Secretary Jewell meets with Native American education leaders

Secretary Jewell signs agreement with Citizen Potawatomi Nation

Honor Guard - Tribal Nations Conference 2013

Secretary Jewell walks a trail with students

In Draft: California’s Bay Delta Conservation Plan
Public meeting and comment period through April 14, 2014

This Week at Interior - Indian Education & More
BIE gets a new director, the Secretary tours a tribal school, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe signs a historic land buyback agreement

Secretary Signs Historic Lease-rights Agreement
Increased self-determination for Citizen Potawatomi Nation

White House Tribal Nations Conference
President and 13 cabinet members meet with Tribal leaders

Secretary Jewell Launches Youth Initiative
Opportunities will expand on our Nation’s Public Lands

Our Mission: Protecting America’s Great Outdoors and Powering Our Future

The U.S. Department of the Interior protects America’s natural resources and heritage, honors our cultures and tribal communities, and supplies the energy to power our future.

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Media Advisory: Tuesday: Secretary Jewell, Governor O’Malley to Make Announcement on Offshore Wind in Maryland

MON, DECEMBER 16, 2013, 11:40 AM EST

As part of President Obama’s comprehensive plan to move our economy toward domestic clean energy sources, Secretary Jewell will join Governor O’Malley and others for an important announcement on progress for wind leasing offshore Maryland. Read More >

This Week at Interior December 13, 2013

FRI, DECEMBER 13, 2013, 03:58 PM EST

A historic agreement between the Department of the Interior and the Oglala Sioux Tribe; the Secretary travels west to talk conservation and water issues; land in the southern Chesapeake Bay region is sinking; a polar bear summit concludes in Moscow; more. Watch Video >

Secretary Jewell Meets with Western Governors to Provide Update on Sage Grouse Conservation Planning, Lauds Unprecedented Federal-State Cooperation

THU, DECEMBER 12, 2013, 03:20 PM EST

At a meeting with western governors today, Secretary Jewell applauded the unprecedented federal-state cooperation on planning efforts to conserve the greater sage-grouse but emphasized that much work still needs to be done. Read More >

Media Advisory: Secretary Jewell to Travel to Nevada to Promote Conservation and Water Initiatives

WED, DECEMBER 11, 2013, 12:27 PM EST

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will travel to Nevada on Thursday, kicking off a two-day swing to underscore the Department’s commitment to collaborative, landscape-level solutions to conservation and water issues. Read More >

Media Advisory: Secretary Jewell to Visit Laguna Pueblo School, Discuss American Indian Education Initiatives

TUE, DECEMBER 10, 2013, 12:21 PM EST

The visit to the Laguna Elementary School and a subsequent roundtable with principals from other local tribally controlled grant schools and BIE-operated schools will help inform the work of Interior’s American Indian Education Study Group. Read More >

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