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The Red Lake Nation is making history as the first in Indian Country to win federal approval for its energy development organization.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Buy Native American: Federal Support for Native Business Capacity Building and Success.”
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (March 14, 2022)
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The Moapa Band of Paiute Indians is on a roll when it comes to solar energy on tribal homelands in Nevada.
Howard Center: Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation caught in flaring debate (February 28, 2022)
The Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, home to a massive amount of natural gas flaring, is battling for regulatory control over this wasteful practice. 
Public meetings scheduled to protect lands around Chaco Canyon (February 15, 2022)
The Bureau of Land Management is hosting public meetings to discuss protecting ancestral and sacred land in New Mexico from development. 
Native America Calling: Solar Sovereignty (December 22, 2021)
“Solar warriors” are touting the benefits to tribes of solar power, both as economic development and as a sustainable energy solution. 
Department of the Interior Press Call (December 21, 2021)
Secretary Deb Haaland hosts a press call on December 21, 2021, to discuss the Biden administration’s renewable energy progress. 
Cronkite News: Tribal leaders welcome return of White House meeting (November 18, 2021)
Tribal leaders said the White House Tribal Nations Summit “shows promise” for the federal commitment to solving problems in Indian Country and to giving Native people a voice in the process. 
White House Tribal Nations Summit – Day Two – November 16, 2021 (November 17, 2021)
The Joe Biden administration concludes the White House Tribal Nations Summit on November 16, 2021. 
Agenda for Day Two of White House Tribal Nations Summit (November 16, 2021)
Check out the agenda for the second and final day of the White House Tribal Nations Summit. 
The Department of the Interior is taking steps to protect Chaco Culture National Historical Park and the landscape around it from oil and gas leasing.
The Center for Western Priorities is praising the Biden administration for seeking to protect sacred tribal areas in New Mexico from development.
White House Fact Sheet: Building A New Era of Nation-to-Nation Engagement (November 15, 2021)
From the missing and murdered crisis to sacred sites, the Biden administration is touting its Indian Country agenda as it hosts the White House Tribal Nations Summit. 
Native America Calling: Monitoring damaging oil spills (October 14, 2021)
California officials are still tallying the damage from an underwater oil pipeline rupture that leaked nearly 150,000 gallons of oil along a sensitive coastal area. 
The U.S. Senate voted 50-45 to approve the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to lead the Bureau of Land Management.
Indian Country Today: Opponents of Line 3 look to United Nations for support (September 8, 2021)
The United States faces an October deadline to respond to concerns about human rights abuses of Native people who are resisting the Line 3 pipeline on Ojibwe treaty territory. 
House Committee on Natural Resources markup on budget reconciliation (September 2, 2021)
The House Committee on Natural Resource is meeting to consider billions of dollars of investments in Indian Country. 
If the National Environmental Policy Act is weakened, so is the safety of me, my family, and my people.
Ernest Oppegaard-Peltier #StopLine3 #DC #JoeBiden (August 23, 2021)
Ernest Oppegaard-Peltier, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, addresses a Stop Line 3 rally at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 
Gina Peltier #StopLine3 #DC #JoeBiden (August 23, 2021)
Gina Peltier, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, addresses a Stop Line 3 rally at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 
Jean-Luc Pierite #StopLine3 #DC #JoeBiden (August 23, 2021)
Jean-Luc Pierite, a citizen of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, addresses a Stop Line 3 rally at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 
Native America Calling: Minnesota protectors lay it on the Line 3 (August 23, 2021)
Opponents of the Line 3 oil pipeline across Minnesota continue to work to halt construction. 
Cronkite News: Hearing tackles legacy of coal mining on tribal lands (August 11, 2021)
Navajo and Hopi leaders addressed the need to move away from economic dependence on coal, but specific proposals on how to get there remain elusive.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (August 2, 2021)
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Morongo Band makes history with green energy project (July 19, 2021)
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians has become the first tribe in the nation to become a participating transmission owner as part of a new project that will help California meet its green energy goals. 
Native youth are part of a lawsuit that seeks to hold the federal government accountable for climate change.
From the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota to Line 5 in Michigan, pipeline operators continue to skirt the law.
After fifteen years of relentless effort, tribal nations finally succeeded in passing America’s most aggressive and revolutionary climate change policy.
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States is hosting an oversight hearing titled, “Environmental Justice in Indigenous Communities.”
The Biden administration is taking additional steps to address the crisis of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives in hopes of putting the focus back on survivors, families and tribal nations.
Secretary Deb Haaland issued two secretarial orders aimed at making good on her pledge to fight climate change and prioritize environmental justice.
Tribes ceded over 500 million acres of land to make this Country great and obligated the federal government to provide “health, education and social welfare” into perpetuity.
“I’ll fight tirelessly to represent our tribal communities and our tribes with honor,” Georgene Louis says as she seeks to fill the shoes of a fellow Pueblo trailblazer.
Cronkite News: Deb Haaland takes helm at Department of the Interior (March 19, 2021)
“The confirmation of Deb Haaland is amazing,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said after the historic vote in favor of the Pueblo trailblazer. 
Secretary Deb Haaland is making history in more ways than one, as the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior and the first Native person to serve in a presidential cabinet.
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