Clearly the administration can give tribes coordination. But we all know what that means. It means tribes can participate in all the meetings. It means tribes can listen to the discussion. It means tribes can even make recommendations. But at the end of the day, coordination puts tribes in the role of an advisor. It doesn't have any real teeth or authority.
Bishop critiques the limited authority of tribal coordination under current administration policies.
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