Resources - Tribes and Transportation

Lunch & Learn Sessions: Government-to-Government

Key Contacts

Key Tribal Nation Contacts for Transportation, Planning, and Road Directors

Tribal Liaison Guidance

For Frequently Asked Questions and Tribal Contacts see Guidance for New Tribal Liaisons. Also see State Tribal Liaison Directory. Developing a clear and direct tribal nation policy will help you and your agencies succeed under Laws of Minnesota, 1st Spec. Sess. chapter 14, article 11, section 5

MnDOT's Strategic Operating Plan

Strategic Operating Plan 2018 - 2022 These strategies reflect our highest priority goals, align our long-range vision with near-term actions and identify performance metrics to monitor progress. This Strategic Operating Plan will also guide resource decisions and better align efforts across the agency to achieve our vision and mission and make good on our public promises for the future of the transportation system in Minnesota.

Understanding Consultation” Through Government-to-Government Partnership (Youtube) June 2023

Kade Ferris, Red Lake THPO, Presenting on Tribal GIS Database (YouTube) Mar. 2023

Tribal Land Types 2.0 (Vimeo) Nov. 2022

Myths of Fee to Trust and ROW in Indian Country (Vimeo) Sept 2022

Landback! Presented by the MnDOT IERG (YouTube) May 2022

Tribal Sovereignty (YouTube) April 2022

Tribal State Relations Training - A Showcase of Tools and Resources Needed for Working with Indian Country (YouTube) August 2021

Institutionalizing Tribal Affairs within MnDOT (YouTube) May 2021

Effective Coordination vs Consultation with Tribes (YouTube) October 2020

Learning about Government and Lands (PowerPoint) October 2019

Indian Country: Learning about Government and Lands (YouTube) October 2019

Effective Coordination vs. Consultation with Tribal Nations (YouTube) August 2019

Land Types in MN (PowerPoint) July 2018

Native American Culture & Traditions (YouTube) April 2018

Cultural Resources Workshop

Drone, Lidar and GPR Technologies (YouTube). MnDOT Tribal Affairs and the Tribal Historic Preservation Offices representing Red Lake Nation, Prairie Island Indian Community, and White Earth Nation held this online workshop in July 2020. This was developed to share information on how these technologies can be applied to both engineering and cultural resources work. Questions about this workshop, please send an email to Teresa Martin.

Maps

Maps of Tribal Governments Depicting public roads, route systems and other major features.
Minnesota Maps Minnesota state maps including regional maps, traffic maps, state park maps, a mileage chart and more
Access the MnDOT Tribal Map Application
MnMap Customized GIS applications. MnDOT oversees more than 140,000 miles of state, county, city and township roads, 4,458 miles of rail road, and 168 rest areas, 135 public airports and nine shipping ports throughout the state of Minnesota.

Glossary

Visit the Tribal-State Relations Training Glossary for definitions to terms that might be unfamiliar to you.