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U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, introduced S.4370, the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2024, aimed at enhancing indigenous stewardship of Federal and Indian forest and rangelands. The original 2004 TFPA law was designed to protect Indian forest lands from threats such as wildfires by allowing Tribes to enter agreements with the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management for forest management activities on federal lands "bordering or adjacent to" tribal lands.
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U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, has praised President Biden's new Executive Order on Reforming Federal Funding and Support for Tribal Nations. The order aims to "better embrace our trust responsibilities and promote the next era of Tribal self-determination."In a statement, Senator Schatz highlighted the importance of federal policies that support the sovereignty and self-determination of Tribal nations. He emphasized that with the recent significant investments in Native-serving programs, it is crucial for the...
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Committee Holds Briefing on ANCSA in Practice--How ANCSA Works in the North Slope Region of Alaska
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U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led an oversight hearing titled, “The Long Journey Home: Advancing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act’s Promise After 30 Years of Practice” to hear from the National Park Service, the Government Accountability Office, and Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) practitioners on lessons learned over the past thirty years since enactment of the groundbreaking law and areas where Congress can help improve implementation.
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U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released the below statement on recent actions by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to expand broadband connectivity to Tribal libraries.
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During an oversight hearing this week, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA), provided an opening statement on the important oversight role that Congress exercises regarding the implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and its importance to Alaska Native, American Indian and Native Hawaiian efforts to repatriate sacred human remains and funerary objects back to their communities.
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U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, released the following statements on the upcoming tenure of Cynthia Chavez Lamar as director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), effective February 14.