Module 3 Resource Reviewed United South and Eastern Tribes



The online resource that I reviewed for our blog assignment was United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. This website is about the United South and Eastern Tribes which is a non-profit organization. This organization was set up ion 1969 to represent all of the federally recognized tribes on the Eastern side of the United States. United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) provide a way for tribes to exchange ideas and information between each other and governmental agencies. The basis of starting this organization was to work in unity with each tribe east of the Mississippi to provide a strong and united voice for them. It is also to assist in helping the Tribal Nations deal with public policy issues and to improve the Tribal governments. It’s primary goal is to promote and protect the sovereignty rights of the Tribal Nations and ensuring that the United States Government upholds their responsibility to the American Indian population.  One major movement by USET is creating a Youth Leadership Council in order to get the younger generations involved and helping educate the youth on their Tribe’s culture and what the process is in making policies with the US Government. The intent of the Youth Leadership Council is to promote education so that they can become future leaders of their tribes. One of the Youth Group’s programs is called Close Up, which is a high school program that gives the students a look into democracy using Washington D.C. as a living classroom. This group takes trips into Washington D.C. to see how the U.S Government functions with Tribal Nations and they work on leadership skills, the ability to identify issues in their community and coming up with plans to improve the Tribe (United South and Eastern Tribes).
 USET Close Up students with tribal leaders visiting with members of congress. Photo retrieved from: http://www.usetinc.org/about-uset/youth-council/


United South and Eastern Tribes. Retrieved from: http://www.usetinc.org/about-uset/youth-council/

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