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/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-022763.pdf Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-022763.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: BIE Announces Campus Violence Prevention Policy for Haskell and SIPI
Date: 10/12/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Indian Education today announced a new policy aimed at preventing domestic violence and sexual assaults at the two post secondary institutions operated by the BIE for American Indians: Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) in Lawrence, Kan., and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) in Albuquerque, N.M.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-022703.pdf Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-022703.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Interior Approves Fort Berthold Land Trust Application for New Refinery in North Dakota
Date: 10/10/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON – As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced approval of a ‘land-into-trust’ application from the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Today’s action is one in a series of necessary approvals that will enable the tribes to build the first U.S. refinery in decades, supporting American made energy – including domestic resources from the Bakken Formation – while also creating jobs.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-022693.pdf Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-022693.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Salazar to Visit the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota for Major Energy Announcement
Date: 10/9/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Obama’s efforts to expand domestic energy production and strengthen American Indian communities, on Wednesday, October 10, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will join Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Donald E. “Del” Laverdure, Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Mike Black and Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Tex Hall to make an announcement regarding energy development on tribal lands in North Dakota.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-022694.pdf Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-022694.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Salazar to Visit to Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota for Major Energy Announcement
Date: 10/9/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Obama’s efforts to expand domestic energy production and strengthen American Indian communities, on Wednesday, October 10, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will join Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Donald E. “Del” Laverdure, Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Mike Black and Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Tex Hall to make an announcement regarding energy development on tribal lands in North Dakota.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-022210.pdf Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-022210.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: USDA, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Work to Boost Access to Farm Programs in Indian Country
Date: 9/26/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2012—Officials from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) have signed two memorandums of understanding (MOU) designed to foster improved access to USDA and BIA programs by tribes and tribal members. The memorandums apply to programs administered by the Farm Service Agency, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Rural Development at USDA, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior (DOI). The MOUs will further improve the important government-to-government relationships and also the services offered between USDA, BIA and the tribal governments and the communities they serve.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021763.pdf Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021763.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Salazar Applauds Senate Confirmation of Kevin Washburn as Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
Date: 9/22/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today applauded the Senate’s confirmation of Kevin K. Washburn, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, to serve as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior. The Senate confirmed Washburn’s nomination, which President Obama announced in early August, by unanimous consent last night.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021762.pdf Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021762.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Salazar Applauds President’s Intent to Nominate Vincent G. Logan as the Special Trustee for American Indians
Date: 9/21/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today applauded President Obama’s intent to nominate Vincent G. Logan, a member of the Osage Nation, as the next Special Trustee for American Indians.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021751.pdf Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021751.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform Reaches Out to Indian Country at Public Meeting in Bismarck
Date: 9/20/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. – In keeping with its mission to establish responsive, accountable, transparent, and customer-friendly management of Indian trust funds and assets, the Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform reached out to Indian Country at its fifth public meeting of the year in Bismarck, N.D. All five Commission members – Chair Fawn Sharp, Tex G. “Red Tipped Arrow” Hall, Stacy Leeds, Dr. Peterson Zah, and Robert Anderson – participated in the September 13-14, 2012, conference.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021564.pdf Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021564.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Spirit Lake Tribe Retrocedes Social Services Program to the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Date: 9/17/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Donald “Del” Laverdure today announced that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has agreed to a request by the Spirit Lake Tribe of the Fort Totten Reservation in North Dakota to assume administrative responsibility for its social services program. The Tribe, by letter dated September 14, 2012, requested to voluntarily retrocede the social services program to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In their letter, the Tribe stated that it had concluded this retrocession “would be in the best interest of the Tribe, its children, and its families, to voluntarily return the program to the Secretary of [the] Interior.”]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021474.pdf Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021474.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs to Hold Sixth DOI Listening Session on Sacred Sites in Indian Country
Date: 9/13/12 12:00 AM
Description: TULSA, Okla. — The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs has added an extra session to the Interior Department’s series of listening meetings on sacred sites in Indian Country. A sixth session will be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2012, in Tulsa, Okla. The first five were held last month in Albuquerque, N.M., Billings, Mont., Prior Lake, Minn., Uncasville, Conn., and Portland, Ore.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021437.pdf Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021437.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Laverdure Issues a Final Determination Regarding Brothertown Indian Nation Petition for Federal Acknowledgment
