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-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-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-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-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-020825.pdf Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020825.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs to Hold Third Listening Session on Sacred Sites in Indian Country
Date: 8/22/12 12:00 AM
Description: Prior Lake, Minn. — The third of five in a series of listening sessions will be held in the afternoon of Thursday, August 23, 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-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.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020748.pdf Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020748.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: The Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs to Hold Consultations on the Proposed Rule to Implement the Buy Indian Act
Date: 8/17/12 12:00 AM
Description: Sacramento, CA— The third consultation on the Buy Indian Act will begin Tuesday, August 21, 2012. The Buy Indian Act provides Indian Affairs with the authority to set-aside procurement contracts for qualified Indian-owned businesses. This 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.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020726.pdf Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020726.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: The Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs to Hold Listening Sessions on Sacred Sites in Indian Country
Date: 8/15/12 12:00 AM
Description: Billings, Mont. — The second of five in a series of listening sessions will begin Thursday, August 16, 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-020724.pdf Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020724.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: The Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs to Hold Consultations on the Proposed Rule to Implement the Buy Indian Act
Date: 8/14/12 12:00 AM
Description: Billings, MT - The second consultation on the Buy Indian Act will be held Wednesday, August 15, 2012. The Buy Indian Act provides Indian Affairs with the authority to set-aside procurement contracts for qualified Indian-owned businesses. This 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.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020714.pdf Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020714.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: The Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs to Hold Consultations on the Proposed Rule to Implement the Buy Indian Act
Date: 8/13/12 12:00 AM
Description: Albuquerque, N.M. — The first consultation on the Buy Indian Act will begin Tuesday, August 14, 2012. The Buy Indian Act provides Indian Affairs with the authority to set-aside procurement contracts for qualified Indian-owned businesses. This 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.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020703.pdf Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020703.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Laverdure Announces the Proposed Rule to Implement the Buy Indian Act
Date: 8/10/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Acting Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs Donald E. “Del” Laverdure today announced that the proposed rule implementing the Buy Indian Act has been published in the Federal Register. The Buy Indian Act provides Indian Affairs with the authority to set-aside procurement contracts for qualified Indian-owned businesses. This 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.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020691.pdf Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020691.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: The Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs to Hold Listening Sessions on Sacred Sites in Indian Country
Date: 8/9/12 12:00 AM
Description: Albuquerque, N.M. — The first of five in a series of listening sessions will begin Monday, August 13, 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-020707.pdf Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020707.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration to Hold Public Webinar Meeting
Date: 8/9/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama’s commitment to fulfilling this nation’s trust responsibilities to American Indians and Alaska Natives, the Office of the Secretary of the Interior will have the Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform hold a public Webinar meeting on Monday, August 13, 2012.]]> http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020686.pdf Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-020686.pdf http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Indian-Affairs/211979362167761?sk=wall Title: Second of Six OJS Trial Advocacy Training Sessions Will be Held August 14-16, 2012, in Ignacio, Colorado
Date: 8/9/12 12:00 AM
Description: WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services (OJS) will hold the second of six training sessions to improve the trial advocacy skills of tribal court prosecutors, defenders and judges on August 14-16, 2012, in Ignacio, Colo. This training session, which will focus on domestic violence, was originally scheduled to take place in Durango.]]>