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 Crystaline 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 …
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 …
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 …
Special Meeting in Scottsdale
We welcome you to a special meeting for the Coalition of Large Tribes LIVE: https://youtube.com/@fourdirections5556/live ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84106330793?pwd=SYIakAoCJHDE8vLNTya1B4bT0IMaRa.1
NLIHC and National Tribal Organizations Urge Congress to Reauthorize NAHASDA
Media share from the National Low Income Housing Coalition on September 23rd, 2024. NLIHC and National Tribal Organizations Urge Congress to Reauthorize NAHASDA NLIHC sent a letter to congressional leadership on September 17 urging Congress to act swiftly to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA), which is the largest and, in some rural and remote areas, only source of affordable …
Letter regarding The National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education
September 4, 2024 The Coalition of Large Tribes has sent the below letter in regards to The National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education.