FARMINGTON, N.M. –Navajo Transitional Energy Company opened the application period for the Community Benefit Fund (CBF) on Monday, August 27, 2018. The fund is designed to help community projects. “We are proud to open the application period for our Community Benefit Fund. We want to help quality projects that will benefit the Navajo people and Continue Reading
(Carter Lake, Iowa) – The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska today announced the name of the gaming facility being built on their sovereign land in Carter Lake, Iowa. Prairie Flower Casino is projected to open in late October 2018, and represents the completion of the first phase of the Prairie Flower Casino. Plans to grow the Continue Reading
KAYENTA, Ariz. – On Thursday, Council Delegate Alton Joe Shepherd (Jeddito, Cornfields, Ganado, Kin Dah Lichíí, Steamboat) spoke on behalf of the 23rd Navajo Nation Council at the groundbreaking celebration for the Kayenta Solar Facility II, located approximately five-miles north of the community of Kayenta. The Kayenta Solar Facility II is the second phase to Continue Reading
NASCHITTI, N.M.– On Tuesday, Council Delegate Steven Begay (Coyote Canyon, Mexican Springs, Naschitti, Tohatchi, Bahastl’a’a’) had the honor of presenting the key to a new home to 84-year-old Emma Roanhorse, a lifelong resident of the Naschitti community who lost her home in the Asaayi Lake Fire in 2014, which burned over 14,000 acres. Speaker LoRenzo Continue Reading
Solicitation Number: 140A0318Q0113 Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOI/BIA/RestonVA/140A0318Q0113/listing.html Synopsis: Added: Aug 09, 2018 5:41 pm This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will Continue Reading
By MIKE HUGHLETT , STAR TRIBUNE July 28, 2018 – 9:57 PM Enbridge’s hotly contested new oil pipeline is slated to cross land claimed by indigenous people for thousands of years. But not before Indian tribes have completed an archaeological survey of the pipeline route, the largest effort of its kind in Minnesota and maybe Continue Reading
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— July 26, 2018 — In 1998, a group of tribal tourism operators and those interested in tapping into the industry met to find a mechanism to grow tourism among tribal communities in a way that honored tradition and values. The grass-roots effort, initially fostered by the New Mexico Indian Tourism Association with funding Continue Reading
TACHEE/BLUE GAP, Ariz. – Council Delegate Kee Allen Begay, Jr., who represents the community of Tachee/Blue Gap on the 23rd Navajo Nation Council, invited US Congressman Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ) to tour the Claim 28 abandoned uranium site on Tuesday, which is located approximately five-miles northeast of Tachee/Blue Gap Chapter. For decades, nearly 30 million tons Continue Reading
Sacaton, Arizona – In harmony with the vision of our forefathers, the Gila River Indian Community established Gila River Health Care to care for its people. Many years later, the Community is proud to announce the opening of its’ newest healthcare facility, Hau’pal (Red Tail Hawk) Health Center on August 1, 2018. The new facility Continue Reading