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USET: Education Department holds listening session for tribes (05/14)
News from the United South and Eastern Tribes: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is holding a Tribal Consultation and Listening Session today leading up to the United South and...
Filed Under: Law | National
DOJ seeks input from tribes about Violence Against Women Act (04/18)
The Department of Justice will hold two consultation sessions next month to discuss the tribal jurisdiction provisions of S.47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. The law recognizes...
Filed Under: Environment | National
MPR: FEMA consulting tribes about disaster declaration process (04/12)
Minnesota Public Radio reports on changes in federal law that allow tribes to request disaster declarations directly from the federal government: Tribal governments can now directly request a disaster declaration...
Filed Under: National
BIA announces consultation meetings for tribal transportation (04/12)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has scheduled three consultation sessions to discuss transportation issues. The BIA wants input on a draft regulation for the Tribal Transportation Program, previously known as...
Filed Under: Opinion
Craig Fugate: Consulting tribes on disaster declaration process (04/09)
Craig Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on tribal consultation: When you're tackling a new and challenging topic, starting from a solid foundation is crucial to success....
Filed Under: National
FEMA to consult tribes about new disaster declaration process (03/11)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is consulting tribes about a disaster declaration process that will recognize their sovereignty. In January, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill that allows...
Filed Under: Cobell | Opinion
Jay Daniels: Indian land consolidation marks a new beginning (02/25)
"The Department of Interior recently completed the final tribal consultations for the implementation of the Cobell Settlement's Land Buy Back Program for Tribal Nations. Tribal Consultations were previously conducted in...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
WPR: Wisconsin tribes united in opposition to GOP mining bill (02/07)
"After a private meeting with Governor Scott Walker Tuesday, the leaders of eight of Wisconsin's eleven tribes say they are united in opposing the Republican version of a new iron...
Filed Under: Environment
WPR: Bad River Band blasts state lawmakers over mining bill (02/06)
"Legislative committees this week are scheduled to take up a Republican bill that could help open a large taconite mine in northern Wisconsin, but lawmakers are being taken to task,...
Filed Under: Cobell | Opinion
Jay Daniels: BIA moves fast on Cobell land consolidation plan (02/06)
"The first of the second round of tribal consultations between the Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of the Special Trustee (OST) and various tribes...
Filed Under: Cobell | National | Politics | Trust
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to leave Obama administration (01/16)
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will leave the Obama administration by the end of March. Salazar came to the Interior Department as a U.S. Senator from Colorado. He quickly brought Larry...
Filed Under: Canada | National
NCAI backs AFN as leaders meet with Canada Prime Minister (01/11)
The National Congress of American Indians issued a statement in support of the Assembly of First Nations as Native leaders in Canada head into a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen...
Filed Under: Opinion
Jay Daniels: Everyone wants to talk but no one wants to listen (12/20)
"On December 1, 2011, Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior (DOI), issued Secretarial Order No. 3317 for the purpose of updating, expanding and clarifying the Department’s policy on consultation with...
Filed Under: Opinion
Gabe Galanda: Advancing state-tribal consultation mandates (10/17)
"States’ actions or decision-making that violate tribal rights are nothing new; from birth, America’s youngest sovereigns have challenged and attacked Indian tribes. What is new, however, is the possibility of...
Filed Under: Environment | National
TransCanada claims no duty to consult tribes on Keystone (09/18)
TransCanada says it has no duty to consult tribes about the path of the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. The route from Montana to Texas does not directly cross any reservations,...
USET: Education Department holds listening session for tribes (05/14)
News from the United South and Eastern Tribes: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is holding a Tribal Consultation and Listening Session today leading up to the United South and...
Filed Under: Law | National
DOJ seeks input from tribes about Violence Against Women Act (04/18)
The Department of Justice will hold two consultation sessions next month to discuss the tribal jurisdiction provisions of S.47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. The law recognizes...
Filed Under: Environment | National
MPR: FEMA consulting tribes about disaster declaration process (04/12)
Minnesota Public Radio reports on changes in federal law that allow tribes to request disaster declarations directly from the federal government: Tribal governments can now directly request a disaster declaration...
Filed Under: National
BIA announces consultation meetings for tribal transportation (04/12)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has scheduled three consultation sessions to discuss transportation issues. The BIA wants input on a draft regulation for the Tribal Transportation Program, previously known as...
Filed Under: Opinion
Craig Fugate: Consulting tribes on disaster declaration process (04/09)
Craig Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on tribal consultation: When you're tackling a new and challenging topic, starting from a solid foundation is crucial to success....
Filed Under: National
FEMA to consult tribes about new disaster declaration process (03/11)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is consulting tribes about a disaster declaration process that will recognize their sovereignty. In January, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill that allows...
Filed Under: Cobell | Opinion
Jay Daniels: Indian land consolidation marks a new beginning (02/25)
"The Department of Interior recently completed the final tribal consultations for the implementation of the Cobell Settlement's Land Buy Back Program for Tribal Nations. Tribal Consultations were previously conducted in...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
WPR: Wisconsin tribes united in opposition to GOP mining bill (02/07)
"After a private meeting with Governor Scott Walker Tuesday, the leaders of eight of Wisconsin's eleven tribes say they are united in opposing the Republican version of a new iron...
Filed Under: Environment
WPR: Bad River Band blasts state lawmakers over mining bill (02/06)
"Legislative committees this week are scheduled to take up a Republican bill that could help open a large taconite mine in northern Wisconsin, but lawmakers are being taken to task,...
Filed Under: Cobell | Opinion
Jay Daniels: BIA moves fast on Cobell land consolidation plan (02/06)
"The first of the second round of tribal consultations between the Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of the Special Trustee (OST) and various tribes...
Filed Under: Cobell | National | Politics | Trust
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to leave Obama administration (01/16)
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will leave the Obama administration by the end of March. Salazar came to the Interior Department as a U.S. Senator from Colorado. He quickly brought Larry...
Filed Under: Canada | National
NCAI backs AFN as leaders meet with Canada Prime Minister (01/11)
The National Congress of American Indians issued a statement in support of the Assembly of First Nations as Native leaders in Canada head into a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen...
Filed Under: Opinion
Jay Daniels: Everyone wants to talk but no one wants to listen (12/20)
"On December 1, 2011, Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior (DOI), issued Secretarial Order No. 3317 for the purpose of updating, expanding and clarifying the Department’s policy on consultation with...
Filed Under: Opinion
Gabe Galanda: Advancing state-tribal consultation mandates (10/17)
"States’ actions or decision-making that violate tribal rights are nothing new; from birth, America’s youngest sovereigns have challenged and attacked Indian tribes. What is new, however, is the possibility of...
Filed Under: Environment | National
TransCanada claims no duty to consult tribes on Keystone (09/18)
TransCanada says it has no duty to consult tribes about the path of the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. The route from Montana to Texas does not directly cross any reservations,...
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