COLT Applauds Confirmation of Patrice Kunesh as Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services

Patrice Kunesh

March 8, 2023 Browning, Montana – The Coalition of Large Tribes, an inter-tribal organization representing the interests of the more than 50 Indian Tribes having reservations of 100,000 acres or more and 95% of the U.S. tribal land base, applauds the Senate’s confirmation of the nomination of Patrice Kunesh of Minnesota to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, …

COLT Joins Native Farm Bill Coalition Rocky Mountains / Great Plains Fly-In

Photo: USDA OTR (left to right): Will Seeley (Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, Helena, MT), Ryan Lankford (Fort Belknap Indian Community producer, Ag Committee Chairman), Heather Dawn Thompson (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Director, USDA Office of Tribal Relations), COLT Chairman Marvin Weatherwax (Blackfeet Tribal Business Council); Reed Robinson (Sicangu/Lakota, Director, U.S. Forest Service Office of Tribal Relations), April Martin (Northern …

COLT Congratulates Member Tribe, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, on Entering into Historic Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Agreement with USDA to Support Working Lands Conservation

CREP Signing

Photo: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Ryman LeBeau shakes hands with USDA FSA Deputy Administrator Scott Marlow as FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux and Office of Tribal Relations Director (both Cheyenne River Sioux) look on, along with tribal leaders and advocates. On Wednesday, March 1, COLT leaders cheered as Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Ryman LeBeau inked the Tribe’s partnership with the …

Secretarial Order Brings Life-Saving Bison Restoration to Indian Country and the Prairie Grassland

COLT Bison

 March 3, 2023  Browning, Montana – The Coalition of Large Tribes, an inter-tribal organization representing the interests of the more than 50 Indian Tribes having reservations of 100,000 acres or more and 95% of the U.S. tribal land base, applauds Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s historic signature today of Secretarial Order No. 3410, Restoration of American Bison and the Prairie Grasslands.  …

Dozens Of Tribes Back Navajo Water Claims At Supreme Court

Navajo Nation Monument Valley

COLT was mentioned in a Law360 article titled “Dozens Of Tribes Back Navajo Water Claims At Supreme Court.” This is a media share in relation to the Amicus Brief filed by the Coalition of Large Tribes. Original Article: Dozens Of Tribes Back Navajo Water Claims At Supreme Court Read the Amicus Brief

Rosebud Councilwoman Lisa White Pipe elected to the Tribal-Interior Budget Council

Rosebud Councilwoman Lisa White Pipe, left, at a 2022 Coalition of Large Tribes quarterly meeting. Councilwoman Lisa White Pipe of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe was elected to the Tribal Interior Budget Council, as Co-Chair The Tribal-Interior Budget Council (TIBC) provides a forum and process for tribes and Federal officials to work together in developing annual budget requests for Indian programs …

COALITION OF LARGE TRIBES APPLAUDS INTRODUCTION OF THE FY2023 OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL 

COLT LEADERSHIP IN DC

COLT urged Congress to include advance appropriations for Indian Healthcare in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill.     BROWNING, MT – Congress Tuesday released the $1.7 trillion fiscal year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill.  The bill includes two years of funding for healthcare provided by the Indian Health Service (IHS).   “Tribal members across this great land depend on healthcare provided …

COLT urges for the inclusion of Indian Health Care Funding and Advance Appropriations

Native American Member Tribes

The Coalition of Large Tribes urges the federal government to include Advance Appropriations for the Indian Health Service (“IHS”) in the appropriations bill for FY 2023. Advance appropriations for the IHS do not cost the federal government another dime, but failure to include IHS as advance appropriations costs Indian Country everything. Advance appropriations for Indian healthcare would keep the promises the United …