THE NUMBER DIPPED
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY
TRACKED THE DATA, WHICH IS ALSO
A FORM OF ERASURE OF NATIVE
AMERICANS. YOU GET TAKEN OUT
OF THERE. WE COMPLAINED TO THEM
AND THEY LOOKED INTO IT AND
THEY FOUND THAT -- THEY SAID
THEY MISSED 12% OR 11% OF THE
OVERALL EPILATION . WE WENT
DOWN. WE FOUND THE MISSING
PIECES IN THAT MIXED DATA
BECAUSE AFTER THEY PULLED
APART.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND TO PUT A FINER POINT ON
THIS CONVERSATION, IT REALLY
MIMICS THE CIRCLE GRAPHIC ON
THE POWERPOINT RIGHT NOW . WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
SELF-DETERMINATION WITH
PRESCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE,
EDUCATION THAT LED TO THE
FACT THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE
ABLE TO COME INTO THIS HOUSE
TODAY AND SPEAK WITH THE
TRADITIONAL LANGUAGE . I DON'T
KNOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN 50, 60
YEARS AGO THERE THAT CREATES
THE COMMUNITY YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT, DERRICK, HERE IN OUR
COMMUNITY WITH INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD AND OTHERS , WHICH
CREATES A CONNECTION.
>> YEAH, IT'S REALLY
WONDERFUL. THERE IS A LOT OF
WAYS YOU CAN DO IT, PRIMARILY,
BEING NATIVE --. TO BE IN THE
FOREFRONT OF LEADING THE CHANGE
. YOU DO IT THROUGH
ARCHITECTURE . LIKE IN OUR
SPACES. YOU LOOK INTO THE
SOUTH FACING FACADE OF OUR
FIRST BUILD AND THERE IS A 40
FOOT MATRIARCH EMBEDDED.
ARTWORK WE HANG IN THE BUILDING
. THE CHOICE OF PROGRAMMING WE
DO. WE FOCUS ON TRADITIONAL
MENTAL HEALTH AND TRADITIONAL
CULTURAL WAY . WE BOUGHT A
PROPERTY WHERE WE WILL USE AS
A CEREMONIAL LAND TO TAKE
PEOPLE TO DO SWEAT LODGE,
LEARNING LODGE. IT'S QUITE A
BIG CHUNK OF LAND WHERE WE HAVE
A HEALING GARDEN WHERE WE RAISE
MEDICINES AND VEGETABLES AND
WHATNOT. WE WILL BE TAKING ALL
OF OUR RESIDENTS AND DIFFERENT
BUILDINGS TO FUND FIELD TRIPS
TO GET THEM CONNECTED BACK TO
EARTH IN A CULTURAL WAY,
APPROPRIATE WAY. TALKING
CIRCLES, YOU KNOW , WE DO A LOT
OF THINGS. THE FOOD WE BUY, THE
FOOD WE TRY TO MAKE, EMERGENCY
MEAL PROGRAM . WE CAN'T MAKE
ALL MEALS TRADITIONAL BECAUSE
IT IS EXPENSIVE BUT WE TRY TO
PROVIDE AS MUCH TRADITIONAL
FOOD AS WE CAN. IN OUR CAFE WE
OPENED UP IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR
OF THE ALL BUILDING PERMITS
TRADITIONAL. EVERYTHING WE DO
IS TRADITIONAL FOCUSED. IT IS
CULTURAL. IT'S THE AMBIENCE.
THE ARTWORK ON THE WALLS
PAINTED BY ROGER FERNANDEZ. WE
HAVE A CO-OP WITH DIFFERENT
NATIVE ARTISTS THAT ARE FOR
SALE. THE FOOD WE SELL, THE
BUFFALO TACOS. ALL OF THE
SUPPLIES WE GET FROM NATIVE
VENDORS AND COMPANIES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. WE GET
OUR BUFFALO FROM STANDING ROCK.
WE GET OUR SALMON SPREAD FROM
ELUTE . IN WASHINGTON WE GET
THE SALMON. WE GET BLUE CORN
FROM NEW MEXICO FROM DANAE
TRIBE. WE WE HOPE TO GET
WORKFORCE BACK IN DOWNTOWN
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHY WE
ARE NOT DRIVING AS STRONG AS WE
SHOULD. I'VE HEARD THAT WE
ARE ONLY AT 50% BACK FOR ANY
OF OUR BUSINESSES TO BRING
BACK THE VITALITY OF DOWNTOWN.
THAT WAS A DIFFERENT PLUG.
>> AMEN. I WILL TAKE THE MOMENT
TO ALSO PLUG THE CAFE. IT IS
ONLY THREE BLOCKS AWAY AND I
HAVE TO SAY, EVERY TIME I HAVE
BEEN IN FOR ANY OF THE FOOD, I
HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED AT WITH SO
MUCH MORE REFRESHED THAN
ANYWHERE ELSE. COLLEAGUES,
ANYONE AT THE COMMITTEE TABLE?
I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO TIM
AND FRANCESCA.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTIONS. IS GRAPHIC GIVES YOU
A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY OF
HOW THE CITY IS APPROACHING OUR
WORK WITH TRIBAL OWNER AND
NATIVE ENGAGEMENT IN THE PAST
TWO YEARS. IT HAS BEEN IN THE
PROCESS OF RE-ESTABLISHING IN
BUILDING THIS APPROACH.
DESIGNATED TRIBAL RELATIONS
ROLE WAS VACANT FOR SEVERAL
YEARS AS MENTIONED AND PRIOR TO
THE ADVISORY COUNCIL THERE
WERE VERY LIMITED CHANNELS FOR
TRIBAL AND URBAN NATIVE
PARTNERS TO ENGAGE IN PUBLIC
POLICY PROCESS. THERE HAVE
BEEN TIMES IN OUR CITY'S
HISTORY WERE TRIBAL NATIONS
WERE NOT PROVIDED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT THE TABLE
FOR CRITICAL DECISIONS THAT
IMPACT OUR REGION. NOR WERE
THEY ARE PROPERLY CONSULTED ON
ISSUES IMPACTING TRIBAL
INTERESTS INCLUDING THEIR TRUST
AND TREATY RIGHTS. RECENT
YEARS, WE ARE SEEING A POSITIVE
SHIFT IN ENGAGEMENT OF TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES. OUR CURRENT
APPROACH INCLUDES TRIBAL
RELATIONS DIVISION, HOUSED
GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS THAT IS
STRENGTHENING THAT CITY TRIBAL
RELATIONSHIP BY BETTER
ENGAGING TRIBAL NATIONS AS
SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND AS
REGIONAL PARTNERS. THE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL
FULFILLS A LONG-STANDING GAP IN
OUR ABILITY TO ENGAGE WITH A
DIVERSE RANGE OF INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE
SERVE AS A SUPPLEMENTARY AVENUE
FOR OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS. WE
WORK TO FULFILL THE LEGAL
POLITICAL AND RACIAL EQUITY
OBLIGATIONS FOR AMERICAN ESKIN
DOES THAT LIVE WORK AND PLAY
IN SEATTLE. WE DO FEEL IT IS
CRITICAL THAT THESE TWO AVENUES
EXIST . SOMETIMES OUR WORK IS A
SEPARATE IN RECOGNITION OF THE
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONSHIP AND SOMETIMES WE
ARE ABLE TO BE MORE
COLLABORATIVE AND SUPPORTING
TRIBAL AND URBAN NATIVE
COMMUNITIES MORE BROADLY.
>> NOW WE WANT YOU TO BIT MORE
ABOUT THAT TRIBAL RELATIONS
WORK.
>> SINCE WE ARE IS CAN WE GO
BACK TO THE SLIDE DESCRIBING
THE TWO? THESE ARE THE
NEIGHBORHOODS VERSUS THE
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONSHIPS. FOR THE NEXT
SESSION WE WILL DIVE INTO
TIM'S WORK AND TRIBAL
RELATIONS AND THEN WE WILL
TRANSFER INTO THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL. IT'S KIND OF
TWO PRESENTATIONS BUT BETTER
TO HAVE EVERYONE AT THE SAME
TABLE. TICKET AWAY.
>> TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, WE
HAVE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS,
WE HAVE EVOLVED THE WAY IN
WHICH WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER
AS WELL. WE HAVE REALLY
RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF
WORKING TOGETHER WITH TRIBES
WORKING TOGETHER WITH URBAN
NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND
ORGANIZATIONS. SO, THE WORK
IS EVOLVING AS WE CONTINUE TO
LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER, WORK
WITH ONE ANOTHER , AND I'M
REALLY HAPPY WITH THE DIRECTION
WE ARE GOING AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO WHERE WE CONTINUE
TO IN THE YEARS TO COME. AS
FAR AS TRIBAL RELATIONS GO ,
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF A
FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT
DEBORAH WORRIES , THE CITY HAS
REALLY MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT
TO BUILD, REPAIR, AND
STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH
OUR REGIONS OF FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES. AS WE TALKED
ABOUT IN 2021 , THE CITY
COUNCIL CREATED THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL . IN 22 THE
CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR
APPOINTED THE FIRST MEMBERS OF
THE IAC . AND 22 , FEBRUARY
22, MY POSITION WAS FILLED
AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF BEING
VACANT, AND THEN DURING THE
SAME PERIOD OF TIME, THE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS
YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE PICTURES
ON THE SLIDE HAVE GONE AND
VISITED WITH VARIOUS TRIBES
THROUGHOUT THE REGION , MEETING
WITH THEIR TRIBAL LEADERSHIP ,
ON THEIR HOMELANDS TO BUILD
AND STRENGTHEN THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS . WE LOOK FORWARD
TO HAVING MORE OF THOSE
EXPERIENCES AS THIS NEW CITY
COUNCIL GETS TO KNOW AND LEARN
ABOUT OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS. I
HAVE HAD THE HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE OF GOING AND VISITING
MANY OF THE RESERVATIONS AND
MEETING WITH THEIR TRIBAL
COUNCILS AND LEARNING AND
HEARING DIRECTLY FROM THEM
WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE OF
US AS A CITY , CITY LEADERSHIP,
CITY STAFF, AND IDENTIFYING
SOME OF OUR COMMON INTERESTS
THAT WE COULD ALL WORK
TOGETHER. WE CONVENE THE FIRST
EVER CITY OF SEATTLE TRIBAL
NATIONS SUMMIT IN MAY OF LAST
YEAR , AND JUST THIS LAST
JANUARY, WE CONVENED SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION TRIBAL
NATIONS GATHERING . WE WILL
TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE IN A
MINUTE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE --
THESE PHOTOS HERE. SHOWING THE
GOOD WORK THAT THE CITY
LEADERSHIP HAS DONE OVER THE
PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO BUILD
AND STRENGTHEN THE
RELATIONSHIPS . SO, --.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT, I HAVE ALWAYS SAID
THAT HE HAS THE MOST RADIANT
SMILE IN THE WORLD. IT IS THE
CENTER TOP PICTURE ON THE FAR
LEFT AND I'M SURE THE
AUDIENCE CAN EVEN SEE HIS SMILE
FROM THERE.
>> WE WILL BE SURE TO TELL
HIM.
>> TRIBAL RELATIONSHIP --
TRIBAL RELATIONS IS SHAPED BY
THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL
RELATIONSHIP OF FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES AND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. LIKE WHAT
WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. INDIAN
LAW IS NOT RACE-BASED POLICY .
IT IS ROOTED IN THE POLITICAL
RELATIONSHIPS OF SOVEREIGN
NATIONS. NATION TO NATION. IN
ADDITION, AMERICAN INDIAN,
ALASKA NATIVE, NATIVE HAWAIIAN
ARE CATEGORIZED AS A RACE
FROM A COLONIAL PERSPECTIVE,
YET AS MEMBERS OF SOVEREIGN
NATIONS, MANY NATIVE PEOPLE
ALSO CARRY POLITICAL STATUS
AND INHERENT RIGHTS TO
FULFILLMENT OF THE FEDERAL
TRUST RESPONSE ABILITY. THE
TREATY SIGNED BY THE TRIBES
AND UNITED STATES REQUIRES THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT
TRIBAL AND INDIVIDUAL LANDS,
ASSETS, RESOURCES AND OTHER
RESERVED RIGHTS. THE FEDERAL
TRUST RESPONSIBILITY SPANS
ISSUES OF HOUSING, HEALTH ,
NUTRITION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND EDUCATION. WE TALKED ABOUT
THE POLICY ERA OF
SELF-DETERMINATION A LITTLE
BIT, BUT DURING THAT TIME ,
TRIBAL NATIONS AND MANY URBAN
NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS PLAY A
KEY ROLE IN FULFILLING SOME
AREAS OF THE FEDERAL TRUST
RESPONSIBILITIES AS WE TALKED
ABOUT EARLIER. THROUGH THE
PROVISION OF SERVICES, LIKE
THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE WHO
PROVIDES HEALTH SERVICE TO
NATIVES IN AND AROUND THE
AREA. AND THEY DO THAT , NOT
ONLY THROUGH IHS CLINICS ABOUT
THEIR TRIBAL CLINICS AND URBAN
NATIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS LIKE THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD.
THERE ARE -- AS I MENTIONED,
THERE ARE NUMEROUS FEDERAL AND
STATE LAWS AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS
THAT REQUIRE THIS EARLY AND
OFTEN CONSULTATION . REGULAR
AND MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION
AND COLLABORATION. THAT IS
FROM THE EXECUTIVE ORDER 13
175 FROM NOVEMBER OF 2000 --
NOVEMBER 6th OF CALLED
CONSULTATION AND CORRELATION
WITH INDIAN TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS. THAT'S
PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER
THAT REQUIRES THAT REGULAR AND
MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION AND
COLLABORATION. I HAVE HEARD IT
DESCRIBED THAT IF CONSULTATION
ISN'T EARLY, IT IS NOT
MEANINGFUL . SO, YOU WILL OFTEN
HEAR ME SAY TO CITY LEADERS,
TO DEPARTMENTS , AND STAFF ,
YOU NEED TO ENGAGE WITH THE
TRIBES EARLY AND OFTEN. AND SO,
AS YOU ARE GOING ABOUT
DEVELOPING POLICIES OR ACTIONS,
I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU
FOLKS TO ALSO CONSULT WITH AND
ENGAGE WITH OUR TRIBES AND
NATIVE COMMUNITIES EARLY AND
OFTEN IN THAT PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN
CAUGHT AND COUNCILMEMBER SAILTO
GAVE ME GRACE WHEN I BROUGHT
AN IDEA SO EARLY ON THAT IT WAS
TOO EARLY, BUT I THINK THAT WAS
PROBABLY BETTER THAN COMING
LATER AND ASKING FOR
FORGIVENESS, BECAUSE THAT
ALLOWED ME TO SAY, OKAY, LET ME
GO DEVELOP MY IDEA MORE AND
COME BACK.
>> YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS, AS
A FORMER ELECTED TRIBAL LEADER
FROM MY TRIBE, ONE OF THE
THINGS I HAD SEEN AND WHICH
WOULD CAUSE ME A LOT OF
FRUSTRATION IS WHEN THE
JURISDICTION WOULD COME TO US
ASKING FOR OUR APPROVAL OR
REVIEW OF SOMETHING THAT WAS
ALREADY BAKED, SOMETHING THAT
WAS ALREADY DONE AND THEY WERE
JUST LOOKING TO US FOR A
SIGNATURE SO THAT THEY COULD
CHECK THE BOX. THAT IS WAY TOO
LATE . AND ALTERNATIVELY, I
HAVE ALSO SEEN WHERE , WHEN
THEY HAVE COME TO US EARLY IN
THE PROCESS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO IDENTIFY ISSUES THAT THEY
MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THAT COULD
HAVE -- THAT ACTUALLY AVOIDED
A LONG-TERM CONFLICT DOWN THE
ROAD. AND SO, WE ARE ALWAYS
ENCOURAGING CITY STAFF THE
CITY LEADERS , TO CONSULT WITH
OUR TRIBES AND OUR NATIVE
COMMUNITIES EARLY AND OFTEN
IN THEIR PROCESSES.
>> ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD, COUNCILMEMBER? I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO.
>> WHEN WE HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE,
IT WAS MAKING SURE THAT WHEN
GOING TO PLAN SOMETHING , MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYBODY IN
THE ROOM . MAKE SURE EVERYBODY
IS INVITED IN THE ROOM THAT
NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED , IS THE
BETTER ROUTE TO GO OTHER THAN
LIKE TIM MENTIONED, NOT JUST
CHECKING THE BOX AND NOTIFYING
TRIBES . JUST MAKING SURE WE
ARE ALL IN THE ROOM BEFORE
HAND.
