Appellant Clifford McKenzie, Chairman, Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma (Tribe) appealed a March 18, 2003, Notice of Reassumption of certain programs contracted to the Tribe under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. The notice was issued by the Senior Awarding Official, Southern Plains Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Regional Office; BIA). On October 28, …
Sharon Wasson, Thomas Wasson, Andrea Davidson, and Elverine Castro (Appellants) seek review of a March 9, 2004 decision of the Western Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Regional Director; BIA), rejecting an application from Appellants to contract Bureau programs under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA), Pub. L. 93-638, 25 U.S.C. § 450 …
The Seneca Nation of Indians (“Seneca” or “Nation”) has appealed an October 31, 2011, decision issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service (hereinafter, the “Department”) declining Seneca’s request to add $3,774,392 to Seneca’s health services funding for fiscal year (“FY”) 2012. For the reasons discussed below, this decision …
The Appellant is the Walker River Paiute Tribe (“Walker River”), and the Appellee is the Area Director, Phoenix Area Indian Health Service (“PAIHS”). This appeal implicates PAIHS’ refusal to approve Walker River’s proposal dated September 19, 2013, for funding to operate a Contract Health Services (“CHS”) program under the auspices of the Indian Self-Determination and …
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This matter is before me on an appeal filed by the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma (the “Tribe”) from a Notice of Reassumption, issued February 10, 2011, by the Southern Plains Region Awarding Officer, Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”), and concurred in by the Southern Plains Regional Director, BIA. The notice informed the Tribe that BIA …
