The United States has a unique legal and political relationship with Indian tribes and Alaska Native entities as provided by the Constitution of the United States, treaties, court decisions and Federal statutes. Within the government-to-government relationship, Indian Affairs provides services directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts to 564 Federally recognized tribes.
Echo Hawk Announces National Honors for SIPI Professor
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Echo Hawk Announces Launch of New Effort to Aid Indian Country in the Fight Against Drunk Driving
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Secretary Salazar, Solicitor Tompkins, Assistant Secretary Echo Hawk to Visit Navajo Nation, Confer with Tribal Officials, Hold Media Availability with Navajo President Shirley
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Interior Finds Insufficient Evidence to Acknowledge the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana
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Echo Hawk Announces National Honors for SIPI Professor
Echo Hawk Announces National Honors for SIPI Professor
Read MoreEcho Hawk Announces Launch of New Effort to Aid Indian Country in the Fight Against Drunk Driving
Washington, D.C. – Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today announced the launch of a new effort by the Indian Affairs Indian Highway Safety Program and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Justice Services to help tribes keep drunk drivers off of their roads and highways.
Read MoreInterior Finds Insufficient Evidence to Acknowledge the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana
WASHINGTON, D.C. – There is not enough evidence to meet the legal requirements for federal recognition of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs George T. Skibine said today.
Read MoreFederal Subsistence Program
On October 23, 2009, Secretary of the Interior Salazar announced to the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage the initiation of a Departmental review of the Federal Subsistence Management Program in Alaska.
Read MoreEcho Hawk to Speak at NCAI’s 66th Annual Convention and Trade Show
Washington, D.C. – Interior Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk will be a speaker at the upcoming 66th Annual National Congress of American Indians Convention and Trade Show being held October 11-16, 2009, at the Palm Springs Convention Center in California. He will address the convention’s second general assembly on Monday, October 12, where he will discuss the Department’s law enforcement, education and economic development initiatives in Indian Country.
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19th Annual BIA Tribal Providers Conference
The 19th Annual BIA Tribal Providers Conference is scheduled for November 30th, 2009 through December 4th, 2009.
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