{"id":28149,"date":"2022-09-14T01:32:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T05:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=28149"},"modified":"2022-09-14T01:32:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T05:32:20","slug":"our-policy-is-nation-to-nation-tribes-join-president-biden-for-celebration-at-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/09\/14\/our-policy-is-nation-to-nation-tribes-join-president-biden-for-celebration-at-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Our policy is nation-to-nation&#8217;: Tribes join President Biden for celebration at White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=row><div class=col-7><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/09\/14\/our-policy-is-nation-to-nation-tribes-join-president-biden-for-celebration-at-white-house\/haroldfrazierjoebiden\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-attachment-id=\"28150\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/09\/14\/our-policy-is-nation-to-nation-tribes-join-president-biden-for-celebration-at-white-house\/haroldfrazierjoebiden\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/14\/HaroldFrazierJoeBiden-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 13 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1663087204&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005800464037123&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Harold Frazier and Joe Biden\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Harold Frazier and Joe Biden&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Nation-To-Nation: Chairman Harold Frazier of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, left, greets President Joe Biden of the United States at the White House on September 13, 2022. Photo courtesy Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/14\/HaroldFrazierJoeBiden-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/14\/HaroldFrazierJoeBiden-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Harold Frazier and Joe Biden\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-28150\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"col-5 align-self-end\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> NATION-TO-NATION: Chairman Harold Frazier of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, left, greets President Joe Biden of the United States at the White House on September 13, 2022. Photo courtesy Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe <\/figcaption><\/div><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h1-responsive\">&#8216;Our policy is nation-to-nation&#8217;<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Tribes join President Biden for celebration at White House<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, September 14, 2022<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212; Tribal leaders are looking forward to addressing climate change and improving economic conditions in their communities following the signing of the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/08\/08\/inflation-reduction-act-brings-new-climate-and-energy-investments-to-indian-country\/>Inflation Reduction Act<\/a> into law.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nChairman Harold Frazier of the <a href=https:\/\/www.cheyenneriversiouxtribe.org\/>Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe<\/a> and President Jonathan Nez of the <a href=https:\/\/www.navajo-nsn.gov\/>Navajo Nation<\/a> were among hundreds of dignitaries who traveled to the White House    for a ceremony celebrating the new law on Tuesday. Although President Joe Biden did not specifically mention Indian Country in his <a href=https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/09\/13\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-passage-of-h-r-5376-the-inflation-reduction-act-of-2022\/>remarks about the Inflation Reduction Act<\/a>, he reaffirmed his administration&#8217;s commitment to the trust and treaty obligation as he worked his way though the large crowd on a sunny afternoon in the nation&#8217;s capital.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Chairman,&#8221; the president said in greeting Frazier on the South Lawn at the White House, &#8220;Our policy is nation-to-nation.&#8221;\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yilMUJ_pTL4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The White House: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/yilMUJ_pTL4>President Biden Hosts an Event Celebrating the Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe new law reflects the Biden administration&#8217;s policy. Enacted by the 117th Congress through  <a href=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/5376>H.R.5376<\/a>, the Inflation Reduction Act will bring more than $720 million directly to American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities to help them with <a href=https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/08\/18\/fact-sheet-how-the-inflation-reduction-act-helps-tribal-communities\/>climate resiliency, home electrification, drought relief and clean energy initiatives<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/P>\r\nAdditionally, the package expands loan and loan guarantee programs for tribes by historic amounts and ensures that tribes are eligible to apply for competitive grants throughout the federal government. A resource guide recently released by the <a href=https:\/\/indian.senate.gov\/>Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a> describes the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/08\/16\/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-touts-720-million-for-native-communities-in-inflation-reduction-act\/>opportunities as worth \u201cbillions\u201d of dollars<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Today offers proof that the soul of America is vibrant, the future of America is bright, and the promise of America is real,&#8221; Biden said at the ceremony. &#8220;It is real.