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# PRIVACY POLICY
**Effective Date:** July 16, 2020
Sacred Path (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the  website (the “Service”).
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our , accessible from .
INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED
**Personal Data**
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain  (PII) that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). PII may include, but is not limited to:
* First & Last Name
* E-mail Address
* Phone Number
* Home Address, State/Province, Zip/Postal Code & City
* Cookies & Usage Data
**Usage Data**
We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
**Tracking & Cookies Data**
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.
Cookies are files with small amounts of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
**Examples of Cookies We Use:**
* **Session Cookies**
  We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
* **Preference Cookies**
  We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
* **Security Cookies**
  We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
USE OF DATA
Sacred Path uses the collected data for various purposes:
* To provide and maintain the Service
* To notify you about changes to our Service
* To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
* To provide customer care and support
* To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
* To monitor the usage of the Service
* To detect, prevent and address technical issues
We may also share your data with affiliated partners for use in associated or non-associated offers and/or marketing campaigns. We will never sell your data to any third party.
TRANSFER OF DATA
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United States and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Sacred Path will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
DISCLOSURE OF DATA
**Legal Requirements**
Sacred Path may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
* To comply with a legal obligation
* To protect and defend the rights or property of Sacred Path
* To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
* To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
* To protect against legal liability
SECURITY OF DATA
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
SERVICE PROVIDERS
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated **not** to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
**Analytics**
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
* **Google Analytics**
  Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
* You can opt out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the . The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
* For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the  web page.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).
We do not knowingly collect  (PII) from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
* **By Phone:**
  + 520-484-4186
  + 520-879-6238
  + 520-879-6231
  + 520-879-6293
* **By E-mail:** Info@SacredPath.net
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###### About
# PYT/Sacred Path & the Enhanced Tribal Card.
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe is committed to providing a high level of service to its tribal members. In developing the Enhanced Tribal ID Card “ETC”, we have also worked diligently with US Customs and Border Protection to ensure safeguards in the ETC System and protecting user data. This continues to facilitate the historical passage and mobility of the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Members.
– Robert Valencia
Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Former Chairman
## How did Sacred Path form?
Sacred Path is a newly formed enterprise of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, providing the highest quality of specialized consulting services in developing for Tribal Nations a Turn Key Solution and customized ETC Program, meeting the federal mandate of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative known as WHTI. PYT/Sacred Path continues to build strong trustworthy business relationships, recognizing the cultural inherited values of all Tribal Nations for the betterment of our Native People. The Pascua Yaqui Tribe/Sacred Path is the first in the Nation to develop and implement a successful ETC Program, and has established partnerships at the federal level with Customs and Border Protection and FEMA under the Department of Homeland Security.
In 2013, through research and development the Pascua Yaqui Tribe/Sacred Path developed the first Outsourcing ETC Production System for the Hydaburg Cooperative Association in Alaska. We continued providing consulting services to several other tribes and felt an obligation to share our expertise and knowledge with Indian Country. As a result, we moved to brand our consulting services in 2017 and are now known as Sacred Path.
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## History
After September 11th, 2001, immediate improvements to our Nation’s borders were required. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) implemented a Congressional requirement that all U.S. citizens and other travelers entering the U.S. would present a passport or accepted WHTI compliant document (i.e. Enhanced Tribal Card (ETC)).The federal government recognizes Tribes as Sovereign Nations with the authority to develop their own ETC Programs.
On May 27th, 2009, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe/Sacred Path negotiated and entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Homeland Security and Customs Border Protection to implement an ETC Program. After two years of planning and extensive research and development in August of 2010, the program became available to its membership. Upon the program’s evaluation performed by the Department of Homeland Security and a third-party, on June 9th 2011, the Enhanced Tribal Card was approved and published in the federal register as a WHTI-compliant document for border crossing, denoting identity, U.S. citizenship, and tribal membership status.
## Experience
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe/Sacred Path is the first in the Nation to develop an Enhanced Tribal Card Program. The program has been successful and our membership continues to take full advantage of the program.
In the last several years, PYT/Sacred Path has established the necessary government relations with the Department of Homeland Security and Customs Border Protection, with years of experience that has included Cultural Awareness Sensitivity and Crossing of Cultural Regalia training being provided to the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection in order to cultivate better understanding and respect for the cultural and sacred items.