>> ONE WAY THE SURGERY LAST
YEAR, GOING BACK TO DOWNTOWN
ACTIVATION , I PASSED A BILL
LAST YEAR THAT CHANGED THE CIBA
THRESHOLDS FOR DOWNTOWN JUST
BY WAY OF A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND , THE COPPERHEADS A
PLAN BEFORE US SETS OF THE
GROWTH TARGETS FOR DIFFERENT
PART OF OUR CITY ONCE WE GET
THOSE GROWTH TARGETS YOU THEN
HAVE TO REVERT INTO CIBA SO
THAT YOUR EXEMPT UNTIL YOUR
GROWTH TARGET AND THEN YOU ROLL
BACK INTO LOTS OF PAPERWORK. I
DID EVENTUALLY PASS A BILL LAST
YEAR THAT RAISED OUR THRESHOLD
BACK TO AS IF WE HAD NOT MET
OUR GROWTH TARGET BECAUSE OUR
LAST CONFERENCE OF PLAN
UNDERESTIMATED DOWNTOWN
RESIDENTIAL SO MUCH SO THAT
WE HIT THAT TARGET YEARS AGO.
AND SO, THAT'S WHY WE ARE
HAVING TROUBLE WITH BUILDING
CONVERSION OR 51 -- I'M NOT
GOING TO GO INTO IT. JUST TO
SAY, ONE OF THE STEPS I HAD TO
TAKE WAS MAKING A REQUEST TO
THE STATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO
-- WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH
THIS BILL. IT WAS NOTIFICATION
TO THE STATE . BEFORE I DID
THAT, I REACHED OUT TO THE
FEDERAL RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN
OUR AREA BECAUSE THEY ARE PART
OF THIS. I SAID, RATHER THAN
TELLING, I ASKED , AND WHAT I
FOUND WAS, CIBA IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR THE
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION BECAUSE TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS HAVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL
MAPS WITHIN THEIR OWN THAT
ARE NOT APPROPRIATE TO SHARE.
SUMMER HELD WITHIN THE HISTORIC
AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRESERVATION
BUT SOME ARE NOT. TRIBAL
LEADERS ARE ABLE TO SEE AND
REVIEW THE PLAN AND THEY CAN
SAY, I MIGHT NOT BUILD THEIR OR
WHEN YOU ARE BUILDING THERE,
YOU MAY WANT TO BE AWARE OF --
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I DID
NOT KNOW. IF I HAD NOT ASKED
THE QUESTION, I STILL WOULD NOT
KNOW. THAT IS STILL SOMETHING
WE HAVE TO CHANGE BECAUSE I DO
BELIEVE THAT TRIBES NEED TO
HAVE A SEPARATE PROCESS SO THAT
PROJECT HERE IN DOWNTOWN
AREN'T BEING HELD UP BY CIBA
AND AT THE SAME TIME OUR
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
RELATIONSHIP IS INTACT WITH THE
RIGHT NOTIFICATION AT THE RIGHT
TIME. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
STAND ON MY SOAPBOX. I WILL
PASS IT BACK TO YOU.
>> I WANT TO FOLLOW-UP WITH
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SAILTO
MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT TRIBES ARE NOT A MONOLITH.
TRIBES ARE DISTINCT
SOVEREIGN NATIONS IN AND OF
THEMSELVES. AS WE ARE ENGAGING
WITH TRIBES, WE NEED TO ENGAGE
WITH EACH OF THEM ON AN
INDIVIDUAL BASIS . HOW THEY
WANT TO ENGAGE. I JUST WANTED
TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS WELL.
I WILL RIFF OFF OF THAT, IT IS
-- I WAS ALSO RECEIVING
DIFFERENT FEEDBACK FROM
DIFFERENT TRIBES AT THAT TIME.
WHAT STUCK OUT TO ME IN THAT
MOMENT IS THAT , TENSIONS
WITHIN -- BETWEEN TRIBES ARE
MILLENNIA OLD WHILE THE
POLITICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE UNITED
STATES ARE AT MOST 200 YEARS
OLD , 250 YEARS OLD. THAT
RECOGNITION OF -- THERE IS A
DEEPER RELATIONSHIP THAN THE
REST OF OUR SOCIETY HERE.
>> YEP. THIS NEXT LIGHT, I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF
THE REALLY POSITIVE TRIBAL
ENGAGEMENTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITY WORKING
WITH THE KNUCKLE SHOE DRIVE.
YOU WILL SEE SOME CIRCULAR
TANKS THAT THAT TRIBE AND
VFW AND CITY WORKED CLOSELY
TOGETHER TO INSTALL TO HELP
PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE
SOCKEYE SALMON RUN ON THE CEDAR
RIVER. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT
CAME TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY.
THERE WAS AN URGENT SITUATION
AND THEY CAME TOGETHER AND
ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I'M
NOT A BIOLOGIST, SO IF I GET
THIS WRONG I APOLOGIZE, BUT THE
MORTALITY RATE FOR THE SALMON
THAT ARE REARED THERE IS
SOMETHING LIKE 2%. IT'S
REALLY LOW. IS BEING VERY
EFFECTIVE. THE PICTURE ON THE
RIGHT, OR ON THE LEFT -- NO ON
THE RIGHT, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
AND CITY LEADERS , INCLUDING
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON AND
CHAIR STRAUSS MEETING WITH THE
COMMUNITY AS PART OF THE
LICENSING. VISITING SOME OF THE
HOMELANDS AND WORK THEY ARE
DOING ON THEIR HOMELANDS. AND
THEN , THIS NEXT ONE IS A
REFERENCE TO THE TRIBAL NATION
SUMMIT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
THIS WAS A HISTORIC EVENT .
LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS THE FIRST
TIME THAT TRIBAL NATIONS CAME
TOGETHER WITH CITY LEADERSHIP
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE ON A
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
MEETING OF THIS SORT. WE HAD
11 TRIBAL NATIONS REPRESENTED.
ALONG WITH 16 CITY DEPARTMENTS
, CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR'S OFFICE,
DEPUTY MAYORS , AND IT WAS A
REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS , TO HAVE
CITY LEADERSHIP AND STAFF HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM TRIBAL LEADERS
ON WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WERE
AND WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM.
DURING THE SUMMIT ELECTED
TRIBAL LEADERS WERE ABLE TO
SHARE WITH CITY LEADERSHIP HOW
WE COULD WORK TOGETHER MORE
EFFECTIVELY AS GOVERNMENTS ,
AS REGIONAL PARTNERS , AND
THERE WAS SOME -- THEY WERE
ABLE TO ENGAGE IN SOME REAL
DIRECT AND CANDID CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THREE OF THE HIGHEST
PRIORITIES FOR OUR TRIBES,
WHICH WAS HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS , NATURAL AND
CULTURAL RESOURCES, AND PUBLIC
SAFETY. AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT COUNSEL RESIDENT
JUAREZ SAID AT THE CONCLUSION
OF THE SUMMIT , WHICH REALLY
HIT HOME FOR ME WAS , IT WAS
THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE HAD
EVER SEEN A NATIVE LED CITY
MEETING WITH TRIBAL LEADERS .
THE PEOPLE THAT ORGANIZED IT
WERE NATIVE . THE PEOPLE WHO
FACILITATED IT WERE NATIVE.
THAT WAS A BIG DEAL IN OUR
CITY'S HISTORY. AND SO, IT WAS
SUCH AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF
THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE AND FOR SHARING THIS WITH
US. I WAS NOT AT THAT SUMMIT.
I'M WONDERING -- IT SOUNDED
LIKE YOU IDENTIFIED THREE
PRIORITIES. CAN YOU TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHETHER AND
WHAT THE CITY COMMITTED TO AND
SUPPORTED THESE PRIORITIES FOR
YOU?
>> I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE
REPORT. THE REPORT THAT WE
PRODUCED AFTER THAT IS
AVAILABLE ON OUR OIR WEBSITE.
THE TRIBAL RELATIONS PAGE.
BUT, GENERALLY , THE CITY
COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION TO EXPLORE
WAYS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES
WITH THE TRIBES. HAVING THE
TRIBES BE AT THE TABLE. AS
THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE DEPICTED,
TRIBES AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES
HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THEIR
ISSUES THAT THEY ARE
EXPERIENCING. HAVING THEM AT
THE TABLE , HAVE THEM BE PART
OF THE CONVERSATION ON HOW TO
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WAS ONE OF
THE MAIN COMMITMENTS THAT CAME
OUT OF THE SUMMIT .
