This comes just months after FEMA signed a significant agreement with the Cherokee Nation to help lead disaster response teams across the U.S — the first tribal nation to do so. Phil Bryant, who sits on the review council, said tribal leaders are being consulted about the continued existence of FEMA. “Tribal representatives shared a common concern: the lack of a tribal delegate on the review board. Previous meetings of the FEMA Review Council laid the groundwork for a debate about the agency’s future and raised concerns about disaster response time, especially in major cities; however, Native American stakeholders have become a more recent conversation. The review council has not announced the next public meeting date.