Montana State Legislature

• Representative Clarena Brockie (D)
• Representative Forrestina (Frosty) Calf Boss Ribs (D)
• Representative Alan Doane (R)--Vice Chair
• Representative Nicholas Schwaderer(R)
• Senator Shannon J Augare (D)
• Senator Jime E Peterson (R)
• Senator Bruce Tutvedt (R)
• Senator Jonathan Windy Boy (D)-- Chair

Assigned Program Oversight

• Montana Indian Language Preservation Pilot Program (SB-342)

Other Work Plan Topics

• Bison Management
• Indian Incarceration
• Credit and Banking
• Transferability of Academic Credit
• Jobs and Economic Development
• CSKT Water Compact

• Agenda
• Minutes Log
• DRAFT Work Plan
• May 22, 2013, organizational meeting memo
• SB 342 - Indian Language Preservation Pilot Program
• Language Preservation Pilot Program guidelines
• Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education articles on Indian language preservation
• Recap of 2013 bison legislation
• Legislative Council's Rules, Procedures, and Guidelines for Interim Committees
• Reservation Rotation
• Department of Livestock Powerpoint Presentation on Bison

AGENDA

Minutes Log - October 3 -- October 4

MEETING DOCUMENTS

• Final Work Plan
• Fort Belknap Language Immersion Program Media Coverage
• CSKT Water Compact Update
• Bison Management Issues
  FWP Executive Summary Bison Issues of Concern
  Bison MOU FWP and Fort Belknap
  Bison MOU FWP and Fort Peck
  Bison MOU FWP and Fort Peck Amendment
  Bison Transfer Agreement between InterTribal Buffalo Council, National Park Service, and Yellowstone National Park
  InterTribal Buffalo Council Legal Memo on State Import Regulations
  American Prairie Reserve Organizational Summary
  American Prairie Reserve Bison Report
  Montana Supreme Court Decision on Bison Transfer
• Bison Legislation
  HB 482
  SB 212

• Agenda
• Minutes Log
• The Montana Indian Language Preservation Program: Summary of Quarterly Reports
• Bison Management
  • Statement from the Montan Farm Bureau Federation
  • Statement from the Office of the state Veterinarian
  • A.R.M. 32.3.224 on Domestic Bison
  • Jurisdiction over Wild Bison from Y.N.P.: Memo
• Tribal Secured Transaction Act
• Indian Incarceration

• Agenda
• Minutes Log

MEETING DOCUMENTS

• CSKT Water Compact
  • Reserved Water Rights Commission
    • Hornbein Outline
    • Hornbein FAQs
  • U.S. Department of the Interior
    • Mecham on Compacts
    • Mecham memo to CSKT
  • Irrigation Districts
    • Flathead and Mission Districts
      • Blevins Letter to CSKT Chair
      • Metropoulos Letter to WPIC
      • Metropoulos Letter to STRC
    • Jocko District
      • Mikkelson #1
      • Mikkelson #2
  • Overview of water compacts and litigation in other states
    • McCool #1
    • McCool #2

• Indian Incarceration
  • Department of Corrections
    • Cultural awareness training
• CSKT Discussion Documents
  • Bureau of Indian Education - Funded Schools
  • Taxes from two Federal Acts

• Agenda
• Minutes Log

Bison Management

• Iinni Initiative Brochure
• Iinni Initiative Talk

Schools

• Moratorium
• Variance to Standards

Sport Fish Restoration Program

• Sample Bill HB378 (2005)
• Sample Bill SB334 (2007)
• Sample Bill HB605 (2009)

Indian Incarceration

• Crossroads
  • Questionnaire
  • ACLU Complaint
  • Department of Corrections Investigation
  • General Release
  • Training Plan
• Department of Corrections - Cultural Awareness Training

• Agenda
• Minutes Log
• Committee Bill Drafts
  • LC0001: A bill removing the term "half-breed" and "breed" from signage and geological features
  • LC0348: A resolution urging Congress to allocate federal excise taxes to tribes (This bill draft was canceled)
  • LC0002: A resolution urging support of CSKT water compact process

• LC0349 -- Proposes removing the term "half breed" from signage and geological features in Montana
• LC0461 -- Proposes a joint resolution supporting the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' water compact process.

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