>> I HAVE ALSO ASKED TIM TO
COME TO OUR NEXT COMMITTEE ,
HOPEFULLY WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE
IT HAPPEN TO PRESENT MORE
DEEPLY ABOUT THE TRIBAL NATION
SUMMIT , AS WELL AS FRANCESCA
ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE
IAC BECAUSE WE SET A LOT ON
THAT CHART WITH THE CIRCLES
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF
DISCUSSION . WE PROBABLY COULD
HAVE SAT THERE ALL DAY. AS WELL
AS A TRIBAL NATION SUMMIT. SO
MUCH HAPPENED IN ONE DAY THAT
IT IS ACTUALLY AN APPROPRIATE
TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR
BECAUSE THE IS SO MUCH
FOLLOW-UP WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE.
>> THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, ON THAT
ONE, THAT IS COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ'S NICE FACE, JUST FOR
THE RECORD.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THERE NEEDED
TO BE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT
SOME OF THESE ISSUES BECAUSE
AT THE SUMMIT, IT WAS A VERY
HIGH LEVEL LEADERSHIP TO
LEADERSHIP TYPE OF DISCUSSION
AND ONE OF THE MAIN FEEDBACKS
WE HEARD WAS, THERE NEEDS TO BE
A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE ISSUES
THAT WE STARTED TO DISCUSS .
WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN
THAT ONE DAY SUMMIT TO REALLY
DIG DEEP INTO THOSE VERY
IMPORTANT ISSUES. AND SO, ONE
OF THE FIRST DEPARTMENTS TO
APPROACH ME AFTER THE SUMMIT
OF WANTING TO CONTINUE TO DO
THAT WAS PARKS AND REC. AND SO,
WE CONVENED IN JANUARY , THE
TRIBAL NATIONS GATHERING WHERE
WE BROUGHT TOGETHER THE LOCAL
TRIBES , PRIMARILY , TO MEET
WITH LEADERSHIP AND STAFF OF
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. AND IT
WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
STAFF LEVEL FOLKS AT BOTH THE
CITY AND TRIBES TO CONNECT AND
GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER . GIVEN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PARKS
LEADERSHIP TO SHARE WITH
TRIBAL LEADERS AND STAFF ABOUT
PARKS PROCESSES, CITY
PROCESSES BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF
THE SUMMIT AS WELL. TRIBAL
LEADERS WANTED TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT HOW THE CITY ACTUALLY
WORKED AND HOW THEIR PROCESS
WORKED. AND SO, WE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PARKS TO SHARE
THAT WITH TRIBAL LEADERS. AND
WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE ON DAY
TWO, IT WAS A 1 1/2 DATE, TWO
DAY GATHERING ON THE SECOND
DAY. WE WERE ABLE TO BREAK OUT
INTO SMALL GROUPS AND DISCUSS
AREAS OF CULTURAL RESOURCES ,
HABITAT PROTECTION AND
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMING AND PARK
DEVELOPMENT . AND REALLY START
TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND
EXPLORE NEXT STEPS AND ACTION
ITEMS AND WHAT WE CAN DO
TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THESE
ISSUES. AND ONE OF THE THEMES
FROM BOTH THE SUMMIT AND THE
GATHERING AND WHAT WE HAVE
HEARD FROM TRIBAL LEADERS AS
WE HAVE GONE AROUND VISITING
THE TRIBES IS, TRIBAL LEADERS
DON'T WANT TO JUST SIT AROUND
THE TABLE AND TALK. THEY WANT
TO SEE ACTION. AND SO, WE ARE
WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER A
REPORT FROM THE GATHERING,
WHICH WILL CONTAIN DISCUSSIONS
THAT HAPPENED THERE, THE ACTION
ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED. THAT
WILL HOPEFULLY BE COMING OUT IN
THE NEXT SHORT COUPLE MONTHS.
>> I WILL MENTION THIS PHOTO,
TAKEN IT DAYBREAK STAR CENTER,
WHICH IS IN DISTRICT 6 WHILE I
HAD -- . I'M HAPPY TO GET
MAGNOLIA. I WAS REALLY TICKED
OFF TO HAVE CROWN HELD TAKEN
OUT OF THE DISTRICT. ONE THING
THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME IN
THAT TRANSFER OF MY DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES WAS, I LOST HOUSE
FROM UNITED INDIANS AND I
GAINED DAYBREAK STAR . I DO SEE
, WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE
PUBLIC HERE I CAN RECOGNIZE
UNITED INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES
LOGO FROM ALL THE WAY UP HERE
ON THE DAIS. I WANTED TO CALL
THAT OUT.
>> REAL APPRECIATIVE OF THEM
HOSTING US FOR THAT . IT WAS
GREAT.
>> I WILL BE USING THIS
COMMITTEE AS WELL TO HOLD
ACCOUNTABILITY ON OUR CITYSIDE.
SO THAT AS COUNCILMEMBER
SAILTO BROUGHT UP. MEMORANDUMS
ARE ONLY GOOD ENOUGH IF BOTH
PARTIES HOLD UP THEIR END AND
IT IS A BIT OF THE SAME WHERE
I WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS
COMMITTEE AS A WAY TO ENSURE
THE CITY IS FOLLOWING THROUGH
ON THE ACTION ITEMS BECAUSE I
HAVE HERE SITTING AROUND THE
TABLE TALKING SO MUCH.
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
>> FINALLY, FOR MY PORTION OF
THIS, I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH
BASE A LITTLE BIT ON OUR
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2024 . THIS
YEAR WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON
EDUCATION AND BUILDING STAFF
CAPACITY TO ENGAGE WITH
TRIBES. BUILDING MORE
EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WORKING
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TRIBES
AND CITY AND EXPLORING WAYS TO
CODIFY AND SYSTEMATIZE THE
CITIES TRIBAL CONSULTATION AND
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. THAT'S
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD LOUD
AND CLEAR AT THE GATHERING, THE
NEED TO SYSTEMATIZE THE
CITY'S APPROACH TO ENGAGING
WITH TRIBES. TRIBES GET
SIMILAR REQUEST FOR
CONSULTATION FROM MULTIPLE
JURISDICTION, PRIVATE PARTIES ,
AND SO THEY ARE INUNDATED WITH
THESE REQUESTS FOR CONSULTATION
AND ENGAGEMENT, AND THEIR
STAFFING IS SOMETIMES
CHALLENGED TO RESPOND TO ALL
OF THESE REQUESTS. IF THERE IS
A WAY FOR US TO STREAMLINE THAT
PROCESS , THEY WANT US TO
EXPLORE THAT. ONE OF OUR GOALS
THIS YEAR IS TO CONVENE TRIBAL
CITY WORKGROUP TO EXPLORE
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW
THAT COULD LOOK GOING FORWARD .
WE ARE ALSO WORKING TO LAY
THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEXT
TRIBAL NATION SUMMIT, WHICH WE
INTEND TO HOLD NEXT YEAR, 2025.
THE IDEA BEING , EVERY OTHER
YEAR WE WILL DO A SUMMIT AND
IN THE INTERIM YEARS, WE WILL
HAVE DEPARTMENTAL GATHERINGS
TO DISCUSS SPECIFIC TOPICS.
DO THE DEEPER DIVE LIKE WE DID
WITH PARKS. AND THEN WE ALSO
WANT TO UPDATE THE MUNICIPAL
CODE TO ADD TRIBAL RELATIONS
AS AN IDENTIFIED PORTFOLIO IN
THE OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS. RIGHT NOW,
CURRENTLY, TRIBAL RELATIONS
ISN'T AN IDENTIFIED PORTFOLIO
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT GETS INCLUDED AND
CODIFIED. AND, WE WANT TO
START TO EXPLORE AND BUILD
MOMENTUM TO SEE WHAT A
CODIFICATION OF THIS TRIBAL
ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE
FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION . WE
ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY'S
HR DEPARTMENT TO PUT TOGETHER
A TRAINING, A TRIBAL NATIONS
TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WILL BE
EMBEDDED IN HR, THAT WILL BE
ABLE TO BE SHARED TO ALL STAFF
, CITY LEADERSHIP, TO HELP
BUILD CAPACITY IN CONFIDENCE
AND CITY STAFF, CITY
LEADERSHIP NOT TO ENGAGE WITH
OUR TRIBES AND URBAN NATIVE
COMMUNITIES. WE HOPE TO GET
THAT LAUNCHED THIS YEAR AS
WELL. WE HAVE STARTED TO
DEVELOP A TRACKING TOOL THAT
DEPARTMENTS CAN USE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER ,
WHAT PROJECTS THEY ARE WORKING
ON, WITH WHICH TRIBES. IS ONE
OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM
CITY DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIPS.
