Associated Tribes of Scotts Bluff National Monument

National Parks have a "trust responsibility" (i.e., fiduciary) to Federally Recognized tribal nations that is unique because of the sovereign status of both the federal government and individual tribal nations. Native Americans represent the only group in the United States that has a formalized relationship enshrined and stipulated within the Constitution, treaties, legislation, judicial decisions, Executive Orders, and policy. The National Park Service as an Executive Branch agency has a duty to carry out these mandates, legally, politically, ethically, and morally.

The monument consults with eleven tribal governments on major projects and plans. Click on the names of the tribes to link to their official websites (if available):

• Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
• Northern Arapaho Tribe
• Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
• Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
• Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes
• Kiowa Indian Tribe
• Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
• Oglala Sioux Tribe
• Rosebud Sioux Tribe
• Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
• Northern Cheyenne Tribe