Date: 9/7/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Acting Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Donald E. “Del” Laverdure today issued a final determination on a petition for federal acknowledgment, declining to acknowledge the Brothertown Indian Nation (Brothertown) as an Indian tribe under federal law. Brothertown is located in Wisconsin and first submitted its petition in 1980.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021436.pdf Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021436.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Third of Six OJS Trial Advocacy Training Sessions Will be Held September 11-13, 2012, in Great Falls, Montana
Date: 9/7/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services (OJS) will hold the third of six training sessions to improve the trial advocacy skills of tribal court prosecutors, defenders and judges on September 11-13, 2012, in Great Falls, Mont. This training session will focus on cases dealing with the sexual assault of children and adults.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021395.pdf Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021395.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Next Meeting of the Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform to be Held Sept. 13-14 in Bismarck
Date: 9/6/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform will hold its next public meeting on Sept. 13-14, 2012, in Bismarck, N.D. It will be preceded by a public facilitated discussion hosted by Commissioner Tex Hall in the afternoon of Sept. 12 in New Town, N.D., for members of the public to share their perspectives about trust management and administration. In addition, a youth-outreach session will be held the evening of Sept. 13 at the United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) in Bismarck.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021374.pdf Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021374.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Laverdure Announces Additional Actions by BIA Officials to Improve Child Safety and Protection at Spirit Lake
Date: 8/31/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Acting Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Donald E. “Del” Laverdure today announced additional actions that Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) officials are taking to aid the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe in its efforts to improve child safety and protection on its reservation. On August 24, Laverdure announced that he was sending in a “strike team” of senior BIA officials to assess and evaluate efforts to improve the Tribe’s social services program at the urging of U.S. Senator Kent Conrad.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021348.pdf Mon, 27 Aug 2012 07:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-021348.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Statement of Acting Assistant Secretary Laverdure on the Passing of Stanley R. Crooks, Chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Minnesota
Date: 8/27/12 7:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Acting Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Donald E. “Del” Laverdure today issued the following statement on the recent passing of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Chairman Stanley R. Crooks: “Stanley Crooks, the late chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Minnesota, takes his place among the thoughtful, far-seeing and decisive tribal leaders that Indian Country has produced throughout history.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020974.pdf Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020974.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Laverdure Announces Actions to Aid Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe Address Child Safety and Protection Deficiencies
Date: 8/24/12 6:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Donald E. “Del” Laverdure today announced that, in addition to ongoing efforts by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to address reported child safety and protection deficiencies at the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe in North Dakota, he is sending in a strike team of senior BIA officials from its Central Office to assess and evaluate efforts to improve the Tribe’s social services program. The decision to deploy senior officials to the region came at the urging of U.S. Senator Kent Conrad.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020857.pdf Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020857.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Office of the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs to Hold Final Listening Session on Sacred Sites in Indian Country
Date: 8/24/12 12:00 AM
Description: Portland, Ore. — The fifth and final in a series of listening sessions will be held on the morning of Tuesday, August 28, 2012. The Obama Administration recognizes that the protection of sacred sites on federal lands is integral to traditional religious practices, tribal identities and emblematic of sovereign tribal nations. These sacred site listening sessions are intended to assist in developing policies that result in effective, comprehensive and long-lasting federal protection of and tribal access to the places that are so important to the fabric and culture of tribal nations.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020832.pdf Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020832.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs to Hold Fourth Listening Session on Sacred Sites in Indian Country
Date: 8/23/12 12:00 AM
Description: Uncasville, Conn. — The fourth of five in a series of listening sessions will be held on the morning of Friday, August 24, 2012. The Obama Administration recognizes that the protection of sacred sites on federal lands is integral to traditional religious practices, tribal identities and emblematic of sovereign tribal nations. These sacred site listening sessions are intended to assist in developing policies that result in effective, comprehensive and long-lasting federal protection of and tribal access to the places that are so important to the fabric and culture of tribal nations.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020844.pdf Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020844.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Justice and Interior Departments Launch Indian Country Sexual Assault Investigation and Prosecution Training
Date: 8/23/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON – The Justice and Interior Departments this week launched a new training seminar for tribal and federal law enforcement on investigating and prosecuting sexual assault cases on tribal lands. More than 75 participants from throughout the United States participated in the three day training course, which began on Monday, August 20, 2012. They included tribal and federal law enforcement officers, prosecutors and victim specialists from 23 tribal nations and 23 states. Topics included law enforcement response, children as victims and witnesses, forensic examinations with adult victims and developing a coordinated community response to sexual assault.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020824.pdf Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020824.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs to Hold Fourth Consultation on Buy Indian Act Proposed Rule
Date: 8/22/12 12:00 AM
Description: Prior Lake, Minn. — The fourth consultation session on the proposed rule to implement the Buy Indian Act will be held on the morning of Thursday, August 23, 2012. The Act provides Indian Affairs with the authority to set-aside procurement contracts for qualified Indian-owned businesses. The proposed rule describes uniform administrative procedures that Indian Affairs will use in all of its locations to encourage procurement of goods and services from eligible Indian economic enterprises, as authorized by the Buy Indian Act.]]>