Four New Mexico Pueblos and Secretary Salazar Finalize Historic Aamodt Water Rights Case

ICTMN Staff
March 16, 2013
In a historic settlement, four Pueblo tribes in New Mexico on March 14 had reason to celebrate following the finalization of New Mexico v...

Washington, D.C. Reacts to Passing of Sen. Inouye

ICTMN Staff
December 18, 2012
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) shared the news on the Senate floor December 17, that fellow senator and longtime stalwart Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) walked on...

Interior Approves Land-Into-Trust Application for Three Affiliated Tribes’ Proposed Clean Fuels Refinery

ICTMN Staff
October 10, 2012
Tex Hall In a historic announcement today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said the agency has taken 469 acres of land into trust for the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Na...

Easing Federal Paternalism Over Indian Land Leasing

Rob Capriccioso
November 30, 2011
WASHINGTON – In a move requested by tribes for decades, the federal government is easing its rules for the approval of leases on lands that the federal government holds in trust fo...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Drum Major Quote’ at Memorial to be Fixed

ICTMN Staff
February 14, 2012
At the urging of members of Martin Luther King Jr.’s family during a recent meeting, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis announced a...

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