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<br />I <br />STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION <br /> <br />THE NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE <br /> <br />SESSION NOTES <br /> <br />SESSION lb <br />Monday 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. <br /> <br />Question <br />Laws as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Grand Canyon Protection Act <br />require inclusion of a broad range of stakeholders in Colorado River basin management decisions. <br />What are the advantages and pitfalls of more inclusive decision processes? What lessons can be <br />drawn from the experience of Native Americans in the Colorado River basin? <br /> <br />Process <br /> <br />1. Brainstorm a list of stakeholders who are in basin decision-making. <br />2. Ask what forces are driving or preventing these voices from being heard? <br />3. How have participants addressed the need for meaningful involvement? <br /> <br />I. list of Stakeholders <br /> <br />.& Users of the Colorado River <br />.& Non-mainstem tribes <br />.& Under represented tribes <br />.& "7th generation" - past, present <br />and future generations <br />.& Economically dependent groups <br />.& Plants and animals <br />.& Water rights holders <br />.& Federal government <br /> <br />Comments <br /> <br />GROUP 1 - Martha Hunter <br /> <br />2. Driving Forces <br />.& Endangered Species <br />.& Diminishing supply and <br />increasing demand <br />.&. Economics <br />.& Environment <br />.& Education/awareness <br />.& Changing values <br />.& Representation of tribal values <br />.& Respect, recognition and <br /> <br />preservation of tribal values & <br />beliefs <br />.& Federal trust responsibility <br />towards tribes <br />.& Some tribal resources are <br />mcreasmg <br />.& Legislation <br />.& Bureau of Reclamation <br />administrative processes <br />.& Congressional champions <br /> <br />37 <br />