If any proposal is going to be advanced to alter our contract rights under the Indian Self-Determination Act, it should be done through an open and transparent process.
We believe that existing appropriations for economic development can be leveraged and maximized with more formal coordination with these Fed...
This is why facilitating economic development in Indian Country should go hand in hand with protecting funding levels for all Indian program...
We are very encouraged that Chairman Cantwell and Vice Chairman Barrasso are working to develop the Indian Energy legislation that is coming...
The HEARTH Act recognizes the policy of self-determination by respecting tribes and trusting their judgments.
This Fiscal Year 2014 request includes $5 million for this program, a $2 million decrease from the Fiscal Year 2012 enacted levels.
We do look forward to working with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in the hopes that America's Great Outdoors once again are for all America...
If alive today, Teddy Roosevelt, who started the National Refuge System, would no longer be able to ride his horse on most of them.
In short, in the wake of the Ramah and Arctic Slope decisions, contract support costs should be fully funded at $617 million.
The agency has turned the Court's words in order to avoid paying our contracts in the future.
Last year, the HEARTH Act was a prime example of doing that, which allows Indian tribes to develop leasing regulations to enter into leases ...