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Tribal leaders and Indigenous Advisory Council brief committee on government-to-government work and priorities
Summary
Tribal elected leaders and the Indigenous Advisory Council updated the committee on tribal relations, consultation practices, the 2024 Indigenous Advisory Council work plan, and plans for a Tribal Nations summit and other collaborative efforts.
Elected tribal leaders and staff from the Office of Intergovernmental Relations and the Department of Neighborhoods briefed the Finance committee on June 18 about recent tribal relations work, the Indigenous Advisory Council’s priorities and plans to strengthen government-to-government engagement.
Councilmembers Donnie Stevenson (Muckleshoot Indian Tribe) and Luther J. Mills (Suquamish Tribe) opened the discussion, and Franchesca Miran, the city’s tribal relations director in the Office of Intergovernmental Relations, and Lydia Fattala of the Department of Neighborhoods summarized the city’s two main engagement pathways: formal tribal relations (government-to-government consultation) and the Indigenous Advisory Council (IAC), a city commission composed entirely of Native people.
Miran and Fattala described how the city is expanding…
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