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Bryan Newland, who served as assistant secretary for Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior from 2021 to January 2025, has joined Washington, D.C.-based law firm Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC as a principal in its Indian Tribal Governments Group, the firm announced on March 12.
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Tribal leaders urged Congress yesterday to fix a program allowing tribes to manage their own trust assets that expires next year.
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Native leaders called for mandatory funding of Indian Health Service and tax parity with states during Senate testimony this week, pointing to a $9,000 gap in per-patient healthcare spending between Native and non-Native communities.
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Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) urged federal officials to protect tribal programs as agencies implement new diversity and equity policies, following disruptions that tribal leaders say threatened essential services.
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C. granted a temporary restraining order Monday blocking the Office of Management and Budget from pausing federal financial assistance programs, including critical funding for tribal nations and Native-serving nonprofits Indian Country.
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A coalition of tribal leader councils and Native organizations sent a letter Sunday to President Donald Trump, congressional leaders and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum warning against misclassifying tribal programs as diversity or environmental justice initiatives that could face cuts under recent executive orders.
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A federal court ruling that temporarily blocks the Trump administration from pausing federal funding in 22 states and the District of Columbia leaves open questions about its impact on tribal nations, even as it marks the second judicial intervention protecting federal grants and financial assistance programs.
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The White House Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday rescinded its controversial memo that had temporarily frozen federal funding, ending two days of uncertainty for tribal nations that had raised serious concerns about disruptions to treaty-mandated services.
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Tribal leaders are pressing for an exemption from a sweeping federal funding freeze, emphasizing their unique status as sovereign nations with treaty-protected rights to federal services.
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s pause on federal funding, providing short-term relief to tribes and Native-serving organizations concerned about disruptions to essential services and treaty-obligated federal funding.