• Thanks to all the cooks who provided the wonderful meal at the beginning of the meeting.

    • The New officers for FY01-FY03 were introduced. They are:

Chairperson, Becky Redhorse, Bureau of Reclamation, (303) 445-2095

Vice Chairperson, Richard Anzures, Rocky Flats, (303) 966-9706

Secretary, Georgia Madrid, NOAA, (303) 497-6732

Treasurer, Vi Rogers, Social Security Administration (303) 844-1942

    • The AIPC new members packet was distributed.

The packet includes a brief overview of the AIPC, its mission and the role of the AIPC designated representative. The packet will be posted on the AIPC website for easy accessibility. For now, if you are a new member and would like a packet, please send an e-mail to Georgia at Georgia.Madrid@noaa.gov.

    • Becky Redhorse gave a brief summary of AIPC past activities and functions that included one day training seminars, education and outreach activities, participation in national conferences and the March Pow-Wow.    You can visit the AIPC website at www.aipc.osmre.gov  for more information on past accomplishments.

    • The AIPC discussed the need for increasing attendance at AIPC meetings and participation from both designated and non-designated members. The AIPC meetings are held on a quarterly basis (October, January, April & July) and on an as needed basis. Your ideas and participation will help in accomplishing AIPC goals. It was suggested that EEO/Civil Rights directors be invited to the meeting and have WFDC encourage representatives to attend AIPC meetings.

    • The following American Indian activities were shared by individuals.

    • The American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) conference, will be held November 9-11, 2000 in Portland, Oregon. You can visit the AISES website at www.aises.org for registration information. The AIPC highly recommends the conference as a way to recruit students as well as conduct outreach on your agency.

    • "Gathering of the Tribes from the Lewis and Clark Trail," October 10-12, 2000 which will be hosted by the Nez Perce Tribe and attended by various state, local, and Federal agencies, including National Park Service, Forest Service, and US Fish and Wildlife Service.

    • A brief announcement was mentioned about the Columbus Parade protest gathering on October 7, 00.

2. Ongoing Activities

    • AIPC Display

The AIPC display has been updated to be more versatile. The display company, Laarhoven, updated the frame to accommodate a black fabric background. NOAA graphics support office updated the graphics to be placed on the fabric. Photos of future events can be laminated and placed on the display. The AIPC met the September 30 deadline and stayed within the allotted $1600 budget that the DFEB approved. The $200 that was not used had to be turned over to the DFEB. You are welcome to use the display for your American Indian Heritage Month activities.

    • American Indian Heritage Month (November)

The AIPC discussed promoting and participating in local Federal agency American Indian Heritage month activities and the possibility of the AIPC partnering with agencies.

    • The Dept. of HUD will have its activity on November 8, 2000 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 10 th floor, 633 17th St. The theme will be "Honoring our American Indian Veterans." The guest speaker will be Bill Henry Toledo, WWII, U.S. Marine Corps, Navajo Code Talker. There will also be an Indian Taco luncheon at a cost of $5.00 which must be purchased in advance by 11/6/00. For more information, call Cheryl Cozad at (303) 672-5464 x1298.

    • ACTION ITEM: If your agency will be sponsoring a Native American Heritage Month activity, please e-mail Georgia at Georgia.Madrid@noaa.gov. The AIPC would like to create a calendar of events for all members.

    • ACTION ITEM: If you have any American Indian human interest stories, events, articles, book reviews and so on, please send to Lori Windle at lwindle@osmre.gov.   The information will be posted on the Notes from Native America portion of the AIPC website and distributed to AIPC members and other organizations.

    • DFEB Spring Diversity Training

ACTION ITEM: The 2001 DFEB Diversity Training Seminar will be held in June. The AIPC will participate in the event with workshops on American Indian issues, e.g. Tribal Sovereignty & Government to Government Relationships. This is the training where all special emphasis groups come together. More information will follow where your participation will be requested, however, you may want to start thinking about possible speakers and topics.

    • Martin Luther King

ACTION ITEM: The Martin Luther King event will be held on January 8, 01 at the Adams Mark Hotel from 7 to 11 a.m. The DFEB has requested the AIPC to identify potential motivational speakers. If you know of anyone, please call Becky Redhorse.

3. AIPC FY 01 Workplan

    • ACTION ITEM: Please review the draft workplan that was developed by AIPC members. Your suggestions, comments, additions, deletions are needed. The workplan needs to be submitted to the DFEB. You can forward your comments to Becky at Rredhorse@prs.usbr.gov

4. Next Meeting

The next meeting will be on January 3, 01 at 1:00 p.m. at WAPA. More information to follow. PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Georgia Madrid

AIPC Secretary

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Draft American Indian Program Council (AIPC)

Fiscal Year 2001 (FY01) Plan

Introduction - Formulation of the Plan

At our last quarterly meeting in October 5, 2000, we held a workshop session during which AIPC members listed activities they believed to be most important for our mission for the coming year. The activities were first categorized by the AIPC by law goals, and then each participant prioritized the top five most important activities believed to be critical for FY01 accomplishments. Next, the categories were combined by activities listed into two major areas of concern: Increasing American Indian employment in the federal government, and educating Federal agencies about American Indian issues. Many of the tasks identified will not require funds, however, we were unclear about whether we would be allowed to raise funds, be given any funds, or even allowed to hold funds. If requested, we could apply an estimated budget to the following work plan activities.

American Indian Federal Employment (AIPC Goals 1, 4, and 8)

Planned activities, in order of priority:

1. Continue to use the AIPC web site as a vehicle for keeping American Indians informed of Federal job openings and related issues.

2. Provide job announcements to the AIPC and Indian colleges.

3. Communicate to Federal agency managers that AIPC can assist in finding qualified candidates for Federal positions and other openings.

4. Sponsor activities in conjunction with the annual Unity Conference in attempts to provide employment information and opportunities to American Indian youth.

5. Target local colleges for recruiting summer hires, coop students, and permanent hires.

6. Participate in existing American Indian education activities, such as the Title 9 program

7. Sponsor a mini career fair.

8. Participate in the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Conference.

9. Assist local prospective American Indian job applicants to more effectively and efficiently apply for Federal jobs, by participating in or sponsoring AIPC job application seminars.

10. Develop a list of recruitment fairs and conferences in our area and put them on the AIPC website.

Educate Federal Agencies on American Indian Issues (AIPC Goal #5, and to some extent, 2, 3, and 6)

Planned activities in order of priority:

1. Participate in American Indian training or seminars, specifically the Spring Diversity training for which we expect to sponsor speakers on various topics, including the Federal trust responsibility to tribes and the Government-to-Government relationship.

2. Communicate directly to managers the functions and importance of the AIPC.

3. Ensure that an AIPC representative attend planning meetings for the Martin Luther King Diversity training conference in order to adequately represent American Indian issues at the conference.

4. Facilitate activities for Native American Heritage month, including:

-Exchanging and sponsoring news, issues, and other information about American Indians, tribes, and organizations that AIPC participants can use in their agencies.

- Advertise any scheduled agency Native American month events on the AIPC web site and in our respective agencies.