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The U.S. Interior Department, Bureau of Indian Affairs recently held its 1st Annual Forum on Land Into Trust Process on April 30, 2009 at the BIA's National Indian Program Training Center in Albuquerque, NM.
This Forum was facilitated by the AILC and will serve as a repository for information related to the Forum.
Background: On May 20, 2008, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) released a Handbook on the Acquisition of Title to Land Held in Trust or Restricted Fee. Tribal leaders and representatives were asked to review the Handbook and to identify areas requiring further discussion.
Purpose: The Forum presented an opportunity for tribal leaders and representatives, BIA staff, and DOI solicitors to provide feedback on the Handbook's operation and to begin general discussions regarding execution of land into trust processes.
Comments: Submit your feedback regarding the Handbook to the AILC.
P.O. Box 4456
Albuquerque, NM 87196
or via e-mail to: candelaria@ailc-inc.org
Agenda
Tribal Leader Letter (April 6, 2009)
Tribal Leader Letter (October 3, 2008)
Fee to Trust Handbook
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The AILC had the honor of hosting a panel of former assistant secretaries for Indian Affairs at our recent Transitions Conference. You can view this historic event at this link: Video
Panel: Federal Indian Policy in the New Administration
Moderator:
Sam Deloria, former Deputy Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs for the U.S. Department of Interior. President of the Board of Directors for AILC and Director of the American Indian Graduate Center.
Panelists:
Carl J. Artman, former Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs for the U.S. Depratment of Interior. A Partner at the law firm Godrey & Kahn, S.C.
Thomas W. Fredericks, former Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs for the U.S. Department of Interior. A Partner at the law firm Fredericks, Pelcyger & Hester, LLC.
Kevin Gover, former Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs for the U.S. Department of Interior. Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.
Conference Program.
