Falmouth Institute - Tribal Enrollment Certification Program

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Scheduled Program
About the Certification Program
Certification Process
Testing Information
Adjunct Faculty

SCHEDULED PROGRAM

Date:	February 8 - 12, 2021
Time:	12:30 p.m. EDT; 11:30 a.m. CDT; 10:30 a.m. MDT; 9:30 a.m. PDT; 8:30 a.m. AKDT
Duration:	4 Hours/Day
Location:	ONLINE - VIRTUAL TRAINING
Tuition:	$1,569

Attend this LIVE, ONLINE TRAINING presented by our expert, who will be using all the interactive training tools used in the classroom and more. You’ll be able to ask questions, respond to polls, and collaborate with others. Don’t let anything interrupt your training needs. Join us online and experience a different way of learning! Please click here for Virtual Training FAQs.

ABOUT THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Enrollment is one of the most important issues that tribes face—decisions made today will impact your tribe for generations to come. When you arm yourself with a thorough understanding of the issues surrounding tribal enrollment, you can help protect and enhance your tribe’s sovereignty, political status, culture and traditions.

This in-depth certification program covers key enrollment issues, such as blood quantum, enrollment data processing automation, per capita payments, biotechnology, and the tribal constitution’s role, and provides you with valuable tools for moving forward with revisions and adoption of enrollment provisions. You’ll learn about current trends in enrollment policies, as well as trends in modern tribal governance. We’ll examine case studies of tribal membership disputes and discuss constitutional amendments and the drafting of enrollment ordinances. We’ll also explore scenarios for how different changes to your enrollment process could change your tribe’s population and demographics over a number of generations.

Become a Certified Tribal Enrollment Administrator (CTEA). Register today!

T O P I C S I N C L U D E

Introduction to Tribal Enrollment

Why enrollment is important to tribes
How perception of enrollment processes and outcomes have changed
Federal law and enrollment
Tribal enrollment laws
Inherent sovereign authority to make membership decisions and determine tribal enrollment and membership requirements:

History and current landscape

Keys to establishing effective enrollment procedures

Overview of Various Approaches to Enrollment

Blood quantum
Direct descendant
Lineal descendant
Residency
Implications, outcomes and results of various approaches

Establishing Membership Requirements

Types of membership criteria:

Blood degree
Residency
Descendancy
Adoption

Blood quantum debate
Impact of reducing blood quantum requirements
Understanding and forecasting the impact of enrollment regulations and policies on generations to come

Overview of Actuarial Population Forecasting

Tribal membership forecasting considerations
Case studies

The Enrollment Ordinance

Constitutional law and amendments
Changing membership requirements
What is an ordinance?
Differences between an ordinance, policies and procedures and SOPs
Options for determining enrollment criteria
Utilizing the ordinance and maintaining the rolls
The well-written ordinance as a daily guide:

Avoiding conflicts of interest and de-politicizing membership disputes

Evaluating your enrollment ordinance
Amending the ordinance to meet your needs
Using additional governing documents (such as implementing regulations for enrollment officers)
Anticipating unintended consequences

Impact on Voting

Election ordinance
General provisions

Life of an Enrollment Record

How records are created
Records management process
Need for records management
Setting office policies and procedures
Understanding the tribal enrollment office's workflow and the flow of a document through your organization
A record's life cycle
Storing and protecting records (physical and electronic)
Preparing records for filing
Document preservation
Scanning, storing and retrieving documents
Handling confidential records
Privacy considerations in enrollment matters
Document security
Developing a records retention schedule
Records disposal

Privacy of Enrollment Records

Keeping your records confidential
Tribal privacy laws and information requests

Auditing Enrollment Records

Understanding enrollment windows
Forensic audit vs. sampling
Integrating electronic and paper records
Comparing records to your ordinance
The relationship between digital and hard copy data
Discovery and preservation of the base roll
Security methods

Documentation Authentication

What constitutes a valid document?
Birth certificates
Social security cards
Death certificates (of blood-line ancestors)
Certificates of Indian Blood (CDIB)

