Tribal Emergency Management:

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Tribal Emergency Management

• Issues of Fitting a
• Square Peg in a
• Round Hole

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Tribal Nations

• Sovereignty
• The supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power
  by which any independent state is governed.
• Blacks Law Dictionary, 4th Ed.

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Emergency Management

• Federal ?
• State ?
• Local ?
• Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
• and Emergency Assistance Act,
• as amended, and Related
• Authorities
• FEMA 592, June 2007

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Tribal Emergency Management

• Federal ? ?
• State ? ?
• Local

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Hypotheses

• Expect that the greater the number of governance
  areas that a tribal nation has taken over for
  their nation the more capabilities and capacities
  the nation will have to conduct emergency
  management functions within their nation.
• Cultural beliefs will influence the extent to
  which a tribal nation will carry out emergency
  management functions.
• Standing treaties will influence a tribal
  nations ability to cooperate with state on
  emergency management issues including the flow of
  grant monies and disaster relief.

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Hypotheses

• State laws and governing structures will
  influence tribal nations ability to participate
  in the emergency management function.
• Federal institutional prejudices, laws, governing
  structures will influence a tribal nations
  ability to fully participate in emergency
  management functions.

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Study Design

• An analytical narrative to explore tribal
  emergency management and the variables that
  influence a tribal nations ability to
  effectively prepare for and recover from
  disasters.
• Comparing two tribal nations.

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Expected Outcomes

• Continuum of capabilities moving from immature
  government structures towards mature government
  structures.

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• Questions

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• Let us put our heads together and see what kind
  of life we can make for our children.
• Sitting Bull

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Thank you . . .

• Jodi Van Horne
• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• 1800 Tysons Boulevard
• McLean, VA 22102-4261
• 703 918 6051
• jodi.van.horne_at_us.pwc.com