{"id":34085,"date":"2022-07-02T08:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/rosebud-tribe-hosts-visit-from-treasury-department\/"},"modified":"2022-07-02T08:41:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T13:41:02","slug":"rosebud-tribe-hosts-visit-from-treasury-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/rosebud-tribe-hosts-visit-from-treasury-department\/","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffRosebud Tribe hosts visit from Treasury Department"},"content":{"rendered":"
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REDCO\u2019s Jillian Waln and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, became the first sitting national treasury secretary to visit a reservation, fulfilling a promise made last year to begin visiting tribal nations to expand her department\u2019s engagement with tribes. Along with Tellen, was Marilyn Malerba, a lifetime chief of the Mohegan Tribe, who was just named by President Joe Biden to be the next Treasurer of the United States. With the visit, Yellen would have a hands on meeting, with the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation (REDCO), where she met with Jillian Waln. Waln, who is the community engagement coordinator for REDCO, has talked to various other parties in the past, from stockholders, tribal leaders, and potential investors.<\/p>\n

But Tuesday, her audience, would be a single person\u2026the Secretary.<\/p>\n

Waln would highlight how every decision REDCO makes, is always looking to the seventh generation, and how the work they are doing is going to impact the future.<\/p>\n

Along with several firsts, it\u2019s noted by Yellen, that a Native\u2019s signature will appear on our currency, a deeper commitment to Indian Country. Yellen would also announce the establishment of a new office of Tribal and Native Affairs within the Treasury Department. She said that Malerba will help oversee this office, which will coordinate tribal relations throughout the department and handle the department\u2019s American Rescue Plan programs affecting tribes.<\/p>\n

Yellen would mention the Treasury Department\u2019s Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program has provided $20 Billion to tribal governments to fight the pandemic, and help tribal businesses recover, Yellen would also highlight other projects that are benefiting the tribe, from affordable housing projects to increasing internet access. How the funds from the federal government are being used, shows how the tribe is helping deliver relief, including how the RST spent $6.3 million of those funds to help 700 low-income families in need of emergency rental assistance.<\/p>\n

Yellen would also get a chance to meet with Tribal leaders from Rosebud and other Native Communities in South Dakota. They also visited a greenhouse, built by REDCO, and learned about an ambitious economic development project underway on the reservation called Keya Wakpala Woicageypi.<\/p>\n

This KWW project, is a housing, retail and recreational project planned for a 600-acre site near Mission. The tribe has started work on the first phase, which includes 10 single family homes, retail space and a multi-use community hub called the Sicangu Innovation Center. Malerba encouraged Rosebud tribal leaders to remain hopeful in the Biden Administration and its efforts to revitalize tribal nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we said earlier today, there is no one size fits all for Indian Country, and each Indian tribe gets to decide for themselves what their priorities are, how they manage their programs and how they create their programs.\u201d She would mention. \u201cBut we know that without economic development, we can\u2019t keep our people on the reservations or we can\u2019t keep our economies strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yellen and Malerba finished their visit with a ceremony on the Sinte Gleska University campus, where they heard from tribal leaders, viewed a cultural presentation by Native singers and dancers, and received gifts of star quilts. RST President Scott Herman thanked them for visiting his reservation and listening to his people\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like we haven\u2019t been listened to for many years.\u201d Herman said. \u201cBut today, today it was a really good session. Our secretary was attentive, she listened to our problems. I thank her for that. As long (as) we have her help, we can move forward as a tribe.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Contact Joe Budd at sales2@nativesunnews.today<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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REDCO\u2019s Jillian Waln and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen \u00a0 Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, became the first sitting national treasury secretary to visit a reservation, fulfilling a promise made last year to begin visiting tribal nations to expand her department\u2019s engagement with tribes. Along with Tellen, was Marilyn Malerba, a lifetime <\/p>\n

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