FEMA Region 8 works closely with each of the 28 federally recognized tribes that are located within our six states. Here you can learn about the latest initiatives involving our tribal partners as well as any new policies which may impact tribal nations.
Please use the contacts below for more information.
Region 8 Tribal Contacts
- Region 8 Tribal Liaison: Megan Floyd, (303) 235-4638
- Tribal Affairs Specialist: Carol Garcia, (303) 202-8959
- Tribal Affairs Specialist: Ricky Stephenson, (303) 235-4304
Tribes in Region 8
- Blackfeet Nation
- Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
- Chippewa Cree of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation
- Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
- Crow Nation
- Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
- Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation
- Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation
- Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
- Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
- Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes
- Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
- Navajo Nation
- Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation
- Northern Cheyenne Tribe
- Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation
- Oglala Sioux Tribe
- Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
- Rosebud Sioux Tribe
- Sisseton‐Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation
- Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians
- Southern San Juan Paiute Tribe
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe
- Spirit Lake Tribe
- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
- Three Affiliated Tribes
- Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota
- Uintah and Ouray Ute Indian Tribe
- Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
- Yankton Sioux Tribe
Partnerships in Action
Operation Safe Delivery Plays Out in Indian Country
On September 16-17 in Great Falls, Montana, more than 100 people came together to simulate a crude oil train derailment on the Blackfeet Nation. FEMA’s National Exercise Division coordinated the exercise, Montana Operation Safe Delivery, along with Blackfeet Nation, the State of Montana and Region 8 staff. This is one of three in a nationwide series and the only national one to take place on a tribal nation.
The goal of the exercise was to examine and confirm the capabilities needed to respond to, reduce the effects of, mitigate the consequences of, and recover from a train derailment involving crude oil.
The two-day seminar and tabletop exercise brought together all seven tribal nations in Montana to participate in and learn from a simulated volatile incident.
The session opened with a prayer from Blackfeet Tribal Historical Preservation Officer John Murray and a welcome from Blackfeet Chairman Harry Barnes. Attendees represented a wide variety of agencies and organizations: Amtrak, BNSF Railway, Department of the Interior’s Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, EPA, Federal Railroad Administration, Montana National Guard, National Weather Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and various county and state first responders.
Tribal members reported gaining a greater sense of partnership with local, state, federal, private sector and non-government organizations, as well as a better awareness of response and recovery challenges that currently exist amongst their tribal nations.
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Last Updated:
08/17/2016 - 09:32