The Coalition of Large Tribes submitted comments to the Treasury on December 16th, 2024. Final comments can be found in the PDF.
Chairman J. Garret Renville and Speaker Crystalyne Curley elected to COLT leadership
Monday December 18, 2024 COLT leadership elections were held today and the new President of COLT is J. Garret Renville from Sisseton-Wahpeton. The new Vice President of COLT is Speaker Crystalyne Curley from Navajo Nation. I am honored and grateful for the opportunity to serve as Chairman of the Coalitionof Large Tribes (COLT). This responsibility is one I take to …
Native Bidaské with Oliver (OJ) Semans on the 2024 Election and Wounded Knee Stain Act – DEC 6th at 12 EST
This is a media share from Native News Online. Our Executive Director, OJ Semans, will be speaking today at December 6th at 12 EST, but sure to tune in. MEDIA SHARE BY KRISTEN LILYA DECEMBER 04, 2024 In this episode of Native Bidaské, Levi Rickert, editor of Native News Online, sits down with OJ Semans Sr., the Executive Director of Four Directions and Legislative …
Coalition of Large Tribes Pushes Back on Sen. Tillis’ Block on Wounded Knee Massacre Act (Media Share)
Media Share from Native News Online To view the full story and support Native News Online please visit the link below: https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/coalition-of-large-tribes-pushes-back-on-sen-tillis-block-of BY OJ AND BARB SEMANS NOVEMBER 26, 2024 Guest Opinion. As co-executive directors of Four Directions Native Vote, Barb and I write in recognition of Native American Heritage month, and with a reminder of the long, dark shadow of the Wounded …
Annual COLT Round Up Meeting in December at Caesars Palace
On December 16 & 17, 2024, the Coalition of Large Tribes will be having the annual meeting at the Caesars Palace. During this meeting we will have an election for the Chair (2 years term) and Vice Chair (1 year term). Consistent with our COLT Charter and practice, both will be held simultaneously so nominations will be for both seats …
COLT Welcomes President Biden’s Boarding Schools Apology, Looks Forward to Healing Commitments
October 25, 2024 LAVEEN, ARIZONA – The Coalition of Large Tribes, an intertribal organization representing the interests of the more than 50 tribes with reservations of 100,000 acres or more, encompassing more than 95% of the Indian Country lands and more than half the Native American population, welcomes President Biden’s sincere apology today, recognizing the wrong and painful history of …
President Biden to issue boarding school apology (Media Share)
Featured in ICT News on October 24, 2024 https://ictnews.org/news/president-biden-to-issue-boarding-school-apology-at-last The president will be at Gila River Indian Community to acknowledge the trauma wreaked by U.S. forced assimilation policies *UPDATED Mary Annette PemberICT More than 150 years after the first Native children were forced to attend Indian boarding schools that robbed them of their families, culture and language, President Joe Biden …
Wisconsin Native Vote Forum – COLT Special Meeting
Potawatomi Casino Hotel1721 West Canal Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233 October 17 – October 20, 2024 AGENDA DRAFT
COLT Applauds Proposed Regulations for Tribal General Welfare Exclusion from U.S. Department of the Treasury
September 13, 2024 Browning, MT – The Coalition of Large Tribes, an intertribal organization representing the interests of the more than 50 tribes with reservations of 100,000 acres or more, encompassing more than 95% of the Indian Country lands and more than half the Native American population, warmly welcomes today’s announcement that the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the …
Treasury Issues Proposed Guidance to Clarify Wholly-Owned Tribally Chartered Entities Are Not Subject to Income Tax and Expand Tribal Access to Clean Energy Tax Credits
From the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Public Affairs on October 7th, 2024 Proposed rules describe that Tribally chartered entities have same federal tax status as their owning Tribes and clarify Tribal eligibility for elective pay to access Inflation Reduction Act tax credits WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS issued a Notice of …