Identifying Common Enrollment Records Problems

Inaccuracies
Missing paperwork and support materials
Security of enrollment
Keeping current
Addressing procedures and ordinance review
Modification and human error
Fragile media
Decentralized work locations
Inadequate policies and procedures
Making corrections
Notification and appeals procedures

Disenrollment

Disenrollment procedures
Abandonment
Relinquishment
Removal from physical location (banishment)
Consequences of disenrollment for:

Tribal members
Tribal council
Elected officials
Employees of the tribe

How disenrollment affects the future and past generations of the tribe
Temporary disenrollment
Due process and appeals
P.L. 280 states vs. non P.L. 280 states
Nooksack example

Emerging Technologies

Fertility technologies (e.g., in vitro fertilization)
Definition of a "biological child"
State law
Addressing emerging technologies issues in your enrollment ordinance

DNA Testing

Overview of DNA testing - what is it and how does it work?
Cost and determining financial responsibility
Potential uses (e.g., establishing paternity)
Working with DNA laboratories - collection and testing
Developing a process (e.g., sample collection, chain of custody, identification, etc.)
Issues and challenges
DNA testing and the enrollment ordinance
Standard testing for paternity/maternity
Kinship and sibship analysis
Collateral relationship testing

Current Case Law

Banishment
Pending applications
Disenrollment
Impact of Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and recent challenges to the constitutionality of ICWA

Automated Enrollment Systems

Overview and demonstration
Features and benefits
Challenges and implementation issues
The life of an enrollment record (digital and hard copy)

Community/Public Relations

Dealing with bad publicity when your enrollment ordinance is changed
Building consensus
Dealing with per capita payments and the enrollment department's functional role

Trends in Enrollment Policies

Implications of antiquated enrollment provisions
Consequences of maintaining status quo
Revising old constitutions and ordinances to reflect changes in enrollment and membership
Shift from blood quantum to lineal decent
Tribal membership vs. citizenship

Roles of Federal and Tribal Courts in Enrollment Issues

Limited role of federal courts
Responsibilities of tribal courts
Trends in tribal government/tribal court relationships in enrollment decisions

Enrollment Disputes

Case studies
Role of tribal courts
Accuracy of base rolls and other documents
Neutral third parties

*Topics subject to change.

CERTIFICATION PROCESS

Become certified by completing these simple steps:

Register for and attend the Tribal Enrollment Certification Program
Pass the online qualifying exam within seven days of finishing the Program

The Falmouth Tribal Enrollment Certification Program can also be delivered as an Onsite Program for organizations seeking to certify at least seven participants. To discuss onsite training opportunities, please call Falmouth at 800-992-4489, ext. 119.

TESTING INFORMATION

To receive your Tribal Enrollment Certification, you must pass the online qualifying exam.*

The exam consists of 50 multiple choice and true/false questions drawn from the program's course content.
In class, you'll receive instructions on how to get your unique username and password and how to access the exam.
You'll have seven days from the last day of class to access the exam. You must complete the exam in one sitting and you'll receive your results immediately after you submit it.
You'll be able to download your certificate showing that you are a Certified Tribal Enrollment Professional as soon as you have passed the exam.
If you do not pass the exam on your first attempt, you'll have one year to re-test. You may take the exam a total of three times, after which you'll have to register for and attend the Tribal Enrollment Certification Program again before you are permitted to re-test. You must pay a $100 exam fee each time you re-register to take the exam. The retest form is available here.

*Testing accommodations are available to those with a documented disability. Please contact Falmouth at 1-800-992-4489 or info@falmouthinstitute.com to discuss your particular situation. You must request accommodations when you register for the Certification Program for accommodations to be guaranteed.

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Falmouth takes pride in its exceptional faculty. We only work with outstanding trainers who have years of specialized Indian Country experience and who are experts in their fields. You can expect your instructor(s) for this program to deliver top quality training suited to your unique needs as a tribal enrollment professional.