NEEDING TO HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING WITH
WHICH TRIBES. WE HAVE DEVELOPED
A TRACKING TOOL THAT WILL BE
LAUNCHING HERE SOON , AND THEN
CONVENING AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL
TEAM TO REVIEW AND UPDATE
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
GETTING EVERYBODY ON THE SAME
PAGE. AGAIN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO
TRY AND STREAMLINE THE WORK
THAT THE CITY IS DOING WITH OUR
TRIBES AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL FOR THE
TRIBAL RELATIONS PROGRAM IS TO
BUILD THAT CAPACITY, BUILD
THAT CONFIDENCE. I DESCRIBED IT
AS, WORK MYSELF OUT OF A JOB.
IF I DO THIS CORRECTLY, CITY
STAFF, CITY LEADERSHIP WILL BE
CONFIDENT AND CAPABLE OF
ENGAGING WITH TRIBES THAT YOU
WON'T NEED A TRIBAL RELATIONS
DIRECTOR. WILL BE DONE
PERFECTLY ALL THE TIME. I
REALIZE THAT IS NOT REALITY,
BUT IT IS A GOAL TO STRIVE
FOR. SO, THAT'S MY
PRESENTATION. I WILL TURN THE
TIMER OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
SAILTO TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE
IAC.
>> IT'S A GOAL I SUPPORT. WE
WILL ALWAYS NEED YOU.
>> THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COUNCIL IS APPROACHING OUR
SECOND YEAR AS A CITY
COMMISSION AND APPRECIATE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MORE
ABOUT THE HISTORY APPROACH AND
CURRENT WORK . WE LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUING TO PROVIDE
CULTURALLY GROUNDED ADVISORY
SUPPORT TO CITY PARTNERS IN
THE LEGISLATIVE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH. IN 2021
, THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COUNCIL WAS FORMED TO CREATE A
SUSTAINABLE PATHWAY FOR
INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATION AND
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN LOCAL
PUBLIC PROCESSES. WE ARE THE
ONLY CITY BOARD OR COMMISSION
COMPRISED ENTIRELY OF NATIVE
PEOPLE . REPRESENTING A DIVERSE
RANGE OF RESPECT LIVES AND
EXPERIENCES FROM INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES. AS A CULTURALLY
GROUNDED ADVISORY BODY , WE ACT
AS A TRUSTED ADVOCATE ,
ADVISER, AND CONNECTOR AMONG
CITY PARTNERS. TODAY WE WILL
SHARE MORE ABOUT OUR INDIGENOUS
APPROACH TO POLICY AND SYSTEM
CHANGES THAT WILL HELP WILL
MOVE GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERS TOWARDS
TRANSFORMATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
ROOTED IN RECIPROCITY ,
REPAIR, SHARED POWER AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. THIS
LOGO THAT YOU SEE WAS DESIGNED
BY ONDREA WILBUR PSYCHO --
SIGO . SHE HAS REVIEWED THE
SHARED VALUES AND PLAN TO
DEVELOP THIS LOGO. THE UPLIFTED
HANDS AND CLOWN BASKETS WERE
SELECTED TO SYMBOLIZE OUR ROLE
AS NATIVE PEOPLE TO THANK EACH
OTHER , PROTECT EACH OTHER ,
AND RESPECT EACH OTHER. WE ARE
NINE MEMBERS REPRESENTING A
DIVERSE RANGE OF TRIBAL AND
URBAN NATIVE COMMUNITIES. OUR
MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES POSITIONS
FOR YOUTH AND ELDERS AS WELL AS
REPRESENTATIVES NOMINATED BY
TRIBES AND URBAN INDIAN
ORGANIZATIONS . THE STRUCTURE
CREATES A UNIQUE SPACE FOR
INDIGENOUS LEADERS FROM MANY
SECTORS AND BACKGROUNDS TO
SHARE TEACHINGS AND ONLINE ON
BIG OPPORTUNITIES IMPACTING
INDIAN COUNTRY BOTH NATIONALLY
AND CLOSE TO HOME. AS A
COUNSEL OF TRIBAL AND URBAN
NATIVE LEADERS , WE UNDERSTAND
THE NEED FOR COLLABORATIVE
PARTNERSHIPS AND INTERTRIBAL
ORGANIZING TO ENSURE THE
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. OUR
MEMBERS COME TO THIS WORK WITH
DIVERSE RANGE OF POLICY
EXPERTISE INCLUDING HEALTH ,
HOUSING , HOMELESSNESS , ARTS
AND CULTURE , YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL AND
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT , AND
MORE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR
ELECTED TRIBAL LEADERS
RECOMMENDED BY THEIR
RESPECTIVE TRIBAL COUNCILS AND
FIVE URBAN NATIVE LEADERS
SERVING ON THE IAC. WE MUST
ALSO NOTED THAT THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL HAS NEVER
MEANT TO FULLY REPRESENT ALL
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES BECAUSE
WE ARE ONLY NINE
REPRESENTATIVES , YET WE ARE
ALL WELL-POSITIONED TO GUIDE
AND SHAPE CITY DECISIONS AS WE
LEVERAGE OUR NETWORK , POLICY
EXPERTISE, AND INDIGENOUS
VALUES ON DIVERSE RANGES OF
ISSUES IMPACTING NATIVE
COMMUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK
SOMETHING YOU SAID SHOULD BE
ELEVATED A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS
THE IAC IS NOT INTENDED TO
REPLACE OR BE REPRESENTATIVE OF
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION. IT IS ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY , ANOTHER AVENUE
FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
AS I HAVE BROUGHT POLICY
PROPOSALS FORWARD, BRING THEM
TO THE IAC IS ONE OF THE STEPS,
NOT A FULFILLED STEP. I KNOW
EVEN WITH SNOQUALMIE, I CAME
AND SPOKE AT IAC TO RECEIVE
FEEDBACK AND THEN I ALSO HAD
DIRECT GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION WITH THE
SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE. I JUST
WANTED TO ELEVATE THAT BECAUSE
WHILE THERE ARE ELECTED
LEADERS ON THE IAC, IT IS NOT A
SUBSTITUTION FOR THAT
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION.
>> CORRECT.
>> IN JANUARY 2023, WE
UNDERWENT A STRATEGIC PLANNING
PROCESS WHERE WE DEVELOPED OUR
APPROACH TO POLICY AND SYSTEMS
CHANGE WORK. OUR APPROACH
HONORS THE LEGAL, POLITICAL AND
RACIAL EQUITY OBLIGATIONS TO
NATIVE AMERICANS. MANY NATIVE
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ARE
BENEFICIARIES OF A UNIQUE TRUST
RELATIONSHIP THAT IS DESIGNED
TO PROVIDE FOR THE HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITIES
THAT SEATED HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF ACRES OF LAND AND
RESOURCES THAT CREATE AND
SUSTAIN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
THIS TRUST RESPONSIBILITY IS
GRADED THROUGH TREATIES , LAWS,
COURT RULINGS, REGULATIONS AND
EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND SPENT
ISSUES OF HOUSING, HEALTH ,
NUTRITION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND EDUCATION. THE HISTORIC
FORMATION OF THE IAC STRIVES TO
HONOR THE POLITICAL STATUS OF
THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
WORKS TO FULFILL THE CITY'S
COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING RACIAL
EQUITY FOR ALL NATIVE PEOPLE.
THE IAC WORKS TO UNDO
INSTITUTIONAL AND SYSTEMIC
RACISM THAT MAY HAVE RESULTED
-- THAT HAVE RESULTED IN
GENERATIONAL AND ONGOING
EFFECTS OF NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
WE LOOK AT ISSUES TO A
STRENGTH-BASED EQUITY APPROACH
THAT CENTERS CULTURAL
RESPONSIVE AND COMMUNITY
DEFINED SOLUTIONS AND
INVESTMENTS. THROUGH OUR
STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, WE
IDENTIFIED THREE SHARED GOALS
AND THE CORRESPONDING
ACTIVITIES THAT WILL GUIDE THE
WORK. THE FIRST GOAL
ENCOMPASSES MUCH OF THE WORK
WE HAVE DONE UP-TO-DATE, THIS
INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT --
DEVELOPING A SHARED
UNDERSTANDING AND FOUNDATION
FOR SUSTAINABLE AND PRODUCTIVE
GROUP OF CULTURALLY GROUNDED
ADVISERS THAT ACT AS CONNECTORS
ON ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR
NATIVE COMMUNITIES. THE SECOND
GOAL INCLUDES GOALSETTING ,
PRIORITIES, AND ACTION STEPS
THAT CAN BE EVALUATED THAT WILL
DRIVE OUR WORK FORWARD.
