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Rep. Hastings asks DOI for answers about Jeanette Hanna (05/17)
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Washington), the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, is pressing the Obama administration for answers about Jeanette Hanna, a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee who has...
Filed Under: National | Opinion
Indian parents air complaints about child welfare system (05/16)
The Great Plains Indian Child Welfare Act Summit opened on Wednesday with heartbreaking testimony from parents and grandparents whose children were taken from their homes. Several speakers said they worked...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
Blackfeet Nation asks Congress to approve water settlement (05/09)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee heard testimony on S.434, the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act, on Wednesday. The bill ratifies a water rights compact between the Blackfeet Nation and the...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
Audio from Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on bills (05/08)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held its first legislative hearing of the 113th Congress this afternoon. The committee considered S.434, the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act. The bill ratifies a...
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BIA and tribes participate in ICWA summit in South Dakota (05/08)
The Great Plains Indian Child Welfare Act Summit takes place next week in Rapid City, South Dakota. Tribal leaders have pressured the Bureau of Indian Affairs to host the conference....
Filed Under: Cobell
Cherokee Nation low on list for Cobell land consolidation plan (05/06)
It doesn't look like many members of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma will be benefiting from the land consolidation portion of the $3.4 billion Cobell trust fund settlement. The settlement...
Filed Under: National | Politics
Sally Jewell spent weeks learning about Interior Department (04/30)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell spent "weeks" learning about her new job prior to her Senate confirmation hearing, The New York Times. But Jewell, the former chief executive at Recreational Equipment...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
No payback for Alaska despite votes against Obama's gun bill (04/23)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) voted against expanded background checks for gun sales but President Barack Obama won't be retaliating against them, The New York Times...
Filed Under: Cobell
BIA aims to start Cobell land consolidation purchases this year (04/22)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs hopes to start the land consolidation portion of the $3.4 billion Cobell trust fund settlement by the end of the year, Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn...
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Kevin Washburn to host conference call on Cobell scholarships (04/18)
Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn, the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is holding a conference call on Monday to discuss the scholarship fund that was created by the $3.4...
Filed Under: National | Politics
BIA puts selection of new regional director for Alaska on hold (04/10)
Candidates for BIA regional director position in Alaska. Weldon "Bruce" Loudermilk, left, and Bryan C. Rice, right. The Bureau of Indian Affairs has put the selection of a new...
Filed Under: National | Politics
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar bidding farewell after four years (04/05)
[YouTube: Final Webchat with Secretary Ken Salazar] After more than four years on the job, Ken Salazar is getting ready to step down as the Secretary of the Interior...
Filed Under: Law | National | Trust
Dave Palermo: Carcieri still at issue four years after decision (04/02)
It's been more than four years since the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar threw a wrench into the land-into-trust process: The 2009 U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting...
Filed Under: National | Politics
DOI bars non-essential travel under sequestration of budget (03/27)
The Interior Department has barred all non-essential travel due to the sequestration of the federal budget. The directive means Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn, the head of the Bureau of Indian...
Filed Under: Environment | Health | National | Politics
BIA takes role on controversial road for Alaska Native village (03/22)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs will be taking on a new role for a controversial Alaska Native village road. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended against building a road...
Rep. Hastings asks DOI for answers about Jeanette Hanna (05/17)
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Washington), the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, is pressing the Obama administration for answers about Jeanette Hanna, a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee who has...
Filed Under: National | Opinion
Indian parents air complaints about child welfare system (05/16)
The Great Plains Indian Child Welfare Act Summit opened on Wednesday with heartbreaking testimony from parents and grandparents whose children were taken from their homes. Several speakers said they worked...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
Blackfeet Nation asks Congress to approve water settlement (05/09)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee heard testimony on S.434, the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act, on Wednesday. The bill ratifies a water rights compact between the Blackfeet Nation and the...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
Audio from Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on bills (05/08)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held its first legislative hearing of the 113th Congress this afternoon. The committee considered S.434, the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act. The bill ratifies a...
Filed Under:
BIA and tribes participate in ICWA summit in South Dakota (05/08)
The Great Plains Indian Child Welfare Act Summit takes place next week in Rapid City, South Dakota. Tribal leaders have pressured the Bureau of Indian Affairs to host the conference....
Filed Under: Cobell
Cherokee Nation low on list for Cobell land consolidation plan (05/06)
It doesn't look like many members of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma will be benefiting from the land consolidation portion of the $3.4 billion Cobell trust fund settlement. The settlement...
Filed Under: National | Politics
Sally Jewell spent weeks learning about Interior Department (04/30)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell spent "weeks" learning about her new job prior to her Senate confirmation hearing, The New York Times. But Jewell, the former chief executive at Recreational Equipment...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
No payback for Alaska despite votes against Obama's gun bill (04/23)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) voted against expanded background checks for gun sales but President Barack Obama won't be retaliating against them, The New York Times...
Filed Under: Cobell
BIA aims to start Cobell land consolidation purchases this year (04/22)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs hopes to start the land consolidation portion of the $3.4 billion Cobell trust fund settlement by the end of the year, Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn...
Filed Under: Cobell | Education <% pageid=5700 %>
Kevin Washburn to host conference call on Cobell scholarships (04/18)
Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn, the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is holding a conference call on Monday to discuss the scholarship fund that was created by the $3.4...
Filed Under: National | Politics
BIA puts selection of new regional director for Alaska on hold (04/10)
Candidates for BIA regional director position in Alaska. Weldon "Bruce" Loudermilk, left, and Bryan C. Rice, right. The Bureau of Indian Affairs has put the selection of a new...
Filed Under: National | Politics
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar bidding farewell after four years (04/05)
[YouTube: Final Webchat with Secretary Ken Salazar] After more than four years on the job, Ken Salazar is getting ready to step down as the Secretary of the Interior...
Filed Under: Law | National | Trust
Dave Palermo: Carcieri still at issue four years after decision (04/02)
It's been more than four years since the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar threw a wrench into the land-into-trust process: The 2009 U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting...
Filed Under: National | Politics
DOI bars non-essential travel under sequestration of budget (03/27)
The Interior Department has barred all non-essential travel due to the sequestration of the federal budget. The directive means Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn, the head of the Bureau of Indian...
Filed Under: Environment | Health | National | Politics
BIA takes role on controversial road for Alaska Native village (03/22)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs will be taking on a new role for a controversial Alaska Native village road. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended against building a road...
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