List of available programs and services is updated. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its 2022 editions of the USDA Resource Guide for American Indians…
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EPA and USDA Address Rural Wastewater Management
A pilot initiative to begin in 11 rural communities. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last week the launch of the…
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DOI Takes Final Steps to Remove Slur from Public Lands
Interior Secretary reports the derogatory term is being placed in 660 places. The Department of the Interior recently announced that the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force is reaching…
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Secretary Haaland Celebrates Native Land Return
Interior returns title for 1,000 acres to Onondaga Nation. Last week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland celebrated the transferral of 1,000 acres of ancestral land to the…
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Secretary Haaland Announces $9 Million for Sagebrush Preservation
Will support 40 projects spanning 175 million acres Secretary Deb Haaland announced this month that the Department of the Interior will be making a $9 million investment in…
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Interior Transfers Fish Hatchery to Nez Perce Tribe
Secretary Haaland joined by Fish and Wildlife Service Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland recently joined leaders from the Nez Perce Tribe, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,…
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Interior Launches Tribal Advisory Committee
Representatives will be appointed from 12 regions. During her remarks at the National Congress of American Indians 2022 Mid-Year Conference last week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland…
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Secretary Yellen to Visit Rosebud Sioux Tribe
The first time any Treasury Secretary visits Tribal nation. The Treasury Department has announced that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will be visiting the Rosebud Sioux Tribe next week.…
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Interior Commemorates Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project
Water pipeline first installment of water infrastructure project. The Department of the Interior commemorated a major point of completion for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project (NGWSP) last week,…
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DOT Signs Self-Governance Program with Cherokee Nation
Decision-making agreement first of its kind. On Tuesday in Oklahoma, U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg represented the department at the signing of the first-ever Tribal Transportation Self-Governance…
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