&#8221;\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nFor the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, whose homelands  sit more than 1,500 miles from the White House, the Inflation Reduction Act truly holds promise.\r\n<a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/CRSTChairman>Chairman Frazier<\/a>, who relayed the president&#8217;s &#8220;nation-to-nation&#8221; commitment to Indianz.Com, is welcoming the opportunities provided by the law, especially when it comes to clean energy.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_indianz-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/09\/13\/harold-frazier-honor-sacred-promises-to-our-native-sovereign-nations\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/17\/haroldfrazier-scaled-e1623415129341-4.jpg\" alt=\"Harold Frazier: Honor sacred promises to our Native Sovereign Nations\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/09\/13\/harold-frazier-honor-sacred-promises-to-our-native-sovereign-nations\/\">\n\t\t\tHarold Frazier: Honor sacred promises to our Native Sovereign Nations\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/09\/13\/harold-frazier-honor-sacred-promises-to-our-native-sovereign-nations\/\">\n\t\t\t<p>Mni Wiconi means water is life, and no one will silence our Native peoples.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"Indianz.Com\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tIndianz.Com\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSpecifically, Cheyenne River will be relying on the gifts of <em>Unci Maka<\/em>, or Grandmother Earth, to power a 450MW wind farm on the reservation in South Dakota.\r\nThe <a href=https:\/\/www.apexcleanenergy.com\/insight\/apex-clean-energy-recognized-best-largest-pipeline-wind-projects-u-s-2\/><em>Ta\u2019teh Topa<\/em> project<\/a>, whose name means &#8220;Four Winds&#8221; in the Lakota language, is taking advantage of tax credits  that can be accessed directly by the tribe, finally putting renewable energy in reach for the community.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;That\u2019s what the Inflation Reduction Act means for Indian Country,&#8221; Frazier told Indianz.Com after his exchange with the president.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\nSimilarly, <a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/NNPrezNez>President Nez<\/a> of the Navajo Nation hailed the law as a significant sign of progress. He said the Inflation Reduction Act brings  yet another influx of resources to the largest reservation in the U.S., following similarly historic investments from  <a href=\/covid19\/>COVID-19<\/a> and infrastructure packages that have crossed the finish line since Biden took office almost 20 months ago.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cThe Navajo Nation has a seat at the table with President Biden and his administration,&#8221; Nez said after the ceremony. &#8220;The American Rescue Plan Act delivered over $2 billion to the Navajo Nation, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is delivering millions more, and now the Inflation Reduction Act will help our people with drought mitigation, clean energy initiatives, lower prescription costs, and much more. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NezLizer2018\/posts\/pfbid02MdQn4xLwaBbMTehb1QvJ6xJe5rMkJr4omin7Epe9fg1XBLY2A2JeH6pHyCzLkX8yl\" data-width=\"552\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nPresident Biden&#8217;s pledge to uphold the nation-to-nation framework comes as the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe raises alarms about a potential setback in the 117th Congress. In an opinion published on Indianz.Com on Tuesday, Chairman Frazier joined growing criticism of a legislative proposal that would <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/09\/13\/harold-frazier-honor-sacred-promises-to-our-native-sovereign-nations\/>streamline the approval of energy pipelines<\/a> across America.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n  Indian Country has long opposed such projects  due to <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/06\/10\/a-great-day-for-mother-earth-tribes-welcome-demise-of-keystone-xl-pipeline\/>negative impacts on human lives, as well as water, air and other natural resources<\/a>, many of which are supposed to be protected by treaties and government-to-government agreements.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBut not only will tribes and their citizens face more unwanted oil and gas pipelines, they would  be unable to stop the developments due to <a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/additional-members-sign-chair-grijalva-letter-to-house-leadership-opposing-permitting-rider-in-continuing-resolution-totaling-76->proposed changes in the federal permitting process<\/a> that limit public interaction. According to critics  &#8212; especially  Native  environmental activists  &#8212; the proposal sacrifices people for profits that only benefit the energy industry.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;This is real cloak and dagger politics and it\u2019s our communities, our tribal nations, who are under threat,\u201d said <a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/joyem_braun?