13th Assistant Secretary of the @Interior from 2018-2021. First Alaska Native to serve in this position. This account is archived and no longer updated.
GAOA Update: @BureauIndianEdu Many Farms High School within the Navajo Nation and Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation are the first two schools to benefit from the Great American Outdoors Act receipts. See: https://t.co/q6fj7skTzI
.@Interior & IA Announce National Tribal Broadband Strategy to Close Connectivity Gap in Indian Country & Alaska. @ASIndianAffairs states strategy is the foundation to "create certainty & attract investment for broadband growth" in AI/AN communities.
READ https://t.co/5Ncjztnhe0
.@SecBernhardt Signs Historic Secretarial Order to Transition the National Bison Range Into Tribal Trust for the Flathead Indian Reservation. “The restoration of this land is a great historic event...” said CSKT Chairwoman Fyant. READ MORE: https://t.co/chgvCettbL
SOVEREIGNTY ALERT: @SecBernhardt
signed S.O. 3390 laying out the process to transfer the functions & property related to the #NationalBisonRange, now part of the Flathead Reservation. Congratulations CSKT! #SelfDetermined See: https://t.co/lWbYdhEcio
Congratulations to appointees @BIAOJS Deputy Bureau Director Jason O'Neal and Law Enforcement, Security and School Safety Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary, Charlie Addington! See: https://t.co/71BDueEY7w
The first trip I took as Assistant Secretary was to the Flathead Reservation to meet w/ the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. It was a memorable experience where I learned of the challenges w/their dams, irrigation project and the Nat’l Bison Range. #Quyanaqpak to CSKT.
Yesterday, we issued a proposed rule to enhance rural broadband deployment on our public lands, and to reduce wildfire hazards along rights-of-way.
Connectivity is essential for education, economic opportunity, health and public safety - esp. as we respond to COVID-19.
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JUST IN | @ASIndianAffairs Sweeney Signs Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians’ Indian Trust Asset Management Plan & Forestry Regulations. Tribe hopeful approval "will serve as a model and a catalyst for other advancements...” Read: https://t.co/jGO7royagP
📷Cred: Makenzie Cooper
Everyday @realDonaldTrump fights for the American people. The omnibus spending and COVID relief package uplifts American families, strengthens our economy, invests in our infrastructure and enhances key conservation initiatives. https://t.co/niZrc8WJKJ
The @ACFHHS MMNA Framework memorializes missing and murdered Native Americans with a 15-foot-long shawl that is inscribed with the names of those lost. To add a name please email [email protected]. Read the press release today to learn more! https://t.co/VJDemveRTH
Merry Christmas! I am thankful for Myrtle Akootchook, Mae Ahgeak, Emma Bodfish, Fannie Akpik, Martha Aiken, Marie Neakok, Edna MacLean, Jana Harcharek, Irene Katchatag, Mary Ann Haugen, Laura Itta, Anita Personius (featured) & all others who taught me. Who are you thankful for?
Outside o/my comfort zone. A S/O to the hard working bilingual teachers prepping Native students for holiday programs. I honor my Iñupiaq teachers across AK. From Utqiagvik, Unalakleet, Noorvik & Ulguniq. #FaLaLaLa FR. AK to Indian Country, Merry Christmas! @USIndianAffairs
.@ANA_ACFgov Commissioner Hovland and the team @ ANA: THANK YOU for this thoughtful remembrance of those Native Americans still missing or murdered. Also a constant reminder the work must continue. #MMA#OLJ#REDSHAWL
Our Missing and Murdered Native American (MMNA) relatives will always be honored with the @ACFHHS remembrance shawl. The shawl will hang in commemoration in the ANA Office in Washington, D.C. To add a name to the shawl please email [email protected]
Online bill pay option, consultations, 2-part determination, gaming compact, fee-to-trust, HEARTH, and water codes. Busy week, busy month @USIndianAffairs and @Interior. For more information, see: https://t.co/07Mrj9JZLY #ForgottenNoMore@WhiteHouse
.@realDonaldTrump@POTUS THANK YOU for your leadership on #OperationWarpSpeed and getting the vaccine for #Americans. Information from @IHSgov on vaccines for Indian Country can be found at: https://t.co/XMVl67t4at
More information: https://t.co/c6IwF7oH8N
.@ASIndianAffairs Approves Tule River Indian Tribe’s Fee-to-Trust for Gaming Application. Proposed casino hotel-resort project expected to increase jobs, wages and revenues benefitting the Tribe and regional economy. READ NOW: https://t.co/xxhGdsJHgv
.@Interior Interior is proud to co-chair this crucial task force! @realDonaldTrump is the 1st President to significantly elevate the issue of missing and murdered Native Americans & 6 of our 7 cold case offices are up and running to deliver justice...and healing
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