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39 This appendix is a compilation of 30 profiles of Indian tribal transportation programs based on interviews with tribal contacts, using the questionnaire reproduced in Appendix D The questionnaire itself was developed by the American Planning Association (APA)
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Alabama–Coushatta Tribe 519 State Park Road 53 Livingston, TX 77351 Date: November 25, 2005 Revised: May 26, 2006 Contact Information: Donnis B Battise, Tribal Transportation Planner Telephone: 936-563-1100 E-mail: tcdbattise@actribe.org Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Alabama–Coushatta tribe has 1,119 members, of which 503 live within the boundaries of the reservation as of 2000.
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41 have that much travel money." Mr. Battise reports that he found PAIKI, the firm that is developing the long-range transportation plan, at a conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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42 Wisconsin Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians P.O. Box 39 Odanah, WI 54861 Date: October 20, 2005 Updated: June 8, 2006 Contact Information: Angela Houle, Transit Manager Telephone: 715-685-9461 E-mail: brtransit@badriver.com Robert Blanchard, Tribal Roads Manager Telephone: 715-682-7153 E-mail: brroads@mail.badriver.com Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians has a 2000 census population of 1,935.
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43 Mr. Blanchard estimated that 20% of the plan has been implemented.
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Pedestrian/bicycle/sidewalk safety. None, but needed.
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45 Minnesota Bois Forte Band of Chippewa P.O. Box 16 Nett Lake, MN 55772 Date: July 27, 2005 Contact Information: David Danz, Planning Director Carl Dagen, Public Works Director Telephone: 218-757-3261 E-mail: ddanz@rangenet.com Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa has a 2000 census population of 657.
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Three significant proposals contained in the plan are: • O'Leary Bridge -- replacement of a 55-ft bridge (steel construction) spanning the Nett Lake River.
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47 Seat belt safety. None indicated.
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48 Oklahoma Cherokee Nation P.O. Box 948 Tahlequah, OK 74465 Date: June 22, 2005 Contact Information: Michael Lynn, Director, Cherokee Nation Roads Program Telephone: 918-456-0671, ext.
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49 In addition, the transportation plan contains linkages with the following other planning activities by the tribes: • Land-use planning • Historic preservation, cultural resources, and archaeology • Community and economic development Coordination with Outside Agencies BIA. The tribe works in conjunction with the Eastern Oklahoma regional office in Muskogee.
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Innovations/TTAP Assistance The Cherokee Nation has taken control of its entire program on transportation from BIA under a self-governance compact. "We have taken over everything we can," says Lynn, except for some areas considered inherent federal functions, such as environmental assessments or restricted and trust land acquisitions.
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51 Idaho Coeur D'Alene Tribe 850 A Street P.O. Box 408 Plummer, ID 83851 Date: May 26, 2006 Contact Information: Lux Devereaux, Transportation Planner Telephone: 208-686-5702 E-mail: ldevereaux@cdatribe-nsn.gov Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Coeur D'Alene Tribe has a land area totaling 362,000 acres.
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Coordination with Outside Agencies BIA. The tribe works directly with BIA branch office in Portland, Oregon.
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53 bicycles and pedestrians. The total line was 72 miles, of which 15 miles run through the reservation.
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54 Montana Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes P.O. Box 278 Pablo, MT 59855 Date: June 14, 2005 Revised: June 6, 2006 Contact Information: Lewis Yellow Robe, Transportation Planner Telephone: 206-675-2700, ext.
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55 Citizen participation was part of the planning process and took the following forms: • Public hearings • Public meetings • Survey In addition, the transportation plan contains linkages with the following other planning activities by the tribes: • Land-use planning • Public utilities, including sewer and water • Historic preservation, cultural resources, and archaeology • Community and economic development Coordination with Outside Agencies BIA. BIA's northwestern regional office receives the tribes' transportation improvement plan and approves the construction control schedule, then approves the transportation planning, design, and construction programs and projects.
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crosswalks with concrete strips and changes in surface texture to alert drivers. "We wanted the roads to handle more than motorized traffic.
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57 Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 1233 Veterans Street P.O. Box 1299 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Date: June 28, 2005 Updated: June 5, 2006 Contact Information: Kip Burdick, Tribal Engineer and Transportation Planner Telephone: 541-553-3221 E-mail: kburdick@wstribes.org Basic Tribal Data and Structure Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation consists of three tribes -- the Warm Springs, Wasco, and Paiute tribes.