## Tribal Clients
* Hydaburg Cooperative Association – Hydaburg, AK
* Native Village of Wainwright – Wainwright, AK
* Kootenai Tribe of Idaho – Bonners Ferry, ID
* Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation – Mayetta, KS
* Blackfeet Nation of Montana – Browning, MT
* Northern Cheyenne Nation – Lame Deer, MT
* Cayuga Nation located in Seneca Falls, NY
* Shinnecock Indian Nation – Southampton, NY
* Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla – OR
* The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas – TX
* The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation – WA
* Muckleshoot Indian Tribe – Auburn, WA
* Puyallup Tribe of Indians – Tacoma, WA
* Spokane Tribe of Indians – Wellpinit, WA 99040
* Forest County Potawatomi Community, WI
### Hydaburg Tribe of Alaska
PO BOX 349
Hydaburg, AK 99922 US
### Forest County Potawatomi Community, WI
5416 Everybody’s Road
Crandon, WI 54520
### The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservations of Washington
21 Colville St
Nespelem, WA 99155
### The Puyallup Tribe of Washington
3009 E Portland Ave
Tacoma, WA 98404
### The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
2212 W Rosita Valley Rd
Eagle Pass, Texas 78852
### The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
142 County Road 38A
Bonners Ferry, IDA 83805
or PO Box 1269 Bonners Ferry ID 83805
### Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas
16281 Q Rd.
Mayetta, KS 66509
### Muckleshoot Indian Tribe of Washington
39015 172nd Ave SE,
Auburn, WA 98092
### Cayuga Nation of New York
PO BOX 803 Seneca Falls, NY 13148
### Northern Cheyenne Nation of Montana
600 Cheyenne Ave
Littlewolf Capital Building
P.O. Box 128
Lame Deer, Montana 59043
### Shinnecock Indian Nation
Shinnecock Community Center
PO Box 5006
100 Church St.
Southampton, NY 11969
### Blackfeet Nation of Montana
Blackfeet Reservation
PO Box 850 | All Chiefs Square
Browning, MT 59417
### Native Village of Wainwright
1212 Airport Road
Wainwright, AK, 99782
### Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
46411 Ti’mine Way
Pendleton, OR, 97801
### Spokane Tribe of Indians
Wellpinit, WA 99040
## Testimonials
### Hydaburg Cooperative Association
### Puyallup Tribe of Indians
###### WHTI
# Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
To strengthen U.S. Border Security while facilitating entry for U.S. Citizens by providing standardized documentation that enables the Department of Homeland Security to quickly and reliably identify a traveler.
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WHTI is the joint Department of State (DOS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plan to implement a key 9/11 Commission recommendation and the statutory mandates of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA). IRTPA, in part, required the DHS and DOS to develop and implement a plan to require all travelers, U.S. citizens and foreign nationals alike, to present a passport or other acceptable document that denotes identity and citizenship when entering the United States.
* Currently, U.S. Citizens need to present either a passport or passport card or a “WHTI” compliant document or government issued photo ID, such as a driver’s license, along with proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate.
* **On June 1, 2009** the U.S. Government implemented the full requirements of the land and sea phase of “WHTI”. The rule requires most U.S. citizens entering the United States at sea or land ports of entry have a “WHTI” compliant document such as:
  + U.S. Passport Card
  + Enhanced Driver’s License
  + **Enhanced Tribal Card**
  + U.S. Passport
  + NEXUS Card – Trusted Travel Program
  + SENTRI Card – Trusted Travel Program
  + FAST Card – Trusted Travel Program
The goal of the “WHTI” is to strengthen U.S. Border Security while facilitating entry for U.S. Citizens by providing standardized documentation that enables the Department of Homeland Security to quickly and reliably identify a traveler. The Enhanced Tribal Card will show a tribal member’s U.S. citizenship, identity, and state residence.
###### Services
# Introducing the Enhanced Tribal Card
### Consultations
On-site presentation to leadership, conference calls, and host on-site meetings at the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Tucson, AZ.
### Enhanced Tribal Card Management Software (EMS)
Customized Application with technical support that will print, encode, check RFID, and transmit produced cards to DHS/CBP. It also allows for the ability to send change in status of card holder information such as lost, stolen, expired, deceased, and reissued updates.
### Outsourcing ETC Production System
* Division of responsibility between PYT/Sacred Path & Tribe.
* Pascua Yaqui Tribe/Sacred Path would serve as the information technology coordinator and the manufacturer of tribal cards on behalf of client Tribe.
* Client Tribe will determine who qualifies, conduct application intake, capture necessary data, and PYT/Sacred Path will print, encode, check RFID, and transmit produced card to DHS/CBP and deliver card according to client.
* To include specialized training along with card testing consultation with DHS/CBP on your behalf.
* Consultation on behalf of client tribes with DHS/CBP on card, data exchange testing and communication for Service Level Agreement and Interconnection Security Agreement.
* Conduct on-site specialized training in the implementation of your ETC Program.
### Full Enhanced Tribal Card System
* Tribe/Nation will operate on-site and have full operational responsibility and functionality in the intake, production, issuance, and card status changes of an ETC.
* Consultation on behalf of client tribes with DHS/CBP on card, data exchange texting and communication for Service Level Agreement and Interconnection Security Agreement.