Nations, consistent with Executive Order 13175 and 13647, in a manner that seeks just and equitable policies, proposals, programs and resolutions based upon mutual consent between our nations. See 1803 Louisiana Purchase Treaty, Article VI. Section 5. Respect for Tribal Self-Government and Preemption of Contrary State Law. When adopting regulations, Federal agencies shall develop necessary provisions to protect Native self- determination, sovereignty and self-government by preempting contrary state laws that conflict or interfere with: (a) Native American self-determination, self-government, and economic self- sufficiency; (b) the federal trust responsibility; (c) federal law-enforcement and regulation regarding cimes, law enforcement, and tribal law and self-governance in Indian country; or (d) the “absolute and undisturbed use” by Native Sovereign Nations of Indian lands as “permanent homes.” In regard to reserved treaty water rights under the Winters doctrine, the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Justice should confer with Indian tribes and develop plans to ensure that the United States is assisting NSNs to access, possess, consume and otherwise use water for domestic purposes, agriculture, aquaculture, municipal, industrial, and other economic self-sufficiency purposes; Section 6. Native American Canon of Construction. The United States of America drafted treaties in English with an imbalance in bargaining power, so America has traditionally utilized the Native American Canon of Construction to interpret, construe and implement Indian treaty and statutory provisions for the benefit of Indian nations and tribes, as Native Americans would have understood the treaties and with ambiguities resolved in favor of the NSNs. Agencies are hereby directed to adhere to the Indian Canon of Construction in the interpretation, construction and implementation of Indian treaties, agreements, statutes, executive orders, agency legislation and other agency activities that references Indian nations and tribes, tribal governments, tribal organizations and/or Indians or Native Americans. Section 7. White House Council with Native American Nations. The White House Council on Native American Affairs shall be renamed the White House Council with Native American Nations. The Chair of the Domestic Policy Council and the Secretary of the Interior shall serve as Council Co-Chairs. The President shall address the Council annually and the Vice President shall address the Council semi-annually. The Council shall hold quarterly roundtable meetings with Native Sovereign Nations to build nation-to-nation strategies, policies, programs and solutions based upon mutual respect and mutual consent, and shall propose legislation to ratify the Council’s place in the Executive Office of the President. Section 8. Office of Treaty Relations. The Secretary of the Interior shall establish a joint Office of Treaty Relations, composed of officials at the Departments of the Interior and State. The Office’s function and purpose shall be to resolve any issue arising between one or more Native Sovereign Nations and the United States under any treaty, agreement, statute or executive order safeguarding Native homelands or ensuring that Native homelands serve as permanent, livable homes. Section 9. Addressing Gun and Drug Violence. Native Americans now suffer the highest rates of fatal opioid overdoses in America and attendant drug violence. To reduce the gun and drug- related violence that plague too many Native American communities, the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Interior shall establish and co-chair with tribal leaders a Commission to be
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