March 20, 2023 Browning, Montana – The Biden-Harris Campaign promised tribal nations that, among other things, their Administration would “Ensure fulfillment of federal trust and treaty obligations including by working to address chronic underfunding of unmet federal obligations to Indian Country.” See Biden-Harris Plan for Tribal Nations – Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website. On the same Campaign page directed to …
As drought persists in the west, justices to consider Navajo Nation’s rights to Colorado River (Media Share)
This is a media share from a story in the SCOTUSblog article published March 17, 2023. To read the original article on their website click the below link: Original Article By Matthew L.M. Fletcheron Mar 17, 2023 at 12:08 pm Share The Little Colorado River Gorge on the border of the Navajo Nation reservation. (Victoria Ditkovsky via Shutterstock) Thirty percent of Navajo …
COLT Applauds Confirmation of Patrice Kunesh as Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services
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
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
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. …
Coalition of Large Tribes Comments on Part 151 Land-Into-Trust Proposed Rule
Coalition of Large Tribes (“COLT”) Comments on Part 151 Land-Into-Trust Proposed Rule in a letter to Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs.
Marvin Weatherwax Jr.: American Indian tribes deserve better than Gigi Sohn (Media Share)
Marvin Weatherwax, Jr., a Democrat who represents the 15th district in the Montana House of
Representatives and serves on the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council, is chairman of the Coalition of Large Tribes.
Dozens Of Tribes Back Navajo Water Claims At Supreme Court
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 …