Bureau of Indian Affairs
Recent News About Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Newland: 'The Interior Department recognizes the crucial role of utilizing indigenous knowledge in our biggest resource conservation and management challenges'
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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Beaudreau on Hualapai water rights: 'Today we celebrate a settlement that was achieved by true collaboration'
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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Indian Affairs’ Bryan Newland: Behavioral Health and Wellness Program ‘will help our students and BIE team succeed’
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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Newland: 'Tiwahe Initiative works because it gives Tribes the freedom and flexibility'
The U.S. Department of Indian Affairs recently announced the expansion of the Tiwahe Initiative.
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Newland: 'Revitalizing Tribal economies is key to our goal of making lives better for people'
Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development recently announced more than $3 million in Tribal Tourism Grant Program funding.
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Newland: Indian Affairs budget 'makes significant investments in Tribal sovereignty and revitalization'
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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Beeksma: ‘Name change reflects the sovereignty of the Tohono O’odham people’
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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Dr. Tamarah Pfeiffer selected as president of Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
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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Indian Affairs announces new guidance for determining eligibility for organization under the Alaska Indian Reorganization Act
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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Newland: 'We are supporting Tribal sovereignty and economic development'
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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Newland: Proposed revisions would ‘secure this special trust asset of the Osage Nation for generations’
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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LaCounte: Electric power rate increase in Arizona ‘ensures BIA can continue to provide safe and reliable services into the future’
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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Newland: 'This partnership will further support our efforts to keep Native people safe'
The Bureau of Indian Affairs recently announced a partnership with the FBI to improve law enforcement.
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Newland: 'Taking land into trust is one of the most important functions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs'
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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Indian Affairs’ Newland: Proposed revision on Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ‘helps us heal from’ painful past
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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Haaland: 'The Biden-Harris administration is committed to improving food access and affordability across Indian Country'
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced advancements in health and nutrition efforts in Indian Country.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs deputy director called 'a seasoned leader'
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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Newland: 'Tourism is a vital part of many Tribal economies'
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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Newland: 'Reliable, high-speed internet access in Tribal communities enables many opportunities'
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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Haskell Foundation director: 'This award is wonderful and critically important today'
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.