Quarterly Board Meeting

Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council
Quarterly Board Meeting
April 16th & 17th
Billings Hotel and Convention Center
Billings, MT

Lunch provided on 4/16.For the full agenda, please click here. Questions: brook.mcdonald@rmtlc.org

April 16th, 2025

8:30 am – 9:00 am Opening Prayer/Welcome Address
Meeting Called to Order Bryce Kirk, RMTLC Chairman
 Roll Call: Establishment of Quorum
 Approval/Changes of Agenda
 Reading/Approval of Last Meeting Minutes Gerald Gray, RMTLC Secretary

9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tribal Voices: Tribal Leaders Open Discussion RMTLC Tribal Leaders
 Resolutions/ Letters of Support (If Any)
 The Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Scott Davis, Asst. Secretary of Interior
 Indian Health Service Benjamin Smith, Acting Director
 Senator Daines’ Video Presentation
 Congressman Downing’s Video Presentation
 2nd Annual CSKT Elder Abuse Prevention Conference Leonard Two Teeth, CSKT Councilman
 Updates Tom Rodgers/One Who Rides His Horse East
o DC Political Landscape, GAO Study Regarding Tribal Public Las Enforcement and the Failures of the BIA, Voting Rights 2024 Data, and Tribal Wildlife Sanctuary

12:00 pm -1:00 pm LUNCH PROVIDED

1:00 pm- 1:45 pm Medicaid & Legislation Updates Kali Wicks, Consultant

1:45 pm- 2:15 pm Office of American Indian Health Stephanie Iron Shooter, Director

2:15 pm- 2:45 pm US District Attorney’s Office Kurt Alme, Montana US Attorney

2:45 pm- 3:15 pm Haskell Board of Regents Clarena Brockie

3:15 pm- 3:45 pm Recovery Resources of Montana Dwight Badger

3:45 pm- 4:15 pm RMTLC Health Subcommittee TBD

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm Montana Department of Labor & Industry Donnie Wetzel, Tribal Liason

Meeting Recess for the day

April 17th, 2025

8:20 am – 8:25 am Meeting called back to order Bryce Kirk – Chairman

8:30 am – 9:00 am Updates from the Senator’s Office Senator Tim Sheehy

9:00 am – 9:30 am Bureau of Indian Affairs Update Leslie Shakespeare, Area Director

9:30 am – 10:00 am Indian Education For All Mike Jetty, Indian Ed. Specialist

10:00 am – 10:30 am Montana Missing Persons Indigenous Task Force Alan Doane, Presiding Officer

10:30 am – 11:00 am Human Trafficking & Disaster Relief Program Alix House, Crime/Domestic Violence Attorney

11:00 am – 11:30 am CHAP Update Tanya Firemoon, Independent Contractor

11:30 am – 12:00 pm Rocky Mountain Tribal Epidemiology Center Eleanor GunShows, TEC Director

Adjourn