Open Request for Information: Service Agreements between Tribes and Municipal Governments
Rebecca M. Webster, J.D., Ph.D., seeks copies of Service Agreements and Payment Formulas between tribes and municipal governments. She is expanding her research on the differing rates and factors tribes consider when negotiating payment for municipal government services on tribal trust land. Her previous research on service agreements for the Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin will be published this fall in American Indian Quarterly.
“There is little guidance for tribes and local governments to turn to when trying to determine how to adequately account for the services each government provides to the community,” Dr. Webster writes. “Many tribal governments throughout the United States struggle with developing and maintaining positive relationships with other governments that have overlapping boundaries.”
Dr. Webster hopes that, by sampling the rates and factors tribe use in negotiating service agreements around the country, she can synthesize data on best practices.
If you have copies of Service Agreements for your tribe, or know where they can be found, please contact my Research Assistant, Talbot Eckweiler via email: eckweile@msu.edu.
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