IEN’s governance formally excludes tribal governments to serve grassroots groups

Evidence

The groups have institutional seats on the national council, a structure designed so that individuals who serve are selected by and accountable to their organizations. There are also three “regional” seats on the national council, one each from Oklahoma, Alaska, and the Great Lakes; these representatives are chosen by grassroots groups in their region. Because many of the struggles in Indian county are between Tribal governments and grassroots Indian groups, Tribal nations are not represented on the national council. “We are all members of our own nations and IEN has working relationships now with many tribal Nations, of course,” says Warledo, “but IEN is for the grassroots.” — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 626

Categorization

• XREF: Direct structural echo of the courts-vs-community tension running through the whole book. — connects to: Tribal governments sometimes aligned with corporations against their own grassroots members — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 617; Indigenous environmental organizers rejected white-hierarchy governance models outright — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 623

Broader Connections

• Tribal governments sometimes aligned with corporations against their own grassroots members #corroborates (0.82) — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 617
• Indigenous environmental organizers rejected white-hierarchy governance models outright #qualifies (0.75) — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 623