Russell T. Vought Acting Director Of?ce of Management and Budget Executive Of?ce of the President 1650 Avenue, NW. Washington, DC. 20503 Via Email: Russell.t.vouaht@omb.eop.gov Dear Acting Director Vought: As Chairman of the Puyallup Tribe I write to oppose Public Buildings Reform Board?s recommendation to close and sell the National Archives and Records Administration?s Sand Point Archive Center located in Seattle, Washington. We strongly urge the Of?ce of Management Budget to reject this proposal. The Sand Point Center is very important to the 272 federally-recognized tribes in the Paci?c Northwest (Washington, Oregon and Idaho) and Alaska. Our Tribe relies on the Sand Point Center for access to critical historical documents. Among the many important historical materials housed at Sand Point are the original copies of correspondence between Governor Stevens, Indian agents, the Tribal leaders during treaty negotiations in the mid-19th Century, as well as original drafts of the treaties themselves. Importantly, this Of?ce houses critical documents associated with litigation that document the Tribe?s effort to protect our treaty rights and territory. If the Sand Point Center is closed, all of its archived materials will need to be moved. We understand that records will be sent all the way to Kansas City, Missouri and other archived materials will be sent to Riverside, California. Obviously, such new locations will make it much harder for our Tribe and those in the Paci?c Northwest and Alaska to access these historically important and culturally signi?cant archived records and materials. A sale of the Sand Point Center will undoubtedly have an impact on tribes. In fact, it will be a profound, negative and irreparable impact. Yet, the Public Building Reform Board, the National Archives and Records Administration, the Of?ce of Management and Budget, nor any other federal agency has engaged in government-to-government tribal consultation as required by Executive Order 13175. Worse, the federal agencies did not even alert Tribes about the proposed sale. 3009 E. Portland Avenue 0 Tacoma, Washington 98404 0 253/573-7800 161906-1 Russell T. Vought, Acting Director Page 2 We call on you to reject the sale of the Sand Point Center. You can simply remove it from the list of proposed properties. At the very least, we ask you to delay any further steps toward selling the Sand Point Center until you engage in tribal consultation. Sincerely, ?lm?a David Z. Bean Chairman 161906-1 naXqu?yt nastlx?a?y?m? PORT GAMBLE TRIBE January 23. 2020 Russell T. Vought Acting Director Of?ce of Management and Budget Executive Office ofthe President I650 Avenue. NW Washington. DC. 20503 Via email: ouuht omb.eop.go\ Dear Acting Director Vought: On behalf ofthe Port (iamble S'Klallam Tribe. it has only recently come to our attention that the Office of Management is reviewing a recommendation from the Public Buildings Reform Board to close and sell the National Archives and Records Administration's Sand Point Archive Center located in Seattle. Washington pursuant to the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of20lo. We adamantly oppose the closure of the Center. The Sand Point Center is very important to the 272 federally-recognized tribes in the Pacific Northwest (Washington. Oregon and Idaho) and Alaska. Ours is merely one ofthem. However. our Tribe relies on the Sand Point Center for access to critical historical documents. Among the many important historical materials housed at Sand Point are the original copies of correspondence between Governor Stevens. lndian agents. and Tribal leaders during treaty negotiations in the mid-l9?l Century. as well as original drafts ofthe treaties themselves. The facility also houses critical and hard-to-reproduce historical information related to the area tribes. lfthe Sand Point Center is closed. all of its archived materials will be need to moved. We understand that records will be sent all the way to Kansas City. Missouri and other archived materials will be sent to Riverside. California. Obviously. such new locations will make it much harder for our Tribe and those in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska to access these historically important and culturally significant archived records and materials. A sale of the Sand Point Center will undoubtedly have an impact on tribes. In fact. it will be a profound. negative and irreparable impact. Yet. the Public Buildings Reform Board. the National Archives and Records Administration. the Office of Management and Budget. nor any other federal agency has engaged in government-to-government tribal consultation as required Executive Order IS I 75. Worse. the federal agencies did not even alert Tribes about the proposed sale. We learned about it through a news source. It is our understanding that our fellow Tribes are only learning about it now as well. 519? Little Boston Road NE Kingston, WA 083-16 P: loo-2972646 Email: into@pgst.osn.us web: We call on you to reject the sale ofthe Sand Point Center. You can simply remove it from the list of proposed properties. At the very least. we ask you to delay any further steps toward selling the Sand Point Center until you engage in tribal consultation. Sincerely. Michelle Williams. ChiefofStaff. OMB Lois Altoft. Assistant to the Director. OMB 'l?yler Fish. Senior Policy Tribal Liaison. White House Office oflntergovermnental Affairs Jennifer Lichter. Deputy .-\ssistant to the President for Domestic Policy. Domestic Policy Director Adam Bodner. Public Buildings Reform Board David Ferriero. Archivist ofthe United States. National Archives Records Administration