FINALLY, THE THIRD GOAL FOCUSES
ON SETTING COLLECTIVE POLICY
PRIORITIES THAT FULFILL TRUST ,
TREATY, AND RACIAL EQUITY
OBLIGATIONS TO OUR NATIVE
COMMUNITIES. WE RECENTLY
CRATED OUR POLICY PRIORITIES
FOR 2024 IN THE COMING MONTH
OR SO WE WILL BE SHARING THEM
INDIVIDUALLY WITH EACH OF THE
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I BELIEVE
WE WILL WITH COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
DERRICK, WHAT I APPRECIATED
ABOUT THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE
SHARED WITH ME IS, IT'S VERY
FOCUSED AND SPECIFIC. THERE IS
NOT A LOT OF ROOM FOR
INTERPRETATION. IT REALLY
HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE
NEED TO DO TO HELP YOU BE
SUCCESSFUL . AND I JUST REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT SPECIFICITY.
>> WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
TALKING AND I APPRECIATE WHAT
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A MINUTE
AGO. THIS -- IS NOT FROM
WASHINGTON, I REALLY SUPPORT
AND BELIEVE THE IMPORTANCE OF
TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY THAT WILL
PROTECT US AS NATIVE PEOPLES
AND WE HAVE TO REALLY HONOR AND
PROTECT THAT. I APPRECIATE
THAT.
>> THE IAC HAS IDENTIFIED
THREE BROAD FOCUS AREAS THAT
WILL LEAD OUR WORK WHICH ARE
SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATIONS,
THRIVING INDIGENOUS COMMITTEES
AND GRADING AN INDIGENOUS
CITY. WE SEEK TO GUIDE SYSTEMS
TRANSFORMATIONS THAT ADEQUATELY
RESOURCE AND BETTER ENGAGE
NATIVE COMMUNITIES. THIS WOULD
ENCOMPASS COCREATED SYSTEMS
TRANSFORMATIONS THAT DRIVE
ADEQUATE RESOURCING , BUT HER
CORONATION AND RESPECTFUL AND
APPROPRIATE ENGAGEMENT WITH
TRIBAL NATIONS . THE URBAN
INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
NATIVE COMMUNITIES. TO BUILD
THRIVING INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES, WE LOOK FOR
OPPORTUNITIES THAT ADVANCE
STRATEGIES THAT BUILD
GENERATIONAL AND COMMUNITY
WEALTH . THE TOPICS RANGE FROM
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, HEALTH,
YOUTH, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
INCLUDING MM IP WHICH IS
MURDER OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,
WITH THE GOAL TO SUPPORT NATIVE
PEOPLE TO LEAD HEALTHY AND
PROSPEROUS LIVES GROUNDED IN
CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY
CONNECTION. TO CREATE AN
INDIGENOUS CITY . WE LOOK TO
ADVANCE STRATEGIES THAT CREATE
THRIVING ECOLOGICAL AND
CULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS THAT ARE
DISTORTED AND FORMED BY NATIVE
COMMUNITIES. THIS WOULD
ENCOMPASS ISSUES OF ART AND
CULTURE, PLACE MAKING, ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY , AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY.
TO ENSURE THAT NATIVE PEOPLE
FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING AND
CONNECTION AND HAVE ACCESS TO
THRIVING COMMUNITY SPACES THAT
EMBODY OUR VALUES, CULTURES,
HISTORIES AND LANGUAGES INTO
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF THE
NATURAL SPACES OF THE CITY. IN
2023, THE IAC HOSTED A PUBLIC
CIVIC DIALOGUE TO LEARN ,
ENVISION HOW NATIVE CULTURES
AND VALUES CAN INFORM PUBLIC
TRANSIT PLANNING THROUGH
BUILDING DESIGN , ECOLOGICAL
RESTORATION AND CULTURAL PLACE
MAKING. WE HAD MORE THAN 50
PLANNERS , ENGINEERS,
ARCHITECTS, ARTISTS AND
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES
PARTICIPATE . FOLLOWING THE
CONVERSATION, THE IAC ADVISED
THE CITY'S PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT ON INTEGRATION OF
NATIVE PRIORITIES INTO THE
NATIVE PUBLIC TRANSIT DESIGN
GUIDELINES FOR THE UPCOMING
EXPANSION OF THE 13 NEW LIGHT
RAIL STATIONS COMING INTO THE
SEATTLE AREA. ONE EXAMPLE THAT
CAME FROM THIS CONVERSATION WAS
A RECOMMENDATION TO WORK WITH
TRIBES AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES
TO CONDUCT CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
ANALYSIS THAT CAN DETERMINE
DESIRED APPROACHES THAT
INTEGRATE OUR NATIVE CULTURES
AND LANGUAGES INTO THE DESIGN
AND PROGRAMMING OF THESE
STATIONS.
>> SO THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS
INFORMATION AND WE ARE OPEN TO
TAKING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT
HAVE.
>> I KNOW I HAVE BEEN HUGGING
THE MICROPHONE WITH MY
QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS OF
THIS WHOLE MEETING. JUST TO
REVIEW THE TRIBAL NATION SUMMIT
AND THAT LAST SLIDE ABOUT
POLICY PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIC
PLANNING, WILL LIKELY BE OUR
NEXT MEETING TO DIVE A BIT
DEEPER BECAUSE I NOTICED WE
SET ON THOSE TWO TOPICS PRETTY
DEEPLY. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ,
THOUGHTS? COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. I
WANT TO SAY, I DID NOT ASK ANY
QUESTIONS . I'M NOT SHY OF
ASKING QUESTIONS OF, BUT TODAY
I FELT -- I COULD SENSE YOU
ARE GUIDING US THROUGH THIS
BRIEFING AS WELL , INFORMING US
OF DIFFERENT THINGS FROM THE
COUNCIL SIDE. I HAVE DECIDED
TO WAIT TILL THE END. ONE
REASON WHY I WANTED TO DO THAT
IS, FIRST, WELCOME EVERYONE TO
THAT COUNSEL AND GIVEN THE
FACT THAT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC
SPEAKING HERE AT THE TABLE AND
THE AUDIENCE ARE REPRESENTED
THE COMMUNITIES , I FEEL LIKE
I SHOULD ALMOST BE INTRODUCING
MYSELF. WOULDN'T HAVE A CHANCE
TO INTRODUCE EACH OTHER AND
BECAUSE OF THE TOPIC AND
BECAUSE IT IS COMING FROM AS A
PEOPLE, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD
DO THAT INTRODUCTION. FROM MY
POINT OF VIEW, I WANT TO
INTRODUCE MYSELF, I'M BOB
CAROL, I REPRESENT DISTRICT 7
OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M A
FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN . MY
DAD CAME TO AMERICA ON OCTOBER
4th, 1964. MY MOM CAME THREE
MONTHS LATER ON A FIANCEE VISA.
THEY WERE MARRIED A MONTH LATER
AND I'M THE FIRSTBORN.
BRITISH, CAME FROM ENGLAND.
BRITISH AND IRISH DESCENT. THAT
IS MY BACKGROUND. I WAS RAISED
ON THE EAST COAST. MY UNCLE
WAS STATIONED IN ENGLAND AND HE
MARRIED MY DAD'S ELDEST
SISTER AND THAT IS WHAT I AM
FROM WESTERN NEW YORK
PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE EAST COAST,
WHICH FOR THE TOPIC HERE IS
VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE WEST
COAST . YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT
ABOUT ME, I GREW UP IN A VERY
THE BRITISH IRISH IMMIGRANT
PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO THE EAST
COAST PERSPECTIVE. IN THIS
TOPIC, IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM
THE WEST COAST. FOR A LOT OF
DIFFERENT REASONS. I THINK THAT
IS IMPORTANT TO STATE. BEFORE
COMING TO SEATTLE, AFTER
GETTING MARRIED, AND RETIRING
FROM THE NAVY, I WAS STATIONED
TWICE, FIRST IN WOULD BE IN
THE EARLY 90s AND THEN AND GETS
UP IN THE LATE IF YOU WILL.
