The Indian Health Service issued a Dear Tribal Leader Letter announcing a virtual Tribal Consultation on the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the Buy Indian Act of 1910. DATE: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 TIME: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) TELEPHONE: (833) 568-8864 Toll-free Meeting ID: 160 453 1058 Passcode: 349582 ZOOM […]
Nomination Hearing to consider Bryan Todd Newland to serve as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior Dirksen, Room 628
You’re Invited to a Webinar with USDA Secretary Vilsack to Discuss The Build Back Better Initiative to Transform the Food System Wednesday, June 9, 3:00-3:30pm Eastern Limited Seats. Register in advance for this webinar: USDA announced Tuesday, June 8, that it plans to invest more than $4 billion through the Build Back Better initiative. The […]
CMS issued the 2021 Navigator Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), which will make $80 million in grant funding available to Navigators in states with a Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) for the 2022 plan year. This is the largest funding allocation CMS has made available for Navigator grants to date. With the additional funding, CMS encourages current […]
The Truro Historical Society is hosting a series of talks to accompany their upcoming “Wampanoag Nation: People of the First Light” exhibition. June 9: Jennifer Weston: “Reviving the Wampanoag Language” June 16: Andrew Lipman: “The Death and Life of Squanto” July 7: Drew Lopenzina: “400 Years of Settlement Through an Indian’s Looking-Glass” July 14: Voices of Indigenous Poets: Lucy […]
The True Cost of Colonization: American History from an Indigenous Perspective Paula Peters is a scholar and a politically, socially, and culturally active member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. She’ll discuss the romanticized myth of the Pilgrims' arrival and the true cost of colonization from the perspective of the indigenous people. By exploring the history […]
The USET Wastewater Treatment Operator Certification Level I course will cover the most important and commonly performed job tasks and capabilities for Wastewater Treatment Operators. The course will closely follow the “Need to Know” criteria to pass the ABC Class I certification exam. The course will begin on June 9, 2021 and continue weekly until […]
The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) is hosting a free tourism marketing workshop in the Pacific Northwest. As Tribal Nations and tourism enterprises, and Native-owned businesses re-open to visitor traffic, a top need identified by these businesses is how to maximize their outreach to potential visitors. This workshop will show how Tribal Nations […]
This is the rescheduled May meeting. You do not need to re-register and the entire schedule is the same as before, but moved to this week. Thursday, June 10 1:00-6:00 Eastern TIBC Full Meeting – by using Wednesday’s link, you are registered for both days.
Join us to hear from special guest, Adam Dorr, PhD. Dr. Dorr will present RethinkX analysis using the clean energy U-curve to show that 100% clean electricity from the combination of solar, wind, and batteries (SWB) is both physically possible and economically affordable across the entire continental United States as well as the overwhelming majority […]
The Youth Wellness Summit is hosted by the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department and the Honoring Native Life Program. Their goal is to enable Indigenous youth to share best practices, lessons learned, and to build a network of resources for Suicide Prevention and Intervention efforts in Tribal communities. The 2021 Youth Wellness Summit: Community Resilience: Nurturing […]
On Saturday, June 12 at 9 a.m., as part of a recognition of the 20th anniversary of the passage of LD291, the Wabanaki Studies law, English professor Margo Lukens will present on ways to work with Penobscot stories in the secondary classroom. Presenting with her will be Ashton Carmichael, a 9th-grade English teacher in RSU67 […]
Every second Friday of the month: USET COVID-19 ECHO The session will include updates related to Indian Country, updates on the status of COVID-19 in the USET region, and an opportunity to ask questions and receive expert advice. 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Central/12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern (join) Join by phone only at […]
This is the rescheduled May meeting. You do not need to re-register and the entire schedule is the same as before, but moved to this week. Friday, June 11 1:00-6:30 Eastern Budget Subcommittee (FY 2023 Tribal Budget Submission) Signing up for the Budget Subcommittee meeting for earlier in the week signs you up […]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is assessing the impacts of moving of the BLM Headquarters (HQ), including various functions and staff, to Grand Junction, Colorado, as well as moving most positions that were stationed in Washington, DC to various offices in the West. These moves were directed in July 2019 by the Trump Administration, […]