{"id":10791,"date":"2021-04-27T13:29:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T17:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=10791"},"modified":"2021-04-27T13:29:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T17:29:36","slug":"key-leader-in-congress-hails-secretary-haalands-actions-for-tribal-homelands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/04\/27\/key-leader-in-congress-hails-secretary-haalands-actions-for-tribal-homelands\/","title":{"rendered":"Key leader in Congress hails Secretary Haaland&#8217;s actions for tribal homelands"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-attachment-id=\"10797\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/04\/27\/key-leader-in-congress-hails-secretary-haalands-actions-for-tribal-homelands\/raulgrijalva-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/raulgrijalva-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 80D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1555243196&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;31&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"raulgrijalva\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/raulgrijalva-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/raulgrijalva-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"raulgrijalva\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10797\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Photo courtesy <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/naturalresourcesdems\/47580187702\/>House Committee  on Natural Resources, Democrats<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Chair Grijalva Hails Secretarial Order &#038; Legal Decisions Streamlining Federal Ability to Take Land Into Trust, Empower Tribal Economic Development<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, April 27, 2021<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">Source: Rep. Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva (D-Arizona)<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Chairman,  House Committee  on Natural Resources<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/>naturalresources.house.gov<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/grijalva.house.gov\/\">Chair Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva<\/a> (D-Arizona) today hailed a new secretarial order from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and a series of legal decisions by the Solicitor\u2019s office that, taken together, <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/04\/27\/interior-secretary-deb-haaland-takes-action-for-tribal-homelands\/>simplify the process by which the federal government takes land into trust on behalf of Tribal governments, eliminate needless Trump-era bureaucracy and empower tribes to pursue economic development<\/a>.\r\n <p><\/p>\r\nHaaland today issued <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/SO-3400.pdf\">Secretarial Order 3400<\/a>, which re-delegates the authority to review and approve applications to place land into trust to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) regional directors, excluding decisions related to gaming applications. The order reverses a 2017 Trump-era order elevating land-into-trust decisions to the Department\u2019s headquarters staff, which caused delays and made the process opaque for tribes seeking straightforward explanations of land-into-trust decisions.\r\n <p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAt <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Interior?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Interior<\/a>, we have an obligation to work with Tribes to protect their lands &amp; ensure that each Tribe has a homeland where its citizens can live together &amp; lead safe &amp; fulfilling lives\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDebHaaland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDebHaaland<\/a> is taking new steps to restore tribal homelands.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ct9kRNmng7\">https:\/\/t.co\/ct9kRNmng7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1387075348152688642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAlso today, the Solicitor issued <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/M-37070.pdf\">M-37070<\/a> and withdrew M-37054 and M-37055, which created an unnecessarily complicated process for Tribes seeking to place land into trust under the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934. The office reinstated a previous opinion known as M-37029, which outlines a reasonable Tribal process for land into trust applications.\r\n <p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/M-37069.pdf\">Solicitor also withdrew M-37064<\/a>, which falsely concluded that the Secretary of the Interior does not have discretionary authority to take land into trust for tribes in Alaska, despite the pre-existence of a separate formal rule providing this exact authority. The elimination of M-37064 and today\u2019s promulgation of the new M-37069 clearly establish Secretary Haaland\u2019s and her successors\u2019 authority under the IRA to take land in Alaska into trust for the benefit of Alaska Tribes.\r\n <p><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThis makes the process easier for Tribal communities looking to expand their economies, increase their land base and control their own futures,\u201d Grijalva said. \u201cIndian Country needs land-intro-trust decisions to be based on genuine consultation, which the Trump administration routinely ignored. Tribal communities around the country just want the same transparency and legal equity many of us so often take for granted, and today\u2019s steps are a big part of granting those reasonable requests.\u201d\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Relevant Biden Administration Documents<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/M-37069.pdf\">M-37069: Withdrawal of M-37064 and Announcement of Consultation on the Department\u2019s Interpretation of the Indian Reorganization Act and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in Connection with the Secretary\u2019s Land into Trust Authority<\/a>\r\n(April 27, 2021)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/M-37070.pdf\">M-37070: Withdrawal of Certain Solicitor M-Opinions, Reinstatement of Sol. Op. M-37029\r\nThe Meaning of \u2018Under Federal Jurisdiction\u2019 for Purposes of the Indian Reorganization Act, and Announcement Regarding Consultation on \u201cUnder Federal Jurisdiction\u201d Determinations<\/a>\r\n(April 27, 2021)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/SO-3400.pdf\">Secretarial Order: Delegation of Authority for Non-Gaming Off-Reservation Fee-to-Trust Acquisitions<\/a> (April 27, 2021)\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Withdrawn Trump Administration Documents<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/M-37054.pdf\">M-37054: Interpreting the Second Definition of &#8220;Indian&#8221; in Section 19 of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934<\/a>\r\n (March 9, 2020)<\/a><BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/M-37055.pdf\">M-37055: Withdrawal of Solicitor&#8217;s Opinion M-37029. &#8220;The Meaning of &#8216;Under Federal Jurisdiction&#8217; for Purposes of the Indian Reorganization Act&#8221;<\/a>\r\n (March 9, 2020)<BR>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/M-37064.pdf\">M-37064: Permanent Withdrawal of Solicitor Opinion M-37043, \u201cAuthority to Acquire Land into Trust in Alaska\u201d<\/a> (January 19, 2021)\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/04\/27\/interior-secretary-deb-haaland-takes-action-for-tribal-homelands\/\" title=\"Interior: Secretary Deb Haaland takes action for tribal homelands\">Interior: Secretary Deb Haaland takes action for tribal homelands<\/a> (April 27, 2021)","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cTribal communities around the country just want the same transparency and legal equity many of us so often take for granted, and today\u2019s steps are a big part of granting those reasonable requests,\u201d said Rep. Ra\u00fal Grijalva (D-Arizona), chair of the House Committee  on Natural Resources.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,13,1,14],"tags":[869,78,42,117,157,88,94,118,71,49,48,267,397,186,126,1193,220],"class_list":["post-10791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-trust","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-117th","tag-alaska","tag-arizona","tag-bia","tag-consultation","tag-deb-haaland","tag-democrats","tag-doi","tag-economic-development","tag-hnrc","tag-house","tag-ira","tag-jurisdiction","tag-land-into-trust","tag-raul-grijalva","tag-sol","tag-sovereignty","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/27\/raulgrijalva-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2O3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}