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Past News Items

A close up photo of a drum and drum sticks crossed over the drum between songs.
Press Release

Program updates include larger grant amounts and multi-year projects

Date: 05/17/23
A group of workers part of the Tiwahe Initiative.
Press Release

12 Tribes receive funding for family programs to promote resilient Tribal communities

Date: 03/29/23
American Bison graze in newly restored grasslands on The Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian Reservation.
Announcement

In support of the Department’s efforts to restore the American Bison species and integrate Indigenous Knowledge into our shared stewardship goals, BIA Division of Wildland Fire management will continue its work to replenish natural grasslands and shelter to support bison populations.

Date: 03/20/23
2022 3D color LiDAR capture of a tree stand provided by Northwest Management, Inc.
Announcement

The Hualapai (People of the Tall Pine) Tribe is in northwest Arizona with a land base that encompasses over a million acres. The land has four primary fuel types: timber – Ponderosa Pine, woodland – Pinyon and Juniper, grassland – sage, and riparian – Cottonwood and Salt Cedar. In FY2022, $1,898,187 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding, amounting to approximately $1.85 per acre, was granted to the Tribe for a 5-year project called Jump Start. The project is using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology to capture 3D imagery of the Tribe’s vegetation, infrastructure, watersheds, and overall land to help the Tribe with numerous current and future land management and use projects.

Date: 03/20/23
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland looking through a tower viewer.
Press Release
30 Tribes and organizations receive funding to support economic development. Date: 03/16/23
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland
Press Release

Budget maintains strong support for Tribal communities.

Date: 03/09/23
BIA and BTFA staff holding the new sign reading "Bureau of Indian Affairs Tohono O'odham Agency."
Press Release

Joint celebration held with Tohono O’odham Nation

Date: 03/07/23
Official head shot of Tamarah Pfeiffer, Ph.D., a member of the Navajo Nation.
Press Release

WASHINGTON – Tamarah Pfeiffer, Ph.D., a member of the Navajo Nation, has been appointed as the president of Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI).

Date: 03/01/23
Photo of the Alaskan landscape.
Press Release

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs today announced new policy guidance to clarify the criteria and procedures for evaluating petitions for organization under the Alaska Indian Reorganization Act.

Date: 02/10/23
demd graphic
Press Release

WASHINGTON – Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Bryan Newland announced today that the Tribal Energy Development Capacity Grant Program awarded more than $2.5 million to federally recognized American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native entities to develop Tribal energy resources.

Date: 02/02/23

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