SO THAT IS AN INTRODUCTION. I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU , BECAUSE
THIS IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE
FROM ACROSS THIS ENTIRE
GROUPING . I SHOULD ALSO AT
THIS POINT PAY RESPECT TO
FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT
DEBORAH JUAREZ. SHE IS AN
INFORMAL MENTOR AND SHE GIVES
ME SUCH GREAT INSIGHT INTO THIS
TOPIC AND THIS COMMUNITY . AS
YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, VERY
COLORFULLY, BUT YES . AS I SIT
HERE, I THINK THE FIRST THING
IS, FOR ME AS THE PERSON AND
AS A COUNCILMEMBER, IS TO BE
MINDFUL AND UNDERSTAND . THIS
REALLY GOES TO HISTORY . WE
HAVE TO HAVE A 360
UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY AS IT
RELATES TO THE TRIBAL AND
NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND ART
HISTORY AS A NATION OVERALL .
SADLY, TOO OFTEN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, THERE IS ONLY ONE
ANGLE OF HISTORY THAT IS
APPROVED OR ALLOWED , AND THAT
IS VERY TROUBLESOME IF YOU
LOOK TO OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY. WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT
TO HAPPEN HERE AND THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE WHERE WE HAVE TO
EMBRACE THE 360 OF HISTORY.
THAT EMBARRASSMENT GOES TO ALL
THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT, THOSE AREAS OF
INTEREST , BUT PARTICULARLY,
ARTS, CULTURE AND LANGUAGE . AS
AN ADULT, I HAVE STUDIED
FRENCH, GERMAN AND QUESTION
AND I LOVE THAT PIECE . I LOVE
THE FACT LIKE WHEN YOU SPOKE
IN YOUR LANGUAGE, I WOULD ADD
YOU SHOULD SPEAK MORE IN YOUR
LANGUAGE. YOU DON'T
NECESSARILY WANT TO TRANSLATE
FOR YOURSELF THE HALLWAY BUT
NOT JUST THE INTRODUCTION BUT
AT SOME MORE BECAUSE IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE AND MY EAR
IS LOOKING FOR PATTERNS AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING
IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE TO THE
LEVEL THAT YOU CAN AND TO THE
AMOUNT YOU CAN. OBVIOUSLY, WE
NEED THE ENGLISH PIECE TOO BUT
UNLESS YOU SPEAK SOME FRENCH,
GERMAN BUT OTHERWISE WE NEED
THE ENGLISH PIECE AND SO, I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO ME AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT ASPECT,
PARTICULARLY THE LANGUAGE
PIECE. I ALSO, BEING A HISTORY
GUY, I THINK WE SHOULD BE
MARKING AND CELEBRATING OUR
LINKS TO OUR PAST AND THAT'S
WHAT I LIKE REGARDING WHAT IS
GOING ON WITH PIECES OF THE
WATERFRONT. MAYBE NOT TO THE
LEVEL THAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR,
BUT MAYBE TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE
PIECES AS BEING IMPORTANT.
ALSO TO THE SEA AS A RETIRED
NAVAL OFFICER, I KNOW THAT IS A
MAJOR ASPECT TO THE NATIVE AND
TRIBAL COMMUNITY, AND
EMBRACING THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT . I WOULD LOVE TO BE
A PART OF THAT DIALOGUE GIVEN
MY HISTORY AND THAT. ALSO
LIMITED TO THE PAST THE SEATTLE
PROPER . YOU DON'T KNOW THIS,
BUT I'M ADVOCATING TO CREATE A
BRAND-NEW PARK IN BELLTOWN. IT
DOES NOT HAVE A SINGLE PARK.
AND SO I HAVE ALREADY TONE S.
, I TOLD DIRECTOR DIAZ FROM
PARKS , WE NEED A PARK. WE HAVE
BEEN CALLING IT LITTLE PARK.
THIS IS FROM THE OLD BATTERY
STREET TUNNEL AND VIADUCT BUT
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO START
FROM THE BEGINNING. I HAVE HAD
CONVERSATIONS, BUT AS I'M
LEARNING FROM TODAY, I WOULD
LIKE TO BRING YOU INTO THAT
CONVERSATION AND BRING THAT
INTO THIS DISCUSSION IN TERMS
OF, HOW CAN WE MARKET THAT
PATH AND BRING ELEMENTS OF THAT
INTO WHAT I'M CALLING PORTAL
PARK. THERE MIGHT BE A BETTER
NAME FOR THAT. BY THE WAY, ON
THIS POINT, I LOVE EVERGREEN .
EVERGREEN TREES, IT PUTS ME IN
MY HAPPY PLACE BUT IT'S
ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS CULTURAL,
HISTORICAL AND. BRINGING THAT
INTO IT AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE
TO INVITE YOU INTO WHAT I'M
CALLING PORTAL PARK EFFORTS
AND YOUR SUPPORT OF THE BROADER
COMMUNITY BEFORE THAT. I'M
ALSO OPEN TO LEARN MORE. I LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING VISITS TO
THIS VARIOUS LOCATIONS. I WILL
GO TO CHAIR SAILTO. I WOULD BE
HAPPY TO WALK DOWN TO THE CAFE
AND THEN GET SOMETHING, IF
YOU'RE SCHEDULE ALLOWS. ALONG
THAT FRONT, TOO, I WOULD LIKE
TO INVITE TIM AND FRANCESCA AT
THE START . WE ARE CREATING OUR
NEW DISTRICT SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD
COUNCIL WHERE WE ARE BRINGING
IN THE COMMUNITY COUNCILS FROM
DISTRICT 7 PLUS OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMISSION . I THINK IT WOULD
BE GREAT TO HAVE YOU TO -- I'M
NOT SURE WHO ELSE , AT LEAST AT
THE START TO REPRESENT THAT
PIECE. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER
THAT INVITATION AND BY THE WAY
I DO LOOK FORWARD TO FRIDAY
MORNINGS MEETING . THAT WAS
KIND OF LIKE A LONG STATEMENT
BUT I THINK -- I SENSED THE
NEED TO DO THAT AND I THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT AS WE START THIS
RELATIONSHIP ACROSS THE BOARD.
THANK YOU.
>> WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, HE IS NOT
FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK HE IS
FROM WESTERN NEW YORK. ANYONE
WANT TO SHARE? THIS IS MEANT
TO BE A CONVERSATION, SO --.
>> I JUST WANT TO RAISE MY
HANDS TO YOU FOR THAT, FOR YOUR
STATEMENT AND EXPRESS
APPRECIATION FOR THE
INVITATIONS. WE WILL GLADLY
TAKE YOU UP ON THOSE. I ALSO
WOULD ENCOURAGE -- AND REMIND
EVERYONE THAT I DON'T SPEAK
FOR THE TRIBES EITHER. I SERVE
THE CITY , BUT I DO NOT
REPRESENT THE TRIBES. I DON'T
SUBSTITUTE FOR TRIBAL
CONSTITUTION -- CONSULTATION
EITHER. WE WILL DEFINITELY
ACCEPT THE INVITATION TO MEET
WITH YOU AND ATTEND YOUR
COMMUNITY COUNSEL . THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
>> YOU ARE A CITY EMPLOYEE
REPRESENTING THE CITY OF
SEATTLE . WHICH IS VERY
DIFFERENT. I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, FOR PARTICIPATING WITH
ACTION BECAUSE TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION REALLY HASN'T
BEEN A PRACTICE UNTIL MAYBE A
YEAR OR SO AGO AND TO START
THAT PROCESS WITH THE PARK AT
THE FORMER PORTAL IS A REALLY
GREAT WAY TO DO THAT.
>> VICE-CHAIR RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK
YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY .
I KNOW THAT I HAVE HAD THE
PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH
FRANCESCA . TIM, YOU AND I ARE
GOING TO MEET AND DERRICK, YOU
AND I ARE GOING TO MEET. I
FEEL HONORED TO HAVE HAD A TOUR
OF CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB . IF YOU
HAVEN'T, I WOULD HIGHLY
ENCOURAGE IT. IT'S JUST A
BEAUTIFUL SPACE AND A VERY
HEALING SPACE . THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER, FOR BEING HERE.
I TOO WANT TO RECOGNIZE FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER DEBORAH JUAREZ
FOR HER LEADERSHIP INCLUDING
VOICES FROM TRIBAL AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES IN THIS CITY HALL
CONVERSATION . IT HAS BEEN
MISSING TO THE LEVEL THAT SHE
HAS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE
SAID ABOUT NOT BEING A
MONOLITH, COMING FROM THE
LATINO COMMUNITY, WE ARE NOT A
MONOLITH, BUT WE ARE OFTEN
TALKED ABOUT AS ONE AND SO I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND KNOW
THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT. AS
WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF
INCLUSION AT THE TABLE BECAUSE
I TOO HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS
MY OWN COMMUNITY EXCLUDED ,
AND I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. SO,
PLEASE KNOW THAT I TAKE THAT TO
HEART AND THAT IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME. THANK YOU FOR
COMING TODAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO
NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE
GET TO LEARN MORE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO SHARE?
