This Week at Interior June 14, 2024
https://youtu.be/0730dJYQhXM?si=g3DRpPKR1-R6b5UQ This Week: Interior celebrates a new agreement with the State of Maryland to support offshore wind development; the Bureau of Land Management completes the final environmental analysis of the proposed Greenlink West Transmission Project; $142 million from the President’s Investing in America Agenda will boost water supplies and advance drought resilience across the West;…
Read MoreFederal Court to Rehear Apache Stronghold’s Case to Protect Sacred Site
(Photo courtesy Becket Law) BY DARREN THOMPSON NOVEMBER 22, 2022 WASHINGTON —On Thursday, November 17, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided it would rehear Apache Stronghold v. United States after ruling earlier this year that a private mine can proceed with operations while a lawsuit is pending. The Apache Stronghold is arguing that efforts to develop an…
Read MoreIn Native American adoption case, Supreme Court explores race and tribal sovereignty
One family’s fight could upend decades of federal law. By Devin Dwyer, Sarah Herndon, and Isabella MenesesNovember 22, 2022 FORT WORTH, Texas — Dr. Jennifer and Chad Brackeen and their four kids are a blended family in a fight to stay together. But in the process, they could upend more than 40 years of federal law on the sovereignty of…
Read More‘Long overdue’: Senate passes bill for Native veterans organization
Charter for National American Indian Veterans is decades in the making. https://youtu.be/3Ce-5QtyHxwMonday, November 21, 2022By Acee AgoyoIndianz.Com WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan bill to advance the work of a Native veterans organization is inching toward final passage as the 117th Congress winds down. Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed S.1725 to grant a Congressional charter for the National American…
Read MoreRepresenting Indigenous Peoples in a Truthful Way
Dennis Ward APTN National News Growing up, Paulina Alexis didn’t have any role models to watch on TV or on the big screen. That didn’t stop Alexis and her brothers from making their own movies with their dad’s camera equipment. “Acting is something that I’ve always seen myself doing as a kid but I never…
Read MoreThis Week at Interior November 18, 2022
This Week: Interior celebrates Native American Heritage Month with a focus on “Revitalizing Indigenous Connections. It’s the one-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; Secretary Haaland visits the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico; the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP27) convenes in Egypt; the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seeks public…
Read MoreLeasing Facilities under PL 93-638
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Read MoreWeek at Interior November 4, 2022
This Week: Interior marks the beginning of Native American Heritage Month. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps support a $45 million investment in Tribal communities to address the impacts of climate change; the state of Utah’s largest and most comprehensive federal water resource development project celebrates 30 years; more than $122 million is now available to…
Read MoreLeasing Facilities under Pub. L. 93-638: Section 105(l); 25 CFR Part 900; Subpart H
The Indian Self-Determination Act, Public Law 93-638 provides for tribal nations and tribal organizations to lease their facilities to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian Health Service as part of carrying out their PL 93-638 programs. Some tribes and tribal organizations are now taking advantage of this opportunity to…
Read MoreKIVA Advisory Memorandum – U.S. Treasury Final Rule for Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF): 31 CFR Part 365
KIVA Institute, LLC issues this Advisory Memorandum to provide information on the U.S. Treasury releasing its Final Rule for the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund, 31 CFR Part 35, established under the American Rescue Plan Act, Pub. L. 117-58. The Treasury initially published the Interim Final Rule on May…
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