MEMBERSHIP
Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) Charter, was founded in 1987 to pursue and promote the conservation, development, and use of our agricultural resources for the betterment of our people. Tribal leaders, in a true expression of self- determination, identified and delegated their representation within IAC, comprising the voting membership that remains in existence today. This organizational leadership structure uniquely positions the IAC to inform policy and USDA programmatic implementation, simultaneously redefining and rebuilding Tribal food systems.
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.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
The Intertribal Agriculture Council membership meet annually at the IAC Annual Conference. In order to vote on caucus issues and elections, a member Tribe must submit the membership materials, appoint a delegate and be in good standing with paid dues prior to the Annual Membership Meeting. Please join us at the next IAC Annual Conference on behalf of Indian Country.
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 American Indian and Alaska Native governments, communities and individual producers.
Do you have a concern or issue in your region impacting your agricultural success? Submit an issue for consideration at the 2024 IAC Annual Conference regional caucus sessions. Upon submission of the membership materials and paid dues, General Member tribal voting delegates can bring actionable items forward to 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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