January 14, 2025 AGENCY VILLAGE, SOUTH DAKOTA —— 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 the statement issued today by the Department of the Interior …
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Chairman J. Garrett Renville delivers the 2025 State of the Tribes address
Media Share from SDPB on January 15, 2024: https://www.sdpb.org/politics/2025-01-15/video-2025-state-of-the-tribes
Advancing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
U.S. Department of Interior, 01/15/2025 https://www.doi.gov/blog/advancing-united-nations-declaration-rights-indigenous-peoples Advancing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is the leading international instrument articulating the individual and collective rights of Indigenous Peoples. It recognizes that Indigenous Peoples have fundamental rights to freedom, equality and non-discrimination, as well as rights related to self-determination, …
Join Us: Indians Not Taxed Webinar, January 13th at 12PM CST
Please join us for a special webinar on taxation changes for Tribes, starting at 12PM Central on January 13th Topic: Indians Not Taxed Webinar Time: Jan 13, 2025 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83928514664?pwd=gyHCfbUgwwxnl0ttqPDmqjmq1NiyR5.1 Meeting ID: 839 2851 4664 Passcode: 224478 — One tap mobile +35722000888,,83928514664#,,,,*224478# Cyprus +35725054777,,83928514664#,,,,*224478# Cyprus — Dial by your location • +357 2 …
Media Share: The Soure, Letters To The Editor 01/09/2025
Media share from The Source on 01/09/2025 https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-01-09-2025-22479075 Letters To The Editor 01/09/2025 RE: “The Damned Deschutes”Nigel Jaquiss’s recent article misses the point. The story is not one of an electric utility, its critics and the health of the Deschutes River. That framing is too narrow. The real story is one of tribal sovereignty, resilience and self-determination. To be precise, …
President Biden: Keep Your Promise and Remove the Medals of Honor from Wounded Knee Massacre Soldiers (Media Share)
BY O.J. SEMANS, SR. JANUARY 09, 2025 Media Share from Native News Online (https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/president-biden-keep-your-promise-and-remove-the-medals-of-honor-from-wounded-knee-massacre-soldiers) Guest Opinion. Of all the massacres, domestic and foreign, carried out by the U.S. Military, the Medal of Honor was never awarded, with one exception: the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29, 1890. Presidents have used executive orders numerous times regarding military matters. On March 16, 1968, U.S. soldiers …
COLT releases written comments for Tribal Entities Taxation
January 7, 2025 January 7, 2025 RE: Proposed Rulemaking on Tribally-Chartered Entities (REG-113628-21) / Comments of the Coalition of Large Tribes tribal.consult@treasury.gov Dear U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service Administration Officials: I write as Chairman of the Coalition of Large Tribes (COLT), an intertribal advocacy organization representing the interests of the more than 50 tribes with …
Readers Respond to the Condition of the Deschutes River (Media Share)
January 5, 2025 Media Share from the Willamette Week we encourage you to read this article on the below website: https://www.wweek.com/news/dialogue/2025/01/05/readers-respond-to-the-condition-of-the-deschutes-river “Our teachings instruct us that we have a duty to manage our resources for seven generations into the future, which is necessarily predicated on our people’s continued survival.” By WW StaffJanuary 05, 2025 at 5:16 am PST LISTEN TO THE …
COLT Strongly Supports Proposed Guidance for Tax Treatment of Wholly-Owned Tribal Entities from U.S. Department of the Treasury
Media Share from Native News Online, please read on this site in the link below: https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/colt-strongly-supports-proposed-guidance-for-tax-treatment-of-wholly-owned-tribal-entities-from-u-s-department-of-the-treasury BY OJ SEMANS. SR. JANUARY 03, 2025 Guest Opinion. 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 …
FARMS and COLT Partner to Restore Ecosystems and Strengthen Tribal Economies
Media Share from KXLG https://www.mykxlg.com/news/local/farms-and-colt-partner-to-restore-ecosystems-and-strengthen-tribal-economies/article_b70aa48e-c450-11ef-bb81-d3271d683f88.html Steve Jurrens Dec 27, 2024 {KXLG – South Dakota} The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate has announced a groundbreaking collaboration between the North Dakota Advanced Agriculture Technology Engine (FARMS) and the Coalition of Large Tribes (COLT) through a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This partnership aims to advance bison rematriation, agricultural innovation, and food security across Tribal Nations by …