2001 Press Releases |
Date | Article Title |
| 12/31/01 |
Third Consultation Meeting On Improving Indian Trust Asset Management Set for January 3 in Oklahoma City |
| 12/18/01 |
Second Consultation Meeting On Improving Indian Trust Asset Management Set for December 20 in Minneapolis |
| 12/11/01 |
Muskogee (Creek) Nation to Hold Ground-Breaking Ceremony for Office Complex to House BIA Eastern Region |
| 12/3/01 |
National Indian Energy Summit “Indian Energy Resources, Helping to Fuel America’s Needs” |
| 11/9/01 |
Assistant Secretary McCaleb to Speak at the Joint Fall 2001 Tribal Self-Governance Conference |
| 11/8/01 |
Pending Land Into Trust Final Rule Withdrawn Need for Clear Direction and Processing Standards Cited |
| 11/7/01 |
McCaleb Reaffirms Authority of Tribal Rulemaking Group for BIA Indian Roads Program |
| 10/31/01 |
"Uniting All Nations Together As One" Department of the Interior Celebrates American Indian Heritage Month |
| 10/24/01 |
Wayne Smith to appear on Native America Calling on October 25 for discussion on Federal Acknowledgment Process |
| 10/23/01 |
McCaleb Names Wayne R. Smith as Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs |
| 10/3/01 |
Assistant Secretary McCaleb to Help Distribute Over 500 Teddy Bears To D.C. Children Affected by Sept. 11 Attacks |
| 9/27/01 |
McCaleb Issues Final Determination to Decline Federal Acknowledgment of the Duwamish Tribal Organization |
| 9/27/01 |
McCaleb Issues Proposed Finding to Decline Federal Acknowledgment of the Webster/Dudley Band of Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indians |
| 9/27/01 |
McCaleb Issues Proposed Finding to Decline Federal Acknowledgement of the Nipmuc Nation |
| 9/19/01 |
Ecoffey Named Director of BIA's Law Enforcement Services |
| 9/17/01 |
Assistant Secretary McCaleb to Appear on Native America Calling to Address Indian Country’s Response to the Events of September 11, 2001 |
| 9/14/01 |
McCaleb Praises Indian Country for Recovery Effort Help |
| 9/7/01 |
BIA Co-sponsors American Indian Tourism Conference |
| 8/31/01 |
Native American Times Names Neal McCaleb Newsmaker of the Year for 2001 |
| 8/23/01 |
McCaleb Brings Chichiltah/Jones Ranch Community School Online BIA's Access Native America Project Successfully Completed |
| 8/21/01 |
BIA Lifts Moratorium on Mining Chat Sales Providing Economic Benefit for Indian Land Owners in Northeast OK |
| 8/21/01 |
Assistant Secretary McCaleb to Connect Chichiltah/Jones RanchCommunity School to the Internet Hook-up completes BIA effort to bring its 185-school system online |
| 8/16/01 |
American Indian Company Awarded $100 Million Contract |
| 8/15/01 |
Interior Signs $100 Million Contract With Tribal Telecom Business Wyandotte NetTel |
| 8/10/01 |
Assistant Secretary McCaleb Extends Effective Date for Land-to-Trust Regulations Comments Sought on Withdrawing, Replacing Final Rule |
| 7/30/01 |
Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs Issues Proposed Finding Declining to Acknowledge the Ohlone/Costanoan Muwekma Tribe of California |
| 7/24/01 |
Remarks Prepared for Delivery by the Honorable Gale Norton, Interior Secretary National Indian School Board Association’s Summer conference |
| 7/23/01 |
Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs McCaleb met with Northern Pueblos to Discuss Road and Bridge Construction Issues |
| 7/23/01 |
Interior Secretary Norton and Assistant Secretary McCaleb Speak at National Indian School Board Association Conference-- Norton makes history as first Interior Secretary to keynote NISBA conference |
| 7/16/01 |
Home Alone No More Interior Secretary to Swear-In Newly Confirmed Officials Tuesday, July 17 |
| 7/13/01 |
Assistant Secretary McCaleb to Appear On C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” Program |
| 7/6/01 |
Neal McCaleb Sworn In as Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Immediate Goals Include Meeting with Tribal Leaders |
| 7/2/01 |
McCaleb Confirmed as Interior Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Secretary Norton Lauds Senate’s Action |
| 4/27/01 |
Acting Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs James McDivitt to Keynote Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial Event |
| 4/17/01 |
Secretary Norton Praises President Bush’s Intention to Nominate Neal McCaleb as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs |
| 4/9/01 |
President Bush’s FY2002 BIA Education Budget Seeks to Replace Aging Schools Wingate Elementary School Dormitory in New Mexico to be Rebuilt |
| 4/9/01 |
School Construction and Operations, Trust Reform, Public Safety, and Water and Land Claims Settlements lead BIA FY2002 Budget Request |
| 4/9/01 |
President Bush’s FY2002 BIA Education Budget Seeks to Replace Aging Schools Santa Fe Indian School in New Mexico to be Rebuilt |
| 4/9/01 |
President Bush’s FY2002 BIA Education Budget Seeks to Replace Aging Schools Polacca Day School in Arizona to be Rebuilt |
| 4/9/01 |
President Bush’s FY2002 BIA Education Budget Seeks to Replace Aging Schools Paschal Sherman Indian School in Washington State to be Rebuilt |
| 4/9/01 |
President Bush’s FY2002 BIA Education Budget Seeks to Replace Aging Schools Ojibwa Indian School in North Dakota to be Rebuilt |
| 4/9/01 |
President Bush’s FY2002 BIA Education Budget Seeks to Replace Aging Schools Holbrook Dormitory in Arizona to be Rebuilt |
| 1/20/01 |
DOI Approves Land-To-Trust Application For Hudson Casino |
| 1/19/01 |
BIA Issues Proposed Finding For Federal Acknowledgement of The Nipmuc Nation |
| 1/19/01 |
BIA Issues Final Determination on the Recognition of the Duwamish Tribal Organization |
| 1/16/01 |
Haskell Presidential Inauguration Date Announced Dr. Karen Swisher, HINU’s First Woman President, To Be Honored |
| 1/16/01 |
Loretta Tuell Designated Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs |
| 1/5/01 |
Michael Anderson To Serve As Acting Assistant Secretary Indian Affairs |
| 1/3/01 |
Assistant Secretary Gover Reaffirms Federal Trust Relationship for the King Salmon Tribe and Shoonaq’ Tribe of Kodiak in Alaska and the Lower Lake Rancheria in California Action Corrects Oversight to Federally Recognized Tribes List |
| 1/3/01 |
BIA Issues Final Determination On The Recognition Of The Chinook Indian Tribe/Chinook Nation |