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2002, and the tribe updated it in 2006. According to Mr.
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59 Alcoholism counseling or intervention related to the operation of motor vehicles. Tribal police handle vehicle and alcoholism issues.
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60 Alaska Craig Community Association P.O. Box 828 Craig, AK 99921 Date: September 23, 2005 Revised: January 6, 2006 Contact Information: Sam Thomas, Transportation Planner Telephone: 907-826-3998 E-mail: crabbay13@hotmail.com Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Craig Community Association had a 2000 census population of 640.
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61 • Pavement management system inventory • Transportation safety program • Operation of a public transportation system • Construction or maintenance of sidewalks • Construction of maintenance of bikeways or bike lanes • Operation of air, freight, rail, port, or multi-modal facilities It is worth noting that, given the context described earlier, there are new elements of local transportation coming into play for the tribe, whether individually or in cooperation with other jurisdictions on the island, including the city of Craig, with which, Mr. Thomas says, the tribe has an excellent working relationship.
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Mr. Thomas did not list capital expenditures for transportation projects.
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63 North Carolina Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians P.O. Box 2400 Cherokee, NC 28719 Date: July 25, 2005 Revised: May 26, 2006 Contact Information: Barak Myers, Transportation Planner Telephone: 828-497-1867 E-mail: baramyer@nc-cherokee.com Kathy Littlejohn, Transit Manager Telephone: 828-497-7974 E-mail: kathlitt@nc-cherokee.com (Survey was initially completed by Ned Long, but supplemented later through a telephone interview with Barak Myers, his successor, and then with Kathy Littlejohn concerning transit programs.)
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which has its own staff and board of directors apart from tribal government, operates its own charter bus service, largely for such purposes as transportation to sporting events and activities. Cherokee Central Schools, which has its own P.L.
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65 Unmet Needs The three greatest unmet needs, as seen by Cherokee DOT, are seen as: • Maintenance funding • Construction funding • Equipment funding In addition, for the transit program, replacement of vehicles is "critical" because their replacement by the state is "slow." Maintenance Maintenance of state roads on the reservation is provided by NCDOT. The tribe and BIA maintain and fund tribal roads.
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66 Wyoming Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapahoe P.O. Box 217 Fort Washakie, WY 82514 Date: June 7, 2005 Revised: July 27, 2006 Contact Information: John P
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67 replacing asphalt, curb and gutter, sidewalks, and relocating utilities Citizen participation in plan development took place in the form of: • Public hearings • Public meetings The transportation plan contains linkage to the following planning activities: • Land-use planning • Public utilities, including water and sewer • Historic preservation, cultural resources, and archaeology • Community and economic development With regard to land-use planning, Mr. Smith says the new plan is a spin-off of the old land-use plan, "which has not been adopted by the council," but was completed a year earlier, and part of which was used in documentation for the new plan.
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68 Alaska Native Village of Eyak P.O. Box 1388 Cordova, AK 99574 Date: June 30, 2005 Revised: May 12, 2006 Contact Information: Joe Kompkoff, Road Planner/Community Development Specialist Telephone: 907-424-7738 E-mail: joek@nveyak.org Bruce Cain, Executive Director of Village Telephone: 907-424-7738 E-mail: bruce@nveyak.org Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Native Village of Eyak had a 2000 census population of 379 persons.
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69 Coordination with Outside Agencies BIA. "We need to funnel everything through BIA for funding or anything," says Mr.
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70 Montana Fort Belknap Indian Community R.R. #1 Box 66 Harlem, MT 59526 Date: July 20, 2005 Revised: August 10, 2006 Contact Information: C
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71 Staff The tribe has two FTE staff positions devoted to its transportation program. One of these is the transportation director; there is no engineer on staff.
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73 • Sheriff, Blaine County Sheriff's Office • Fort Belknap College/Volunteer Fire Department, FBIC • Fire Chief, Fort Belknap Vol. Fire Department, FBIC • Little Rockies Retirement Home With regard to specific safety programs: Roadway safety audits: This is being addressed through the Transportation Planning Department and will consist of a safety audit in reference to signage inventory, pedestrians/bicycle facilities, signalization, channelization, reconfigurations, speed control, and safe bus routes to school.
