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      Indian Affairs announces new regulations to improve   fee-to-trust process (www.bia.gov)

          12/08/2023

    
          

            The Department of the Interior’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs today announced a final rule to update the federal regulations governing fee-to-trust, or land-into-trust, acquisitions that transfer land title to the United States to be held in trust for the benefit of a Tribe or individual Tribal citizen.
      
    
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    Three Million Acres of Land Returned to Tribes Through Interior Department’s Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (www.doi.gov)

          12/08/2023

    
          

            The Department of the Interior today announced the conclusion of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations, a decade-long effort to consolidate and return land to Tribal ownership.
      
    
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    Indian Affairs Seeking Applications for 2022 National Tribal Broadband Grant Program (www.bia.gov)

          08/22/2022

    
          

            The Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development is accepting applications from eligible federally recognized Tribes for the 2022 National Tribal Broadband Grant Program.
      
    
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    Buy-Back Program sends offers to landowners with fractional interests at the Crow Creek Reservation (www.bia.gov)

          06/21/2022

    
          

            The Department of the Interior today announced over 5,500 landowners with fractional interests at the Crow Creek Reservation have been sent more than $5 million in purchase offers from the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations.
      
    
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    Secretary Haaland Announces Members of the First-Ever Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (www.doi.gov)

          06/21/2022

    
          

            In remarks at the National Congress of American Indians 2022 Mid Year Conference today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the launch of the first-ever Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee.
      
    
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    Indian Affairs Makes Significant Investment to Protect and Preserve Native Languages (www.doi.gov)

          06/21/2022

    
          

            Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland announced today that the Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development has awarded $7 million in grants under the Living Languages Grant Program to 45 American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal organizations.
      
    
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    Federal program discounts internet service for low-income and Tribal households (www.affordableconnectivity.gov)

          05/16/2022

    
          

            The Affordable Connectivity Program helps many low income households pay for broadband service and internet connected devices. Qualified households earn a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service & up to $75 per month for eligible households on Tribal lands.
      
    
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    Department of the Interior Releases Investigative Report, Outlines Next Steps in Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative (www.doi.gov)

          05/11/2022

    
          

            Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland today released Volume 1 of the investigative report called for as part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a comprehensive effort to address the troubled legacy of federal Indian boarding school policies.
      
    
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    Federal program helps families struggling to afford Internet service during the pandemic (www.fcc.gov)

          12/15/2021

    
          

            The Emergency Broadband Benefit is an FCC program to help families and households struggling to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic.
      
    
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    Tribal Advisory Committee to Strengthen Nation-to-Nation Relationship with Tribes (www.doi.gov)

          11/16/2021

    
          

            The Department of the Interior today announced the formation of a new Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC), which formally establishes a mechanism for Tribal leaders to engage in routine and robust conversations directly with Secretary Deb Haaland.
      
    
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