News Release U.S. Department of the Interior Indian Affairs announced today that land leasing regulations submitted by five federally recognized tribal nations
Assistant Secretary nominee Bryan Newland vows to ‘build back better’ after COVID-19
Bay Mills citizen comes directly from tribal government to Biden administration
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
• LIVE at 2:30PM Eastern: Nomination Hearing
Newland, a citizen of the Bay Mills Indian Community, goes before the
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for his nomination hearing on Wednesday afternoon. He
prepared an opening statement as part of the confirmation process, highlighting his goals and priorities should he be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
“If confirmed, I will bring that perspective with me to the Department of the Interior. We must help Indian Country build back better after the pandemic,” Newland says in his written testimony. “We must also respond with urgency to the violence against Indigenous women and children. And we must lay the foundation for the next generation of Native children to succeed.”
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BIA OKs Land-Leasing Rules For Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Law360 (April 21, 2021, 9:17 PM EDT) The Bureau of Indian Affairs said it has approved land-leasing regulations submitted by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe under a federal act that lets the tribe ink business, residential and wind and solar leases on its trust lands without further BIA approval.
The federally recognized tribe, whose reservation is in North and South Dakota, is now authorized to pursue clean energy projects for tribal members and to otherwise generate economic development revenue under the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act of 2012, also known as the HEARTH Act, the agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior announced.