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74 Wisconsin Ho-Chunk Nation 28902 Highway 21 Tomah, WI 54660 Date: July 27, 2005 Revised: January 9, 2006 Contact Information: Thaddeus Walczak, BIA Roads Project Coordinator Telephone: 608-374-3953 E-mail: twalczak@ho-chunk.com Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Ho-Chunk Nation counts approximately 6,500 registered members. The tribe does not have a reservation, so there is no census count for specific tracts that will match that number.
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75 Planning The tribe's current transportation plan is very recent, having been completed in June 2005, and adopted by the legislature on June 7. This is a five-year plan, but Mr.
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problem areas come up," says Mr. Walczak.
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77 California Hoopa Valley Tribe P.O. Box 1348 Hoopa, CA 95546 Date: August 31, 2005 Revised: June 7, 2006 Contact Information: Jacque Hostler, Roads Director Telephone: 530-625-4017 E-mail: huparoads@gmail.com, hvtroads@gmail.com Basic Tribal Data and Structure In the 2000 U.S.
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• Public meetings • Survey In addition, the transportation plan contains linkages with the following other planning activities by the tribes: • Land-use planning • Public utilities, including water and sewer • Historic preservation, cultural resources, and archaeology • Community and economic development Coordination with Outside Agencies BIA. BIA's regional roads engineer is the primary contact and works closely with the tribe on each specific project.
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79 Channelization.
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80 Alaska Kawerak, Inc.
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81 plans are currently under development, but Ms. Michels and Ms.
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responsibilities in the development and maintenance of transportation infrastructure. "Kawerak's board has authorized by resolution to pool all funds each tribe receives.
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83 Washington Makah Tribe P.O. Box 115 Neah Bay, WA 98357 Date: September 6, 2005 Revised: May 30, 2006 Contact Information: Greg W
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Three significant elements contained in the plan were: • Scenic byway • Repair and reconstruction of Bay View Avenue • Construction of the Cape Flattery scenic byway, which has been funded through an earmark in congressional legislation Citizen participation in the planning process took the following forms: • Public hearings • Public meetings • A 19-question community survey In addition, the transportation plan contains linkages with the following other planning activities by the tribes: • Land-use planning • Public utilities, including water and sewer (there is a wastewater master plan) • Historic preservation, cultural resources, and archaeology • Fifteen other active plans developed by the tribe, including a hazard mitigation plan under the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, a forest management plan, and a port plan Coordination with Outside Agencies BIA.
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85 Speed control. The tribal police address this issue, and respond to telephone calls on this problem.
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86 Connecticut Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation 2 Matt's Path, P.O. Box 3060 Mashantucket, CT 06338 Date: July 14, 2005 Revised: May 30, 2006 Contact Information: Cedric Woods, Deputy Chief Operating Officer Telephone: 860-396-2187 E-mail: jwoods@mptn-nsn.gov Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has a population of 794, roughly 250 of whom live on the reservation along with an additional 100 other non-tribal members.
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87 from the Tribal Manager's Office, the Chief Operating Officer, the Public Works Department, and Planning and Community Development Department prepared the plan. The tribal council adopted the plan in 2004.
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88 Arizona Navajo Nation Department of Transportation P.O. Box 4620 Window Rock, AZ 86515 Date: July 25, 2005 Revision: May 2, 2006 Contact Information: Salisa Norstog, Principal Planner Telephone: 928-871-7985 E-mail: snorstog@navajotransportation.org Additional interviews: Roger Walkenhorst rwalkenhorst@navajo.org Julius Tulley jctulley@navajo.org Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Navajo Reservation is the nation's largest, containing a land area of 17,553,559 acres, or 27,427 square miles spread across 11 counties in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
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89 • Maintain and update inventory of transportation facilities including: – Road and rights-of-way – Bridge location and photograph – Navajo DOT does not currently have a sign inventory but plans to do so in the future. – BIA has responsibility for the pavement management system and full bridge inventory.
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In addition, the transportation plan contains linkages with the following other planning activities by the tribes: • Land-use planning • Historic preservation, cultural resources, and archaeology • Chapter land use plans and economic development • Recreation and tourism Coordination with Outside Agencies BIA. The Navajo Nation has P.L.
