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SunZia Wind & Transmission: 18 years in the making | News+

The largest clean energy infrastructure project in US history closed just before the new year started. Pattern Energy inked $11 billion in financing for its 500+ mile transmission line connecting more than 3.5GW of stranded wind resources – SunZia

Remarks by US Treasurer Chief Lynn Malerba at the National Congress of American Indians

On Tuesday, February 13, 2024, United States Treasurer Chief Lynn Malerba (Mohegan Tribe) addressed the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) at its Executive Council Winter Session in Washington, D.C. to provide an update. Kutapatotamawush (thank you) to NCAI Board President Macarro, the entire NCAI Board, and Executive Director Larry Wright for inviting me to speak to this room full of honorable Tribal leaders here with us today. It is a pleasure to provide this update on behalf of the Department of the Treasury.

Remarks by U.S. Treasurer Chief Lynn Malerba at the National Congress of American Indians

Tribes face an uphill battle to defend their sacred land against lithium mining

Tribes face an uphill battle to defend their sacred land against lithium mining

Brown University looks to repatriate over 80 native remains

The Haffenreffer Museum at Brown University wants to return the roughly 86 human remains in its collection to their rightful tribes of origin before transferring its full collection to Providence in the fall of 2025. The repatriations are long overdue, as a federal law requiring them has been in effect for more than three decades.

Rudolf Haffenreffer collected dozens of human remains. Now Brown University wants to give them back

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Native News Weekly (January 14, 2024): D.C. Briefs

In October, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Department of Commerce, published a notice in the Federal Register on Formal Tribal Consultation on World Intellectual Property Organization Intergovernmental Committee Negotiations. In the upcoming consultation, the USPTO will seek tribal input on how to best protect genetic resources, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expressions as they are being discussed at the World Intellectual Property Organization. The Federal Register notice provides details for online webinars to be held in January 2024.

Our View: Trust lost in skipping Navajo consultation on cremated remains on moon

The moon holds an especially sacred place in Navajo cosmology and issues related to death are treated with utmost respect. Traditions of the Diné include prohibitions regarding death and human remains...