Summary Report Front Range Air Force Regional Tribal Relations Meeting for AFCEC/CZO Midwest Region

Author(s): Stell; Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute

Year: 2018

Summary

This summary report details the results of the second-annual regional meeting coordinated for the Front Range Air Force (AF) Installation’s Tribal Relations Meeting between the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), Buckley Air Force Base (BAFB), Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station (CMAFS), F.E. Warren Air Force Base (FEWAFB), Peterson Air Force Base (PAFB), and Schriever Air Force Base (SAFB) held April 23–27, 2018 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The goal of the meeting was to continue developing and maintaining government-to-government relationships with Native American Tribes that have cultural affiliation to these United States Air Force (USAF) installations. In addition to the meeting, site visits to five of the six installations were conducted on April 23 (USAFA), 24 (SAFB and PAFB), 26 (BAFB), and 27 (WAFB). The intent for the meeting was for Tribes to identify and discuss the topics most pertinent to interactions with Air Force Bases (AFBs) and the goal of building and maintaining sustainable relationships. Commanders from each installation presented an overview of their base missions, histories, and resources. During these presentations, Tribal representatives were encouraged to raise questions and concerns. This effort was driven by Air Force Instruction (AFI) 90-2002, Air Force Interaction with Federally-Recognized Tribes, and is in compliance with all federal and state regulatory requirements and executive orders. The meeting was coordinated in collaboration with Base Cultural Resources Management Program (CRMP) Managers and Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (AFCEC) Cultural Resources Manager (CRM) Specialists.

Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute (Texas A&M NRI) retained Stell to assist with the relations meeting and site visit planning, scheduling, and coordinating Tribal travel logistics, as well as facilitating and documenting the meeting. This report summarizes the meeting proceedings and site visits, includes a summary of the presentations and discussions, and presents Tribal concerns to assist in planning future relationship-building events.

Cite this Record

Summary Report Front Range Air Force Regional Tribal Relations Meeting for AFCEC/CZO Midwest Region. Stell, Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute. 2018 ( tDAR id: 496887) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8496887

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma • Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, South Dakota • Comanche Nation of Oklahoma • Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, South Dakota • Fort Belknap Indian Community, Montana • Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico • Mescalero Apache Tribe, New Mexico • Northern Arapaho of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming • Pawnee Nation Business Council #3 • Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma • Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico • Rosebud Sioux Tribe, South Dakota • Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Colorado • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, North Dakota and South Dakota • Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation, North Dakota • Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah • Ute Mountain Ute, Colorado • Yankton Sioux Tribe, South Dakota

Investigation Types
Consultation • Heritage Management

General
Cheyenne Mountain • Front Range Air Force Regional Tribal Relations Meeting

Geographic Keywords
Colorado (State / Territory) • El Paso (County)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -105.01; min lat: 38.422 ; max long: -104.318; max lat: 38.706 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station CRM Manager

Record Identifiers

Task Order No.(s): 0007

Stell Project No.(s): 1580

Contract No.(s): W9128F-16-2-0021

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