Brief report on tribal engagement meeting. In attendance: Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and Haskell Indian Nations University.

Presentation given at the Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency workshop in September 17-18, 2014 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Discusses the importance of monitoring for stream health and some of the pollutants and sources that are cause for alarm. Talks about some of the important types of data that are taken to gauge stream health and shows how this data is analyzed and turned into usable data.

Presentation that took place at the Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency workshop held September 17-18, 2014 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Deals with the groundwater on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and some of the contaminants and its sources and briefly touches on strategies to mitigate these pollutants. Presentation also talks about fluctuations in aquifer levels over the years. The slideshow concludes by talking about the proposed Keystone Oil Pipeline and how it was moved from its original path that would have cut through part of the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation.

Presentation given at the Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency workshop held September 17-18, 2014 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Discusses extreme weather events that have occurred in the Missouri River Basin over the last decade and the damage they caused. Presentation also provides various resources for stakeholders that deal with weather and drought in the High Plains.

Presentation given at the Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency workshop that took place September 17-18, 2014 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Discusses the work done by the High Plains Regional Climate Center and how they take weather data and turn it into an end product that is usable by stakeholders.

Presentation given at the Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency workshop held September 17-18, 2014 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Presentation discusses the climate in the region where the Kickapoo Tribe resides, including extreme weather events and the major droughts that occurred in 2000 and 2003. Presentation goes on to talk about what is required in order for the tribe to be able to react to drought conditions that might spring up in the future.

A presentation by Bob Gough of the Council on Utility Policy (COUP) that was presented at the Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency tribal engagement workshop held in Rapid City, South Dakota September 17-18, 2014. 

A presentation by Dr. Dennis Todey that was presented at a tribal engagement workshop called Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency that took place in Rapid City, South Dakota September 17-18, 2014. Provides a good deal of data on the climate of the region and the United States as a whole. 

A brief two page report on the Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency workshop that took place in Rapid City, South Dakota on Sept. 17-18, 2014. Provides a list of the 18 participating tribes from the Missouri River Basin that attended as well as the other participating agencies and organizations. The report provides a brief background on the issues facing the region and what was discussed during the workshop.

A presentation by Al Kuslikis of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium that took place during the Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency workshop in Rapid City, South Dakota September 17-18, 2014. Presentation discusses the role tribal colleges and universities (TCUS) can play in monitoring drought conditions and responding to them.