Southeast Alaska Tribal
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Update
Southeast Alaska Tribal
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Update

Public Review Draft Comment Period is now Closed.

(Updated Nov. 18th, 2024) Gunalchéesh/Háw’aa to everyone who provided comments and feedback on the Public Review Draft of the Southeast Alaska Tribal Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The project team is now reviewing comments and making revisions to the documents. We will post more details on next steps and the final CEDS document when it is available. 

Gunalchéesh/Háw’aa!

Our Mission

Preserve our sovereignty, enhance our economic and cultural resources, and promote self-sufficiency and self-governance for our citizens.

Our Vision

Prosperous, healthy Tribe and tribal citizens who thrive culturally, spiritually, and economically.

Purpose

The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is updating the 2018 Southeast Alaska Tribal Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy – a Tribal CEDS. This Tribal CEDS is meant to engage Tribes and Tribal members in Southeast to develop a strategy to support Tribal economic health and rural economies. This plan will focus specifically on Tribal issues, connections, and the future of our communities.

The Tribal CEDS will:

  • Identify opportunities and challenges to economic development in Southeast Tribal communities.
  • Develop strategies to overcome those challenges and capture those opportunities.
  • Develop a regional network of support.
  • Serve as a roadmap to rollout new programs that will support economic development, job creation, and community collaboration for the Tribal citizens of Southeast Alaska.

The Tribal CEDS will include:

Numbers that tell the story of the people, economy, and regional comparisons of Tribal citizens in Southeast

An Economic Vision for Southeast Tribal communities as a whole

Goals, Objectives, and Strategies that are specific and measurable and describe what we hope to accomplish over the next five years

An Implementation Plan that describes how we’ll work on our priorities and measure progress

Priorities and areas of focus for the Tribal CEDS Update

Schedule

SPRING 2024

Discover and Listen

  • Compile and analyze data
  • Invite input through interviews and survey (to be launched in May 2024)
SUMMER 2024 – FALL 2024

Draft and Review

  • Create vision, goals, and strategies
  • Prepare draft CEDS
  • Publish draft Tribal CEDS for public review (Tentatively scheduled to present draft at the Southeast Conference Annual Meeting in Sept 2024)
WINTER 2024 AND BEYOND

Activate and Implement

  • Finalize and adopt Tribal CEDS
  • Take action on CEDS recommendations
    and track progress

Project Team

Tlingit & Haida is leading this project with assistance from Alaska-based Agnew::Beck Consulting and their partner Northern Economics.

Public Review Process

Submitting Public Comments

There are three ways to submit your comments about the Draft Southeast Alaska Tribal CEDS:

  1. Use this quick survey with guided questions. (Complete the survey here) Comments can be anonymous and will be sent directly to the project team.
  2. Submit your comment through our comment form below. 
  3. Email your comments directly to the project team at meg@agnewbeck.com

The deadline to submit comments is November 15, 2024.

What is a Helpful Comment?

However you choose to provide feedback, the following pointers will make your comment effective for the project team’s consideration.

  • Please be specific; include page numbers if possible and provide details or examples about how you would suggest changes or edits.
  • For priorities and strategies, we would appreciate your ideas about how to measure success; what type of metrics, data, or accomplishments will help us determine if a strategy was successfully implemented by 2029?
  • If there are sections you particularly like or sections you would not change, please let us know that too!