>Joye Braun,<\/a> a Cheyenne River citizen who   is a frontline community organizer with   the <a href=https:\/\/www.ienearth.org\/>Indigenous Environmental Network<\/a>. \u201cThis bill will gut the consultative and judicial review processes while slashing what little protections we have for clean water, and our ancestral homelands.\u201d\r\n<P><\/P><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nDemocrats in the <a href=https:\/\/www.house.gov\/>U.S. House of Representatives<\/a> are mobilizing to defeat the changes before they even become  a reality.  The so-called permitting reforms have surfaced   in the <a href=https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/>U.S. Senate<\/a>, where  Republicans have greater ability to influence legislative outcomes due to the chamber being evenly split among the two major parties.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cAs tribal people, we need to be included in these conversations and immediately have consultation from the beginning because we are supposed to have a government-to-government relationship,&#8221; said Jannan Cornstalk, a citizen of the <a href=https:\/\/ltbbodawa-nsn.gov\/>Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians<\/a> who  serves as director of <a href=https:\/\/www.waterislifefestival.org\/>Water is Life Festival<\/a> in Michigan. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Many times that doesn&#8217;t happen, and this dirty deal would only deepen the denial of consultation and consent with tribes and others most harmed by polluting extraction projects,\u201d  Cornstalk said of the proposal.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAfter the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law on August 16, the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/16\/sciainflationreductionact.pdf>Senate Committee on Indian Affairs highlighted by the following investments<\/a> in its resource  guide for Native communities:\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$235 million for tribal climate resilience, including fish hatchery operations and maintenance<\/li>\r\n<li>$225 million for development of tribal high-efficiency electric home rebate programs<\/li>\r\n<li>$150 million for tribal home electrification<\/li>\r\n<li>$75 million for the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program, including <a href=https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/lpo\/articles\/direct-lending-tribal-energy-projects-implemented>direct loans to tribes<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>  $20 billion in allowable loan guarantees under the <a href=chttps:\/\/www.energy.gov\/lpo\/tribal-energy-loan-guarantee-program>Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program<\/a>, a ten-fold increase  in investments<\/li>\r\n<li>$25 million for Native Hawaiian climate resilience<\/li>\r\n<li>$12.5 million for tribal emergency drought relief<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAdditionally, the White House has begun compiling the ways in which Americans can benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act through tax credits, rebates and other programs. Some of the benefits listed on <a href=https:\/\/www.cleanenergy.gov>cleanenergy.gov<\/a> can be accessed immediately and others will be available over the coming months and even years.\r\n<p><\/p> \r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/08\/23\/native-america-calling-how-the-inflation-reduction-act-helps-earth\/\" title=\"Native America Calling: How the Inflation Reduction Act helps Earth\">Native America Calling: How the Inflation Reduction Act helps Earth<\/a> (August 23, 2022)<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/08\/16\/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-touts-720-million-for-native-communities-in-inflation-reduction-act\/\" title=\"Senate Committee on Indian Affairs touts $720 million for Native communities in Inflation Reduction Act\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs touts $720 million for Native communities in Inflation Reduction Act<\/a> (August 16, 2022)<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/08\/08\/inflation-reduction-act-brings-new-climate-and-energy-investments-to-indian-country\/\" title=\"Inflation Reduction Act brings new  climate and energy investments to Indian Country\">Inflation Reduction Act brings new  climate and energy investments to Indian Country<\/a> (August 8, 2022)<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tribal leaders are looking forward to addressing climate change and improving economic conditions in their communities through the Inflation Reduction Act.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[869,283,170,157,5,346,94,284,3243,500,48,916,1319,3382,53,28,277,1592,138,523,85,91,98,220,154,153],"class_list":["post-28149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-117th","tag-climate-change","tag-congress","tag-consultation","tag-coronavirus","tag-dc","tag-democrats","tag-energy","tag-h-r-5376","tag-harold-frazier","tag-house","tag-ien","tag-infrastructure","tag-jannan-cornstalk","tag-joe-biden","tag-jonathan-nez","tag-joye-braun","tag-little-traverse","tag-meetings","tag-michigan","tag-republicans","tag-senate","tag-south-dakota","tag-sovereignty","tag-treaties","tag-water","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/14\/WhiteHouse-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-7k1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}