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91 Maintenance The Navajo Nation uses its Road Fund to address road improvements and maintenance that cannot be addressed by federal, state, and county road and maintenance program funding. The Road Fund is also earmarked primarily for road maintenance and transportation projects that are not on the federal, state, and county road systems (approximately 5,000–10,000 miles)
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92 Kansas Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation 16281 Q Road Mayetta, KS 66509 Date: July 21, 2005 Revised: May 24, 2006 Contact Information: Tim Ramirez, Director, Roads and Bridges Department/BIA 638 Road Maintenance 14880 K Road Mayetta, KS 66509 Telephone: 785-966-2375 Fax: 785-966-2693 E-mail: pbprb@pbpnation.org Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has a 2000 population of 740 Indians, 518 non-Indians, and a total enrolled tribal membership of 5,000, with more than 50% of the tribal members living within 50 miles of the reservation. The total acreage of the reservation is 77,740 acres, including 14,140 acres of tribal U.S.
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93 Staff The tribe reports 31 full-time staff persons working on transportation programs, including one professional planner (the road and bridge director) , and one professional engineer.
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Speed control. The tribe has posted tribal police enforced speed limits and reduced speed in some zones.
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95 Nevada Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe P.O. Box 256 Nixon, NV 89424 Date: July 17, 2005 Revised: June 1, 2006 Contact Information: Della John, Administrator Telephone: 775-574-1000 E-mail: djohn@plpt.nsn.us Tim Wadsworth, Tribal Planner E-mail: twadsworth@plpt.nsn.us Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe has a total census population of 1,388.
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Staff The tribe reports one maintenance staff person working on transportation programs. The staff does not include a professional planner or a professional engineer.
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97 Minnesota Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians P.O. Box 550, Highway 1 East Red Lake, MN 56671 Date: June 22, 2005 Revised: August 24, 2006 Contact Information: Jim Walker, Director, Tribal Roads Telephone: 218-679-2416 E-mail: jwalker@paulbunyan.net Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Red Lake Indian Reservation has a 2000 census population of approximately 5,400, out of a total tribal enrollment of approximately 10,000.
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to 2025. The last amendments were approved in 2004, but the tribe will be amending it again in 2006.
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99 with design people at the MnDOT to implement some required measures. Some mitigation mandates from the U.S.
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situations on the reservation, highway design and construction has also involved collaboration with MnDOT. The tribe also overcame some legal obstacles that had prevented the state from contracting with the tribe because of its sovereign status, by persuading the legislature to authorize state agencies to contract directly with the Indian tribes in Minnesota.
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101 lowa Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa 349 Meskwaki Road Tama, IA 52339-9629 Date: May 12, 2006 Contact Information: Sandra Monck Telephone: 641-484-4678 E-mail: smonck@meskwaki.org Curtis Seymour Telephone: 641-484-4600 E-mail: ccseymour@meskwaki.org Basic Tribal Data and Structure Although the 2000 census put the Sac and Fox population at 761, a 2005 housing survey recorded 1,462 tribal members living on the Meskwaki Settlement. The total land area owned by the Settlement is 6,967 acres in Tama County and approximately 700 conservation acres in Palo Alto County, Iowa.
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• Bridge replacements • Paving Meskwaki Road, which bisects the settlement and is a gravel road Approximately 40% of the Tribal Transportation Improvement Plan contained within the 2005 long-range plan has been implemented. Citizen participation was part of the planning process and took the following forms: • Public meetings, held at the Tribal Center after working hours, to gather community input and later compiled and integrated before plan was submitted to the Tribal Council.
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103 Desired Changes Sandra Monck, Meskwaki Planning Director, indicated that the tribe will aggressively seek grant opportunities from sources outside BIA. She also stated "that as a federally recognized tribe, other forms of government must recognize the tribe as ‘equals.' Perceptions exist that federally recognized tribes are less adept.
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104 New York Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe 412 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655 Date: August 30, 2005 Revised: July 26, 2006 Contact Information: Travis J Solomon, Construction Infrastructure Manager and Tribal Planner Telephone: 518-358-9213 E-mail: tsolomon@srmt-nsn.gov Basic Tribal Data and Structure As of July 27, 2006, the Saint Regis Mohawk tribe had a population of 11,880.
