Tribal Consultation Sessions

CDC honors the sovereignty of American Indian/Alaska Native governments, respects the inherent rights of self governance, commits to work on a government-to-government basis, and upholds the federal trust responsibility. Government-to-government consultation will be conducted with elected tribal officials or their designated representatives before taking actions and/or making decisions that affect them. CDC’s Tribal Consultation Policy (TCP) and procedures within the TCP were established to provide tribal leaders, or their designees, with a number of opportunities to interact with CDC staff and leadership. Each opportunity complements, and not supplants, the others. Key components of CDC’s consultation procedures are the Biannual Tribal Consultation Sessions, the Tribal Advisory Committee, and CDC’s participation in the annual HHS national and regional tribal consultation sessions. Each year, CDC invites all elected tribal leaders, or their designees, to attend two CDC tribal consultation sessions -- one in Atlanta hosted by CDC (in January) and one in a second location hosted by a tribe or area tribal health boards (in late July or August).