>> I TALKED A LOT IN MY
ONE-ON-ONE MEETING WITH THE
COUNCILMEMBER HERE AND ALSO
JACKIE . SHE WAS PART OF MY
MEETING. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY
MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE
, WHAT SHOULD THE CITY DO
DIFFERENTLY ON THE FENTANYL
CRISIS? WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND
APPROPRIATE SERVICES ?
>> THERE IS A LOT THAT WE NEED
TO DO. WE NEED TO KEEP FIGURING
IT OUT. YESTERDAY I WAS IN A
MEETING WITH SOME MAYORS AND
OTHER HOUSING PROVIDERS THAT
ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW WITH
SOME FENTANYL ISSUES . WE HAVE
HAD TRAGEDIES IN OUR -- AND
THIS FENTANYL IS SOMETHING WE
HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. WITH
THAT MATT WAS ABOUT, WITH THAT
HEROIN WAS BAD. THIS THING IS A
NASTY BEAST THAT WE HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT THE SOLUTIONS FOR.
I KNOW WHAT WE DO NEED, WE NEED
MORE QUICKER ACCESS TO
TREATMENT. THE WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS IS VERY
BRIEF AND SMALL . SOMEBODY SAYS
THEY ARE READY TO AND ATTEMPT
AGAIN TO NOT HAVE IT BED
READY. THEY ARE NOT HAVING
DETOXIFIED READY. THERE IS A
LOT OF TALK ABOUT DETOX. WE
NEED MORE DETOX CENTERS.
THAT'S TRUE BUT THEY WILL NOT
HELP MUCH IF THEY GET PUT BACK
OUT AND PEOPLE GET PUT BACK ON
THE STREETS AND GET RIGHT INTO
THE SAME PROBLEM OF THIRD
AVENUE. PIONEER SQUARE WITH A
DRUG HAVEN, AND UNDERGROUND
DRUG MARKET. WE NEED SHELTER
BEDS . NOT SHELTER BEDS BUT
TREATMENT BEDS , DETOX PLACES
FOR THEM TO . WHEN THEY GET
OUT, WE ALSO NEED A
STABILIZATION HOUSING FOR
PEOPLE TO COME OUT WHERE THEY
DON'T GO STRAIGHT BACK INTO
THEIR PSH UNITS . WOULD HAVE
HAD -- WE HAVE ONLY BEEN
HOUSING PROVIDERS SINCE
FEBRUARY OF 22. JUST BARELY TWO
YEARS. WE HAVE HAD TENANTS
THAT HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF
TREATMENTS SUCCESSFULLY BUT
THEY COME BACK TO THE SAME
PLACE. 30 DAYS IS NOT A
TREATMENT PROGRAM . THAT IS
SOMETHING ELSE WE WILL HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT , TOO. WHEN I
SOBERED UP I HAD TO DO SEVEN
MONTHS IN A TREATMENT CENTER.
IF I WOULD HAVE ONLY DONE THREE
DAYS I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY
TALKING TO YOU ALL. SO, WE
NEED THOSE THINGS AND WE NEED
STABILIZATION SO THAT WHEN THEY
DO GET OUT, THEY CAN GROW SOME
SOBER LEGS, IF YOU WILL, SO
THEY CAN START BUILDING A
FUTURE BEFORE THEY GET FORCED
TO GO BACK INTO A COMMUNITY OR
AN AREA THAT IS ALREADY -- WE
STILL HAVEN'T CLEANED UP FROM
CRIME AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE
IN PIONEER SQUARE. THERE IS A
LOT WE HAVE TO DO. TREATMENT
BEDS, DETOX, AND A
STABILIZATION HOUSING. THERE'S
SOME OTHER WORDING THAT FORM
OF HOUSING BUT THAT'S WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
>> YEAH, AND IT'S SHAMEFUL
THAT IS A STRONG WORD, BUT
THAT THERE IS NO DEDICATED
FUNDING IN THE HOUSING LEVEE
FOR SOBER HOUSING.
>> YEAH. THAT IS A MODEL THAT
IS NOW -- WE HAVE SHELTERS .
WE HAVE TWO SHELTERS AND 51
SHELTER BEDS BETWEEN TWO SIDES.
WE WANT SOME -- WE NEED SOME
IN OUR PORTFOLIO THAT IS SOBER
ONLY. THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION
THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT WHEN
PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS, THEY ARE
CURRENTLY ACTIVE IN USAGE BUT
THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING
AND SOME PEOPLE ARE REFUSING
EVEN TO COME INTO THE TINY
HOUSE SYSTEM AND EVEN PSH
SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT
TO BE AROUND OTHER PEOPLE . SO,
WE DO NEED THIS WHOLE TALK OF
EVERYTHING HAS GOT TO BE HARM
REDUCTIVE , WE DO NEED OTHER
MODELS. I WOULD STILL SAY THE
MAJORITY OF OUR FOCUS DOES NEED
TO BE LOW HARM REDUCTION BUT
WE DO NEED CARVEOUTS FOR SOBER
ONLY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. WE WILL TALK LATER ABOUT
THE.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. AND
THANKS TO DIRECTOR REYNON. WE
HAVE WORKED WITH COUNCILMEMBER
NICK FROM AND IT MAY BE
APPROPRIATE TO BRING THAT
CONVERSATION TO THIS COMMITTEE
BECAUSE IT GOES BACK TO
SOMETHING THAT FRANCESCA SAID
EARLIER IN THE COMMITTEE
MEETING. NATIVE AMENITIES
KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THE ISSUES.
WE SAW WITH MACAW HOW THEY
RESPONDED TO THE COVID PANDEMIC
, BETTER THAN PRETTY MUCH
EVERYONE ELSE IN OUR STATE. I
KNOW THERE WERE OTHERS, THAT
WAS THE ONE THAT CAME TO MIND,
AND THE SAME IS TRUE WITH
FENTANYL. I WOULD ALL -- ALSO
LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, WHEN YOU
WERE CHAIRING CITY LIKE
COMMITTEE, YOU AND THE MAYOR
HAVE ALLOWED ME TO JOIN, THANK
YOU FOR LETTING ME COME WITH
YOU COME UP TO MEET WITH THE
INDIAN TRIBES REGARDING THE
RELICENSING OF THE HYDRO
FACILITIES . SIMILAR TO HOW
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WAS
SAYING, I LIKE TO DO
CONSULTATION, THAT WAS A FIRST
IN MANY WAYS. OR AT LEAST A
FIRST AND A VERY LONG TIME ,
AND IT WAS HOW YOU SHOWED UP
AND HOW YOU STARTED YOUR JOB.
JUST SAYING THANKS.
>> I HAVE BEEN -- THANK YOU
FOR RECOGNIZING THAT. MOSTLY
WHAT I'M FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW
IS MAKING SURE THAT WE DO
HAVE THAT ON DEMAND TREATMENT .
I TRIED THAT LAST YEAR AND WE
GOT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY FOR
SOME ON-DEMAND TREATMENT
LOOKING AT EXPLORING OTHER
MODELS.
>> JUST HOLDING A LITTLE BIT OF
SPACE TO HEAR IF ANYBODY IS
CALLED TO SPEAK. TIM?
>> I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN
LEARNING MORE ABOUT TRIBAL
RELATIONS. I SEE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO DO OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF YEARS. I HOPE YOU SEE
THE DIRECTION WE ARE GOING AS A
GOOD DIRECTION AND I LOOK -- WE
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE
WORK WITH ALL OF YOU TO ENGAGE
WITH OUR TRIBES, WITH OUR
NATIVE COMMUNITIES TO HELP
ADDRESS SOME OF THESE TOPICS
THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND I
JUST WANTED TO RAISE MY HANDS
TO YOU. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH
] . I RAISE MY HANDS TO ALL OF
YOU HONORABLE NOBLE PEOPLE. WE
ARE FINISHED.
>> THANK YOU. THIS WILL
CONCLUDE OUR MARCH 6th, 2024
FINANCE, NATIVE COMMUNITIES
AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
COMMITTEE. COUNSEL NUMBER
KETTLE, I HAVE 29 MINUTES TO
GO TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE. WE
WILL WALK BY THOSE CANNONBALLS
THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF
THE PARK. WITH THAT, WE ARE
CONCLUDED. THAT WAS A
WONDERFUL CONVERSATION.