Indian Affairs (IA) is the oldest bureau of the United States Department of the Interior. Established in 1824, IA currently provides services (directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts) to approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives. http://www.indianaffairs.gov/ Government, Indian, Interior, Native American, Alaska Native, Culture, History http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1295037854/BIA_sm.jpg http://www.indianaffairs.gov/ Indian Affairs Logo 48 48 http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc016105.pdf Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc016105.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Interior Seeks Comments on Cobell Land Consolidation Draft Plan
Date: 2/2/2012 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of the Interior today announced two important steps in the ongoing commitment to fulfilling this nation’s trust responsibilities to Native Americans. Today, Interior announced the publication of a draft plan and a request for comment on implementing the potential Cobell Land Consolidation Program. Additionally, Interior announced that the first meeting of the Commission established to undertake a forward-looking, comprehensive evaluation of Interior’s trust management of Native American trust funds is set for the first week of March.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc016078.pdf Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc016078.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Sweeping Racketeering Indictment Charges Alleged Members of the Native Mob
Date: 1/25/2012 12:00 AM
Description: MINNEAPOLIS— A federal indictment unsealed in part late yesterday charges 24 alleged members of the Native Mob gang with conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity and other crimes. The Native Mob is a regional criminal gang that originated in Minneapolis in the early 1990s. Members routinely engage in drug trafficking, assault, robbery, and murder. Membership is estimated at 200, with new members, including juveniles, regularly recruited from communities with large, young, male, Native American populations. Association with the gang is often signified by wearing red and black clothing or sporting gang-related tattoos.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015993.pdf Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015993.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: BIE Begins Search for Green Ribbon Schools
Date: 1/19/2012 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C.— Bureau of Indian Education-funded schools can now apply for the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon School program (ED-GRS), which provides national recognition for schools using outstanding environmental programs and techniques, BIE Director Keith Moore announced today.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015969.pdf Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015969.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Energy Production on Ft. Berthold Reservation in North Dakota Provides Substantial Economic Benefits to American Indian Communities
Date: 1/12/2012 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON — A partnership among Department of the Interior agencies and American Indian communities in North Dakota has spurred a 400 percent increase in revenues from increased domestic energy production over last year – providing substantial economic benefits to the tribal government and individual mineral owners.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015937.pdf Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015937.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: BIA to Hold Tribal Consultation Meetings on Proposed Rules for Part 162 Leasing Regulations
Date: 1/6/2012 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) will hold tribal consultation meetings for tribal leaders to review and provide input on the proposed rules on leasing in Indian Country. The proposed rules will establish subparts to 25 CFR Part 162 (Leasing and Permits) addressing residential leasing, business leasing and wind and solar resource leasing on Indian trust lands. Tribal leaders were notified of the upcoming consultation in a letter dated November 28, 2011.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015898.pdf Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015898.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Echo Hawk Issues Reaffirmation of the Tejon Indian Tribe’s Government-to-Government Status
Date: 1/3/2012 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C.— In a letter to the Tejon Indian Tribe of California, Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk reaffirmed the federal relationship between the United States and the Tejon Indian Tribe. The Assistant Secretary’s letter confirms that the Tribe has a relationship with the federal government]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015848.pdf Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015848.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Echo Hawk Issues Decisions on Two Tribal Gaming Applications
Date: 12/20/2011 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON – Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today took action on two tribal gaming applications from tribes in Michigan and New York.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015831.pdf Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015831.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: BIE-Funded Schools to Have Opportunity to Participate in ED Green Ribbon Schools Program
Date: 12/15/2011 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C.— Bureau of Indian Education Director Keith Moore announced today that BIE-funded schools across Indian Country will have the opportunity to participate in the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Green Ribbon Schools program, and will soon invite them to apply to the BIE to be nominated for this national recognition.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015808.pdf Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015808.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: DOI Establishes Negotiated Rulemaking Committee
Date: 12/8/2011 12:00 AM
Description: DENVER — The Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) today published a Federal Register Notice establishing an Indian Oil Valuation Negotiated Rulemaking Committee charged with bringing clarity and consistency to oil valuation regulations governing production on American Indian lands.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015810.pdf Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015810.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Advisory For Tomorrow: Administration Officials To Make Announcement On Tribal Nations And Federal Disaster Aid
Date: 12/6/2011 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON - Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 7 at 10:30 am eastern, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate and White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Cecilia Munoz will hold a press conference call with reporters to make an announcement regarding tribal nations and federal disaster aid.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015766.pdf Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015766.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Secretary Salazar Kicks Off White House Tribal Nations Conference at Department of Interior
Date: 12/2/2011 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar kicked off the White House Tribal Nations Conference today at the Interior Department, emphasizing President Obama’s commitment to reform, restructure and rebuild federal relations with Indian Country and underscoring initiatives that are building safer and stronger American Indian and Alaska Native communities.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015738.pdf Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015738.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Secretary Salazar, Assistant Secretary Echo Hawk Launch Comprehensive Tribal Consultation Policy
Date: 12/1/2011 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today announced a Tribal Consultation Policy for the Department of the Interior, launching a new era of enhanced communication with American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. The new policy emphasizes trust, respect and shared responsibility in providing tribal governments an expanded role in informing federal policy that impacts Indian Country.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015736.pdf Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015736.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Salazar Names Members to National Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform
Date: 11/30/2011 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON -- As part of President Obama’s commitment to fulfilling this nation’s trust responsibilities to Native Americans, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today named five prominent American Indians to a national commission that will undertake a forward-looking, comprehensive evaluation of Interior’s trust management of nearly $4 billion in Native American trust funds.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015725.pdf Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015725.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Significant Leasing Reform will Spur Commercial, Residential and Renewable Energy Development on Indian Lands
Date: 11/28/2011 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today announced a sweeping reform of federal surface leasing regulations for American Indian lands that will streamline the approval process for home ownership, expedite economic development and spur renewable energy development in Indian Country.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015712.pdf Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015712.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Today: Secretary Salazar, Assistant Secretary Echo Hawk to Announce Significant Reforms to Spur Economic Development, Renewable Energy in Indian Country
Date: 11/28/2011 12:00 AM
Description: Today, November 28, 2011, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk will hold a media teleconference to announce a sweeping reform of federal leasing regulations for American Indian lands that will help to expedite economic development and spur renewable energy development in Indian Country.]]> http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015612.pdf Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/text/idc015612.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: BIA Director Black Names Bryan Rice Deputy Bureau Director of Trust Services
Date: 11/18/2011 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON – Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Michael S. Black today announced that he has named Bryan Rice deputy bureau director of the BIA’s Office of Trust Services at the bureau’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Rice, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, had been serving as the OTS’s assistant director for resource protection since August 2009. His appointment became effective on October 23, 2011.]]>