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Schatz applauds Senate passage of eight bipartisan Indian Affairs bills Bills will help promote tribal economic development, strengthen tribal self-determination Author: Bills will help promote tribal economic development, strengthen tribal self-determination News Release U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, issued the following statement upon full Senate passage of eight bills previously approved by the committee. The bills now head to the House of Representatives for further consideration. “Sen...

The House Committee on Natural Resources - Democrats - Ranking Member Raul M. Grijalva

Udall Secures Enactment Of 12 Indian Affairs Bills U.S. SENATE News: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, hailed final passage of 12 Indian Affairs-related bills. The 12 bills will now go to the president to be signed into law. Udall also cheered Senate passage of seven additional Indian Affairs provisions, which must be passed by the House of Representatives.  Udall led or cosponsored seven of the 12 Indian Affairs-related bills set to become law, including: – The Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act, Udall...

A new report compiled by a coalition of tribal education leaders, experts and advocates is calling for a “dramatic change” in New Mexico’s public education system to close an equity gap for Native American students. The Tribal Education Alliance argues in the report, released last week, that the cumulative effect of New Mexico’s education policies, from early childhood through college, produces disparate outcomes for students, which are threatening the future of both Native students and tribal communities. The report, “Pathways to Education Sovereignty: Taking a Stand...

  ALBUQUERQUE, NM — In-depth report released today by the Tribal Education Alliance (TEA) calls for a dramatic change in course to close the equity gap faced by Native children. The report says that New Mexico’s education system is unjust and inequitable, depriving Native children of important educational opportunities. The TEA is a coalition of tribal education leaders, experts, and advocates, including the Leadership Institute at the Santa Fe Indian School and the University of New Mexico Native American Budget and Policy Institute. “The state has a moral and legal obligation to tra...