WASHINGTON – In addition to the articles already covered by Native News Online, here’s a look at other news from Washington, D.C. recently impacting Indian Country.
Training Announcement: Access to Discretionary BJA Scholarships for Tribes, January 22-24, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice National Indian Country Training Initiative, along with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), is pleased to announce the Accessing BJA Discretionary Grants for Tribes workshop.
The Department of Justice will reimburse travel expenses for those selected to attend the training. Only register if you are fully prepared to take the training.
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Tribes are eligible for many funding options that are not tribe-specific and are not included in the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS). The Accessing BJA Discretionary Grants for Tribes Workshop is designed to provide tribal applicants with tools and guidance that can support Tribe efforts to access BJA’s non-CTAS grant funding and other resources to improve their justice systems.
Course: Access Discretionary BJA Scholarships for Tribes
When: January 22-24, 2025
Where: Columbia, SC
Click here to register: https://app.smartsheetgov.com/b/form/5afb5e48b062464fb7c583a19ceb4915
Biden administration releases final supplemental environmental statement for Arctic Refuge
On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The FSEIS was necessary to reassess the environmental impacts of the Arctic Refuge oil and gas leasing program because the Trump administration’s initial analysis was fundamentally flawed and contrary to law.
With the announcement of the FSEIS, the Biden administration sought to strengthen measures to prevent impacts on the livelihoods of local communities, damage to the porcupine caribou herd calving grounds, and the adverse effects of oil and gas activities on endangered polar bears. . But the FSEIS also makes clear that the Arctic Refuge continues to be unnecessarily threatened by oil and gas drilling. There is overwhelming evidence that any oil and gas program will have destructive and damaging effects on the coastal plain.
Despite the fact that the first lease sale, held by the Trump administration in 2021, was an absolute failure, raising only $12 million — less than 1% of the tax law’s promised revenue — the 2017 tax law still requires the Department of the Interior to hold a second lease purchase in the Arctic Refuge by the end of 2024.
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