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2020 Bi-State Traditional Ecological Summit Registration is open

2020 Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Summit *June 3-4, 2020*     Stewart Indian School Gym 5500 Snyder Avenue Carson City, NV 89701 Organized by the Bi-State Tribal Natural Resources Committee (BTNRC) The mission of the Bi-State Tribal Natural Resources Committee (BTNRC) is to promote, protect and preserve good management of lands in the bi-state through […]

For Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Bighorn Sheep Reintroduction Part Of Decades Long Effort To Recover Wildlife

By: Daniel Rothberg Originally published on The Nevada Independant Tribal members, conservationists, and students, bundled up in thick coats and beanies, gathered in two rows fanning out from transport trailers to watch the release into tribal land, an area usually closed to the public. Bighorn sheep, separated into two trailers, rushed out in waves. First […]

The Census, or Why Your Answers Matter

What Is the 2020 Census? The 2020 Census counts every person living in the 50 states, District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories The count is mandated by the Constitution and conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, a nonpartisan government agency. The 2020 Census counts the population in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, […]

February 9 Response Deadline to the The US Navy’s Fallon Range Training Modernization project Impact Statement.

The US Navy’s Fallon Range Training Modernization project Impact Statement can be found in the link below. There is limited time to respond. All responses must be received by February 9, 2020. For written comments: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Code EV21.SG 1220 Pacific Highway Building 1, 5th Floor San Diego, CA 92132 For electronic […]

Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum opens

CARSON CITY, Nevada – (Jan. 8, 2020) For the first time, the general public can get a glimpse of life at Stewart Indian School, 130 years after the government boarding school opened in Carson City and 40 years after it was closed. The new Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum – long a dream […]

Nevada Delegation, Announces Introduction of Compromise Legislation to Protect the Desert National Wildlife Refuge

  Nevada Delegation, Led by Cortez Masto, Announces Introduction of Compromise Legislation to Protect DNWR & Modernize NTTR on Existing Lands NEWS PRESS December 20, 2019 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), along with Representatives Steven Horsford (D-Nev.-04), Dina Titus (D-Nev.-01), Mark Amodei (R-Nev.-02) and Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03), today […]

Pyramid Lake, Reno Sparks Indian Colony, & Washoe tribes Selected for Expansion of Program Enhancing Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 16, 2019 Thirty Tribes Department of Justice Tribal Access Program Will Continue to Improve the Exchange of Critical Data The Department of Justice has selected an additional 30 Indian tribes to participate in the expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP), […]