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Learning early in the highway improvement process what land rights a utility may have and how to extinguish them on Indian lands.

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Knowing how a tribe defines built resources they believe are worthy of recognition and preservation

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Understanding tribal customs so I don’t unintentionally offend the person I’m working with.

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Criminal warrants for offenders in absconder status residing or hiding on the Indian reservation. What are the laws surrounding that?

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Understanding tribal laws

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I would like to receive more detailed information if there are design rest

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I would like to receive more detailed information if there are design rest

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Making assumptions on tribal interests based on past relationships and experiences, or assuming the same interests for all tribes

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How to be an advocate when other, more senior staff aren’t on the same page.

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Making sure that you understand their culture and beliefs and don’t insults them.

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Making sure that you understand their culture and beliefs and don’t insults them.

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Trying to have them understand that we are there to help.

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Lack of response.

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As a DOC employee who oversees religious programming, my biggest challenge may be to ensure they are able to freely worship, including recruiting volunteers and gathering resources.

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Being able to design and construct a roadway safely and correctly, while keeping and maintaining the tribes best interests

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Distrust of state policy, programs and representatives due to historical trauma.

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Lack of response.

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Just unknown on how to proceed in an appropriate manner with an acquistion.

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Just unknown on how to proceed in an appropriate manner with an acquistion.

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Balancing State’s interests with the Tribe’s sovereignty.  Understanding and respecting all aspects of the problem while working towards a solution.

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Working with tribes through the BIA can be challenging

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At times, WisDOT has to tell municipalities no to what they would like for a result. We follow processes that provide guided results. They begrudgingly accept those results. With Tribes in regard to their reservations, they in theory do not have to accept those results, correct? Like they desire a lower speed limit, we complete a study that says a lower speed limit is not warranted, and they respond that they will go install lower speed limit signs and let the cards fall where they may.

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At times, WisDOT

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Preconceived notions. An expectation or desired result before either party has even had time to talk through things.

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Time for response
None response to letters, phone calls
Generic response not relative to request for response

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Utilities companies installing or upgrading facilities on tribal land or state right-of-way.  Assisted casinos with upgrading or moving facilities  and/or for highway projecys

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Utilities companies installing or upgrading facilities on tribal land or state right-of-way.  Assisted casinos with upgrading or moving facilities  and/or for highway projecys

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Decision timelines with respect to lengthily design timelines

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Decision timelines with respect to lengthily design timelines

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Probation violations on

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Working knowledge of programming needed for individuals. Also having a knowledge of individual historical trauma and how it effects the individual and outcome for that individual.

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Decisions made by one tribal council are reversed or changed when a new council is elected.  This delays and increases the cost of a project. 

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Decisions made by one tribal council are reversed or changed when a new council is elected.  This delays and increases the cost of a project. 

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Timely responses.

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Working through biases, known and unkown

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Working through biases, known and unkown

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Coming to an agreement on a project scope or design. (Anticipated)

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Knowing what resources are available to tribe members who are incarcerated & are releasing. Who to contact for that information.

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Unforeseen complications.

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Determining the value of and identifying cultural resources

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Trust as I am new to my position and have not worked with the tribes before.  

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Trust as I am new to my position and have not worked with the tribes before.  

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I never had any issues when working with the tribes.

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One challenge in my opinion is not knowing how tribe is structured with regard to how decisions are made or appropriate protocols for communicating with the decision makers.

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Challenge

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It is difficult to schedule projects the way WIsDOT does AND ensure adequate time is available for actual consultation with affected Tribes.

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Tribes have negative experiences with previous individuals and how overcome that I may not share those opinions. Having to take an stance that is departmental but may not be my individual stance.

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Sometimes the expectations of the tribe versus what our job position allows us to do.

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Working through Section 106 consultation for an adverse effect to a historic property

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Working through Section 106 consultation for an adverse effect to a historic property

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Gaining trust.

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Building trust and respecting cultural differences.

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Issues with overcoming mistrust, especially if you’ve never worked with them previously

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Gaining trust from tribal leadership or tribal individuals

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Assuring tribal/department leadership and tribal/department employees are on the same page with knowledge and expectations.

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We could cause problems by not providing adequate access to highway networks. If we came in and created a new interstate near tribal land and neglected to provide access or critical entry and exit points to the tribal lands we could adversaly affect them.

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State Trunk Highway that needs turn lane or expansion working with obtaining land.

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I facilitate meetings between construction businesses and tribal employment officials and a common complaint is that Native workers are often under qualified.