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SENATE PASSES SCHATZ-MURKOWSKI RESOLUTION CELEBRATING NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH 

November 20, 2024

 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led passage of a Senate resolution recognizing November 2024 as National Native American Heritage Month.

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Acting Deputy Secretary Daniel-Davis Highlights Commitment to Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge, Enhancing Tribal Climate Resilience at COP29

November 18, 2024

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis today kicked off a week-long series of events, meetings and activities at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku. The Department of the Interior delegation’s participation at COP29 will highlight the progress made under the Biden-Harris administration towards pursuing nature-based solutions and ambitious clean energy goals, addressing drought resilience needs across western states, investing in climate adaptation for at risk communities affected by sea level rise and coastal and inland flooding, and honoring Indigenous communities, including by applying and protecting Indigenous Knowledge to address complex climate and biodiversity risks. 


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NATV covered President Elect Trumps visit to The White House for a meeting with President Joe Biden.
November 13, 2024
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President Biden apologizes to Native Americans for ‘sin’ of a 150-year-old boarding school policy

SCHATZ, MURKOWSKI STATEMENTS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN’S FORMAL APOLOGY FOR INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS

October 25th, 2024

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, released the following statements on President Joe Biden’s formal apology for the federal government's former Indian Boarding School policies.


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President Biden Touts Historic Support for Indian Country and Transformation of the Nation-to-Nation Relationship with Tribal Nations

October 25th, 2024

President Biden and Vice President Harris have taken historic actions to support Indian Country through executive actions, historic investments, and strengthening government-to-government relationships. The President has issued three historic Executive Orders that reform federal funding to help live up to the promise of Tribal self-determination, improve public safety and criminal justice for Native Americans while targeting the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people, and improve educational outcomes and career opportunities for Native American students by focusing on systemic barriers and increasing access to high-quality education. The President has also taken further executive action through two Presidential Memoranda on Tribal consultation, including his 2021 Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-Nation Relationships and his 2022 Memorandum on Uniform Standards for Tribal Consultation.


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U.S. Department of 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


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


October 7th, 2024


WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) clarifying that wholly-owned Tribal entities chartered or organized by one or more Tribes have the same tax status of their owning Tribes. This means that these Tribal entities – businesses entirely owned by a Tribe – would not be subject to federal income tax. The proposed rule recognizes that Tribal economies are unique and rely on Tribal businesses to generate government revenue. The rule also would make these Tribal entities eligible for certain Inflation Reduction Act clean energy tax credits through a payment mechanism known as elective pay, commonly referred to as direct pay, that allows entities without federal tax liability to receive the full benefit of these incentives.


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Indian Affairs invests nearly $10 million to rehabilitate Columbia River Treaty Fishing Access Sites, as part of President’s Investing in America agenda
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will support improved clean water and sanitation facilities for Tribal fishers
October 1, 2024
CASCADE LOCKS, ORE. — The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs today announced a nearly $10 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to provide critical rehabilitation at Tribal fishing sites along the Columbia River.

In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites were set aside by Congress for Tribal members of the Nez Perce, Umatilla, Warm Springs, and Yakama Tribes to exercise their rights to fish in the Columbia River. Many of these sites are currently in poor shape, needing improvements to ensure the health and safety of Tribal fishers and their families.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $71 Million to Electrify Homes Across Indian Country with Clean Energy through President’s Investing in America Agenda

Funding from the Tribal Electrification Program will help close access-to-electricity gap in 13 communities

September 26, 2024

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a $71 millioninvestment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to electrify homes in 13 Tribal communities across Indian Country, helping to close the Tribal access-to-electricity gap. This investment from the Inflation Reduction Act – the largest ever investment in climate – is a critical step toward the goal of electrifying all homes in the United States with clean energy sources and advances the Biden-Harris administration’s work to reach a carbon pollution-free electricity sector by 2035.


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