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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Signs Regulation Confirming "Government to Government" Consultation with Tribes

ICTMN Staff

February 01, 2013

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack strengthened the consultation and coordination process with Indian tribes by signing a Departmental Regulation that “establishes over-arching Depa...

Federal Departments Sign Sacred Sites Protection Agreement

Gale Courey Toensing

December 13, 2012

Four federal government departments have signed a five-year agreement to work together to improve the protection of Indian sacred sites on federal lands and tribal access to them...

USDA Announces Funding to Help Rural Residents in Remote Areas Reduce Energy Costs

ICTMN Staff

November 11, 2011

On November 4, Dallas Tonsager, under secretary to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, made the announcement on behalf of Vilsack of funding to help reduce energy costs in remote ru...

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