WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS

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WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS

• STEVE CRAWFORD
• MS Psychology, MS zoology
• ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTOR
• PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE

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PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE
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Maine

Windpower site
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TRIBES ARE DIFFERENT.
HISTORY GOVERNANCE CULTURE
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AWARENESS OF THESE DIFFERENCES IS ESSENTIAL IN
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. IGNORANCE HAS
CONSEQUENCES
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• CONSEQUENCES
• MISCOMMUNICATION
• MISUNDERSTANDING
• FRUSTRATION
• FAILURE

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• SOME COMMONALITIES
• EVERY TRIBE IS
• UNIQUE
• OPERATES ON TRIBAL TIME
• SENSE OF PAST, PRESENT , FUTURE DIFFERENT THAN
  WESTERN PERCEPTION

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• COMMONALITIES (2)
• EXTRAORDINARY SENSE OF COMMUNITY, AND PLACE
• EXPERIENCES RACISM
• BRAIN DRAIN
• SKEPTICISM OF FED AND STATE GOVERNMENTS

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• EXAMPLES
• WHAT DIDNT WORK
• WIND FARM

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• WIND QUALITY
• CLASS 3 14.7 MPH
• 23 CAPACITY AT 100 METERS
• VIABLE WITH GE 1.5 MW
• TURBINE
• TRANSMISSION
• RESTRICTED TO 55 MW, BY
• LOCAL 115 KV LINE

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• TWO TRIBES
• JTC
• POLITICS

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• MULTI-MEDIA GRANT
• GOALS
• Identify potential air toxins to
  community from plume studies.
• Sample sustenance foods for
  pollutants.
• Determine risk level to Tribe

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1.EPA KNOWS WHATS WRONG 2. EPA WILL TELL TRIBE
HOW TO FIX IT. 3. TRIBE WILL BE OVERJOYED
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• EXAMPLES
• WHAT WORKS
• RESPECT
• EARLY, FREQUENT CONSULTATION
• PATIENCE

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• RESPECT
• TRIBES WERE HERE FIRST
• MANY (MOST?) ON ANCESTRAL LANDS, INTIMATE
  ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE
• NEVER FAIL TO RECOGNIZE THIS!!!

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• CONSULTATION
• COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES
• WHO?
• GOVERNOR, DIRECTOR, ADM.SECRETARY
• HOW?
• EMAIL, SLOW MAIL
• WHEN?
• EARLY AND OFTEN!!

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