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‘Our policy is nation-to-nation’
Tribes join President Biden for celebration at White House
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tribal leaders are looking forward to addressing climate change and improving economic conditions in their communities following the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act into law.
Chairman Harold Frazier of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and President Jonathan Nez of the Navajo Nation were among hundreds of dignitaries who traveled to the White House for a ceremony celebrating the new law on Tuesday. Although President Joe Biden did not specifically mention Indian Country in his remarks about the Inflation Reduction Act, he reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the trust and treaty obligation as he worked his way though the large crowd on a sunny afternoon in the nation’s capital.
“Chairman,” the president said in greeting Frazier on the South Lawn at the White House, “Our policy is nation-to-nation.”
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- $235 million for tribal climate resilience, including fish hatchery operations and maintenance
- $225 million for development of tribal high-efficiency electric home rebate programs
- $150 million for tribal home electrification
- $75 million for the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program, including direct loans to tribes
- $20 billion in allowable loan guarantees under the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program, a ten-fold increase in investments
- $25 million for Native Hawaiian climate resilience
- $12.5 million for tribal emergency drought relief
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