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Recent News About Bureau of Indian Affairs
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Department of the Interior has allocated $5 million to support restoration of bison populations and grassland ecosystems in Tribal communities, according to a press release. The funding comes from President Joe Biden's Investing in America agenda.
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The U.S Department of the Interior (DOI) has settled the Hualapai Tribe's water rights claims in Arizona and created a $312 million tribal trust fund for water infrastructure, the agency announced in a press release.
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The Bureau of Indian Education has awarded an additional five-year contract for its Behavioral Health and Wellness Program which helps students and staff at bureau-funded schools and programs.
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The U.S. Department of Indian Affairs recently announced the expansion of the Tiwahe Initiative.
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Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development recently announced more than $3 million in Tribal Tourism Grant Program funding.
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The 2024 budget for the Bureau of Indian Affairs invests in Tribal revitalization and provides funding resources for Tribes to manage their lands and waters.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ administrative agency office in Sells, Ariz., has a new name that replaces one that was a derogatory term Spanish conquistadors gave to O’odham people.
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Tamarah Pfeiffer, Ph.D., a member of the Navajo Nation, has been appointed as the president of Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI).
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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs today announced new policy guidance to clarify the criteria and procedures for evaluating petitions for organization under the Alaska Indian Reorganization Act.
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The diversified Alaska Native investment corporation Bristol Bay Native Corporation was among nearly 20 American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native entities that received more than $2.5 million from a U.S. Department of the Interior Indian Affairs grant program for developing Tribal energy resources.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs has proposed revisions for energy growth for the Osage Mineral Estate on the Osage Reservation, which has headquarters in Pawhuska, Okla.
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The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs is raising electric power rates for the San Carlos Irrigation Project-Power Division in Arizona.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs recently announced a partnership with the FBI to improve law enforcement.
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U.S. Department of the Interior announced the approval of a land-into-trust acquisition for the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
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The public has until Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2023, to comment on a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of the Interior that revises a law enacted in 1990 that requires museums and federal agencies to identify Native American human remains and more to repatriate them.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced advancements in health and nutrition efforts in Indian Country.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs retiree who returned this month to take up the bureau director job at the Office of Justice Services is "a seasoned leader" for the complex position, said bureau Director Darryl LaCounte in a news release.
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The Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development is accepting donations for its Tribal Tourism Grant Program for the current fiscal year.
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Eligible, federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal entities may apply for the 2022 National Tribal Broadband Grant Program through the Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development.
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The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs announced on Aug. 3 that Haskell Indian Nations University was awarded $20 million to create a hub for the Indigenous community and earth science convergence.