May 21, 2026 Agency Village, South Dakota – The Coalition of Large Tribes (COLT)—an intertribal organization representing theinterests 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—submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of Petitioners in Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc., et al. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, et al. (No. 25-170), in which the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether federal law precludes state-law tort claims seeking damages from fossil fuel companies for the alleged impacts of interstate and international greenhouse gas emissions. “COLT felt it was important to voice tribal energy sovereignty concerns presented by the case,” said COLT Chairman J …
Trump administration takes aim at American buffalo (Media Share)
Media share from Native America Calling on May 18th, 2026 The U.S. Department of Interior just canceled grazing leases for hundreds of bison on federal land in Montana. The action halts the progress of a well-funded private group, American Prairie, that has been buying up land and acquiring leases in an ambitious conservation plan. The group often provides bison to tribes …
Trump Administration Bans a Nonprofit’s Bison From Grazing on Federal Lands, but Spares Tribes (Media Share)
Media share from Inside Climate News on May 15th, 2026
COLT Introduces the COLT Tribal Transmission Committee
May 12, 2026 The Coalition of Large Tribes is pleased to announce our establishment of our newest committee: The COLT Tribal Transmission Committee (CTTC). COLT is the national advocacy group for issues facing American Indian Tribes with land bases exceeding 100,000 acres. In forming the CTTC, COLT is recognizing that large land-base tribes have the potential to make a major …
Is Trump admin evicting bison from federal land? Unpacking government proposal (Media Share)
Media share from Snopes.com from Emery Winter on May 8, 2026 A proposal to revoke permits allowing a conservation group’s bison herd to graze on federal land argued the animals are wildlife, not livestock. Key Points In May 2026, various social media posts spread a rumor that the Trump administration was evicting wild bison herds from federal grasslands. A post …
COLT Heartened by BLM’s Express Commitment to the United States’ Treaty, Trust, and Consultation Obligations Relative to Bison, Disappointed BLM Doubles-Down on ‘DEI for Cows’
May 8, 2026 Agency Village, South Dakota – The Coalition of Large Tribes (COLT)—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—was heartened to see important sovereignty language in today’s press release and …
Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands (Media Share)
Media Share from Inside Climate News on April 6, 2026 Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands An Interior Department proposal would cancel BLM grazing leases for American Prairie’s buffalo in Montana, but it could affect tribal and private herds across the West. By Blaine Harden April 5, 2026 This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, …
Where the buffalo roam (media share)
Media Share from the Durango Telegraph on March 26, 2027 by Tyson Running Wolf and Tom France / Writers on the Range In 1886, the last wild buffalo on the Great Plains was killed among the steep bluffs and badlands of central Montana, the final remnant of the tens of millions of bison that once roamed the nation’s vast …