Past News Items

American Rescue Plan Webpage

The ARP webpage is live. Tribal Consultations start today.

Date: 03/25/21
A Navajo Family Practicing Social Distancing, Wearing Masks During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Relief package will benefit tribal government pandemic initiatives.

Date: 03/15/21
Mountain landscape. Mountain covered in snow. With trees at the base. Small line of clouds are bright orange.

March 12 consultation will seek to strengthen the U.S.-Tribal Nation-to-Nation Relationship in accordance with Biden January 26 Presidential Memorandum

Date: 03/11/21
Desert scape with rocky mountain ranges afar.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians in Nevada today announced the opportunity to comment on potential environmental impacts of the proposed Southern Bighorn Solar Project (SBSP).

Date: 03/11/21
sunset, river, clouds

March 10 consultations will seek to strengthen the U.S.-Tribal Nation-to-Nation Relationship in accordance with Biden January 26 Presidential Memorandum.

Date: 03/09/21
Sunrise Over Lake. Red Clouds reflected on a lake, surrounded by wintery mountain range. Some snow and frost cover the ground and grassland areas.

March 8 consultation will seek to strengthen the U.S.-Tribal Nation-to-Nation Relationship in accordance with Biden January 26 Presidential Memorandum.

Date: 03/05/21
Tribal Consultations in Recognition

WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior announced today that it will host initial consultations with Tribal leaders next month. In addition to honoring and strengthening the nation-to-nation relationship, these steps will help ensure that future White House and Interior efforts at addressing the four converging crises of our time – COVID-19, economic security, racial justice and climate change – are inclusive of Tribal Nations’ priorities and recommendations.

Date: 02/11/21
Bureau of Trust Funds Administration

We Excel, Native America Prospers. We manage the financial assets of American Indians held in trust by the Department of the Interior. We disburse more than $1 billion annually and have more than $5 billion under active day-to-day management and investment on behalf of Tribes and individuals.

Date: 01/20/21
Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes and Alaska Natives.

Date: 01/20/21
Bureau of Indian Education

BIE’s mission is to provide quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with a tribe’s needs for cultural and economic well-being, in keeping with the wide diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental entities.

Date: 01/20/21