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105 Regional councils of government. Very little if any coordination exists in this area.
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106 Oklahoma Seminole Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1498 Wewoka, OK 74884 Date: August 15, 2006 Contact Information: Chris Cutler, P.E., Director of Transportation Telephone: 405-257-7294 E-mail: ccutler@seminolenation.com Matt Morris, AICP, Transportation Planner Telephone: 405-257-7296 E-mail: mmorris@seminolenation.com Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma had 12,750 people according to the 2000 census; however, as of January 2006 the tribe had 14,964 people.
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107 Group of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is currently preparing a Long-Range Transportation Planning Study for the tribe, which will result in a long-range transportation plan and an IRR inventory update. The tribe anticipates completion of the plan, with a 20-year horizon, by February 2007, with submission to BIA by March 15, 2007, following its adoption.
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Safety Programs Signalization. Not applicable.
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109 ldaho The Shoshone–Bannock Tribes P.O.
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The inventory also includes field review and inputting data into a BIA 5704 form that constitutes a complex number of fields and sections related to condition, width, shoulder, functional classification, and other pertinent road data. Graphical strip maps and photos accompany the data that are subsequently submitted to BIA to be inputted into a national inventory database.
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111 should be included as a policymaker in the Bannock Planning Organization; however, the board then denied this claim and refused to invest in the reservation itself. Other transportation providers.
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Speed control. Tribal DOT interacts with the general public, counties, and tribal and local law enforcement authorities to include road patrol by roads maintenance and a transportation safety specialist to identify problem areas, set up traffic counters to monitor speed, and provide safety alternatives.
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113 Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe P.O. Box 737 Ignacio, CO 81137 Date: July 14, 2005 Contact Information: Rodney Class-Erickson, Tribal Planner Telephone: 970-563-0138, ext.
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Citizen participation was included in the planning process in the form of public hearings. The transportation plan contains linkages with the following other planning activities by the tribe: • Land-use planning • Public utilities, including water and sewer • Historic preservation, cultural resources, and archaeology • Community and economic development Coordination with Outside Agencies BIA.
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115 North/South Dakota Standing Rock Sioux Tribe P.O. Box "D" Fort Yates, ND 58538 Date: May 5, 2006 Contact Information: Pete Red Tomahawk, Transportation Programs Director Telephone: 701-854-7400 E-mail: srsttp@westriv.com Basic Tribal Data and Structure According to the 2003 BIA Labor Force report, the population of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is 13,848.
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With respect to signs, BIA "provides and maintains the sign inventory. FHWA road safety audit found BIA dropped the ball in providing signs that should have been in place.
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117 Signage. This is part of the recent inventory.
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118 Arizona Tohono O'Odham P.O. Box 837 Sells, AZ 85634 Date: June 15, 2005 Updated: June 5, 2006 Contact Information: Fred Stevens, Project Specialist Telephone: 520-383-4550 E-mail: fredwhatgis@yahoo.com Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Tohono O'Odham tribe has a 2000 census population of 10,734.
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119 to such an extent that school buses bringing students to school off the reservation have reported extensive damage as a result of the road's condition. • Maintenance for Gu Vo Community Loop, an existing road off BIA Federal Route 1 that needs paving and some attention to drainage.
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120 Nebraska Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska P.O. Box 687 100 Bluff Street Winnebago, NE 68071 Date: June 13, 2005 Revised: June 7, 2006 Contact Information: Ron Nohr, Transportation Planner Telephone: 402-878-3207 E-mail: nohr@gpcom.net Basic Tribal Data and Structure The Winnebago reservation in Nebraska totals 8,100 acres.
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121 State transportation agencies. The tribe works with the Nebraska State Department of Roads (NDOR)
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122 New Mexico Pueblo of Zuni 1203-B State Highway 53 P.O. Box 339 Zuni, NM 87327 Date: July 28, 2005 Revised: June 8, 2006 Contact Information: Royce R
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123 • Community and economic development • Transportation goals Coordination with Outside Agencies BIA. The tribe and BIA conduct periodic meetings to discuss funding, transportation project listings, and updating of the IRR inventory.
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