Oct 28, 2022 | Insights
The White House announced that it will hold the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit on November 30th and December 1st, 2022 at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. Registrations are due by Monday, November 14, 2022. The White House states that each...
Sep 29, 2022 | Insights
On September 13, 2022, three agencies within the Department of the Interior released new guidance intended to improve federal land stewardship by strengthening the role on Indian tribes in federal land management. The agencies include the Bureau of Land Management...
Jun 23, 2022 | Insights
In early June, the U.S. Department of the Interior held two tribal consultation sessions on its process for federal recognition of Indian tribes at 25 C.F.R. Part 83 (“Part 83”). Interior seeks comments from tribal leaders on whether it should consider changing the...
May 31, 2022 | Insights
On May 11, 2022, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland released Volume One of the investigative report for the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. The report found that between 1819 and 1969, the United...
Apr 27, 2022 | Insights
The Department of the Interior will host consultations to solicit input from Tribes on proposed revisions to the regulations governing Fee-to-Trust applications and Class III Tribal-State Gaming Compacts. In proposing revisions, the Department stated that...
