MEMBERSHIP
The Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) is a member organization formed by a coalition of federally recognized Tribes in 1987 to fulfill a recommendation in a congressionally directed report assessing agricultural needs in Indian Country. Since its founding, IAC's member Tribes have guided the organization, driving efforts to advance agricultural priorities across more than 56 million acres of Tribal land in the United States. With a deep understanding of the unique needs of the 574 federally recognized Tribes and their trust relationships with the federal government, IAC is committed to strengthening Tribal agriculture and cultivating prosperous economies across Indian Country.
BECOME A
MEMBER
Why join?
POLICYMAKING - The benefit of voting membership is to have a voice guiding the annual priorities of the organization.
ADVOCACY - Membership of any type entitles members to participate in forums, symposia, meetings and committees, including the Annual Membership Meeting in December, held every year during the IAC Annual Conference.
VOTING MEMBERSHIP + TRIBAL LEADERS + SELF-DETERMINATION
IAC's organizational leadership structure uniquely positions Tribes to inform policy and USDA programmatic implementation, simultaneously redefining and rebuilding Tribal food systems.
ELIGIBILITY
All Federally recognized Tribes and Native Alaskan Tribes, as defined in the Self Determination Act, (PL93-638) with an interest in the management and development of Indian agricultural resources are eligible for general membership.
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
Voting membership in the Council is open to all federally recognized Tribes and Native Alaskan Tribes with an interest in the management and development of Indian agricultural resources. General membership on the Council is vested with the Tribes and not with any specific individual, and becomes effective with the payment of dues.
Current Member Tribes
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
Bishop Paiute Tribe
Blackfeet Nation
Burns Paiute Tribe
Cheesh'na Tribal Council
Cherokee Nation
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Colville Confederated Tribes
Comanche Nation
Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indians
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribe
Fort Belknap Indian Community
Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe
Ho-Chunk Nation
Hoopa Valley Tribe
Hualapai Indian Tribe
Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraska
Jicarilla Apache Nation
Kalispel
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
Klamath Tribes
Knik Tribe
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Mentasta Traditional Council
Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Native Village of Atka
Native Village of Tyonek
Navajo Nation (Diné)
Nez Perce
Northern Arapaho Tribe
Northern Cheyenne Tribe
Osage Nation
Pauma Band of Mission Indians
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Pueblo of Sandia
Pueblo of Santa Clara
Rappahannock Tribe
Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians
Rocky Boy Chippewa Cree Tribe
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Santo Domingo Pueblo
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
South Fork Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada
Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Spokane
the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation
The Pueblo of Acoma
The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Tule River Indian Tribe of California
Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
SUBMIT AN ISSUE
The caucus process is utilized by IAC to shape and identify its positions on federal, state, local, and tribal agriculture related issues affecting Native American Indian and Native Alaskan Tribes, communities and individual producers.
Do you have a concern or issue in your region impacting your agricultural success? Submit an issue for consideration at an IAC Annual Conference regional caucus. Upon submission of the membership materials and paid dues, General Member Tribe voting delegates can bring actionable items forward for consideration at the annual Membership Meeting.
This following resolution template was created by the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) to serve as a model with which federally recognized tribes can base their own resolution for membership of IAC, along with identification of delegate and alternate. Users are encouraged to modify the template as needed to better represent the priorities of the tribe. Throughout the template, there are identified areas in which the user should replace with their own information. For example, wherever “The________________Tribe” occurs, the user should input the name of their federally recognized tribe in the blank space.
TEMPLATE DOCUMENTS - For Tribes
TEMPLATE TRIBAL RESOLUTION
(Word .docx)
TEMPLATE TRIBAL DELEGATE DESIGNATION LETTER
(Word .docx)
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