Mni Sose Intertribal Water Rights Coalition, Inc. Exchange network Project Presented by Rhonda Azure Mni Sose Treasurer

Mni Sose Intertribal Water Rights Coalition, Inc. Mni Sose (pronounced “mini so-shay”) is a consortia of delegates representing tribes in the Missouri River Basin. – The Basin falls within two separate U.S. EPA Regions—Region 7 and Region 8. Region 7 has nine sovereign tribal nations, seven of which are active members of our organization. Member tribes include: Kickapoo Tribe in KS, Omaha Tribe of NE & IA, Ponca Tribe of NE, Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in KS and NE, Santee Sioux Nation and the Winnebago Tribe of NE. Mni Sose received the Exchange Network grant from the EPA to provide services to the Region 7 nations via tribal Environmental Protection offices.

Exchange Network Project Goals Improve individual and collective information capacity of member Tribes Establish base infrastructure (technical and management) which can be expanded to new flows, services and Tribes Improve Tribes’ access to external information sources and services Refine and expand the business case for Tribal use/participation in the EN

Project Components Multi-partner node – Available to all Region 7 Tribes Shared application and services – Identify and adapt applications that provide improved capability to member Tribes and Mni Sose – member Tribes have secured access to individual and shared space/applications. – Integrate and provide value-added access to member data Management Support – Mni Sose Information Plan – Member Tribe training, support and tech transfer

Project Approach – Three Phases Phase 1 – Assess and Plan User Data, Software, Needs and Opportunities Inventory Scan of existing applicable applications – in use by other Partners (Tribes and States) – Perform buy/build/adapt analysis Install proof of concept Node and Client – Test conversion of historical facility and water data – Conduct test flows Develop Proposed Architecture and Plan – Flows to be implemented – Core shared applications/services

Project Approach – Three Phases (cont’d) Phase 2- Implementation – Shared Applications Revised Node/Client software Flow Implementation Application Development and Deployment Phase 3 –Support and Future Planning Training Share findings with EN community Plan next steps

Establishing a Multi-Partner Node (AKA “Super- Node”) Many partners want to use EN but not administer a Node PNWWQX and STORET Tribal Warehouse in Region 8 demonstrated proof of concept of a “super node” – Provide EN client and web interface to data providers/users – Works with users who have local/mixed data stores What Mni Sose will do: – Tribal member users maintain control of their data – Host a multi partner Node on behalf of member tribes Do authorized transactions and publishing of Mni Sose member data – Provide value-added client and web applications to members (e.g. Analysis, Visualization and Reporting) Mni Sose handles Allow tribal members with local data stores and easy way to publish Will host a secured web-based application to provide both data hosting, and useful functionality for members who want it – Users will be able to add, remove and download their specific data.

Tribal Data Management Issues Very different levels of information management capacity at member Tribes Data format/consistency diversity – Individual Tribal Environmental Protection office data are currently in a variety of raw forms. – will be a challenge to catalog the data and format it for storage in the shared management system. In collaboration with member tribes, we will adapt/create a standard template to be utilized among the Region 7 tribes. Support will be needed to ensure project supports both direct individual needs of members and collective needs

Candidate Flow List Short List: – Facility Tribe to EPA (FRS flow) EPA to Tribe (What facilities EPA thinks) – Water Quality Historical data…get that entered first…then establish process Use WQX flow – Air Scope the AQS flow, both directions Others being considered: – Meth Lab Location and Cleanup Status/Issues – Open Dumps – Underground Tanks

Exploring Full Range of Data Flow Options -- Then picking a few to implement Flow Examples From TribeFrom StateFrom EPAFrom Other Non/Fed Partners From:BIA/DOI To: Tribe Tribes Upstream/ Downstream or in shared airshed A consortia hosting of applications/ser vices for members EN May be a New data source to Tribe FRS outflow Air Quality to Tribe, to do publishing on website TRI data from boarding states Other data services? NatureServe could provide species data (e.g. from bordering states) Could/would they ever put up data or services? Use EN to encourage for more coordination? To: State States interested in Tribal data— qui pro quo for access to Tribal Data To: EPA EPA Program Reporting, and newer flows like FRS and WQX

Tribal Member Tribal Web Application Asthma Report st Qtr2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr East West North ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ __________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ __ » DOH Data » State Specific __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ ____ __________________ __________________ ______ __________________ __________________ __________________ _________ NCM Shared Applications and Services Mni Sose Multi-User Node Tribe A Data Analysis Tools st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr East West North 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________ ________________ ________________ ______________ » NCM » MD » KM » Tools » Links Data Tribe A Tribe B Tribal Member Local Data Server Spreadsheet Only Spreadsheet Node Client State Agencies EPA WQX FRS AQS Data and Services Member Data

QUESTIONS? First, our questions for you: – Do you have good (web-based) Air, Water or Waste applications we should look at? – How have you successfully supported less- resourced partners in USING data? – Who else is doing what we are?! Your questions