CORRAL
Corral makes Tribal Consultation work for Tribes.
What is Corral?
Corral is an online platform where tribal leaders and Native advocates can access Tribal Consultation opportunity information in real time. Our process is meant to automate the work of tribal governments and Native-led advocacy organizations to pull together tribal consultation opportunities. Corral is an open-government project geared at making Tribal Consultation communication and existing data work for us.
Corral will be made available to staff and elected officials of Tribal Nations at no cost.
Why Tribal Consultation Matters
Tribal Consultation is a foundational part of how the U.S. Federal government attempts to uphold the trust responsibility to tribes. This government-to-government process is meant to elevate tribes in the rulemaking process for federal agencies, allowing tribal leaders to impart essential Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and considerations that make these policies more durable and inclusive in the long-run.
Federal agencies issue thousands of proposed rules each year in order to implement policies passed by Congress. Since 2000, federal agencies have been required to determine if tribal consultation is necessary (i.e., does this rule have the potential to significantly impact tribes and/or tribal lands?) and if so, to engage with tribes in a process outside of the open comment period.
Corral will allow tribal users to search consultation opportunities by date, agency, policy area, tribe(s) invited, and other search criteria. This would save tremendous amounts of time and resources, allowing tribes to focus on the business of running our Native governments and formulating impactful comments for the proposed rules that impact our people.
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We’re looking for the following as we build Corral:
Tribal Leaders: Corral will be holding listening sessions with staff and elected leaders of Tribal Nations in the U.S. to inform the design and functionality of Corral. All participants will be invited to test out Corral’s Beta product. Email us today to set up your listening session!
Native-led Professional Associations: If you are staff for a professional association that represents Tribal Nations, businesses, trade or other Native professional groups - we want to hear from you! We find that many leaders find out about Consultation opportunities through your work. We want to help you do this work for free and with greater efficiency.
Law Firms: If you are a lawyer or firm with Tribal Nation clients in the U.S. - we want to hear from you! We are interested in learning how you prepare your clients for responding to and participating in Tribal Consultations.
U.S. Governments: If your federal agency or state government is interested in working to ensure tribal consultation opportunities are easily communicated to Tribal Leaders via Corral, please contact us!
Software Developers / Full-Stack Engineers: We’re looking to contract with experts in using API, databases, web-scraping and machine-learning to build out Corral’s Beta. Check back soon for RFPs.
Email us at datawrangler@consultationcorral.org
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