The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, through its Principal Chief, Jerry Haney, seeks an extension of time under 25 C.F.R. § 900.159 in which to file a notice of appeal from a January 3, 2002, decision of the Acting Eastern Oklahoma Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, concerning certain Indian Self-Determination Act contract matters. The Nation …
The BIA was justified in effecting an emergency reassumption, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. §450m, of the Indian Self-Determination Act law enforcement contract with the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribes, due to the Tribal Police force’s failure to provide fair and uniform law enforcement services on the reservation, and the resulting immediate threat of imminent harm to the …
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The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation (the Tribes) have timely appealed an April 22, 2004, letter of the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) which partially declined the Tribes’ “best and final offer” for an Annual Funding Agreement (AFA) for fiscal year (FY) 2004. The proposed AFA was for $2,075,313 in funding for construction …
On November 1, 2004, the Board of Indian Appeals (Board) received a notice of appeal from Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma (Tribe), through counsel, appealing an October 8, 2004, decision of the Eastern Oklahoma Regional Awarding Official, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Regional Awarding Official; BIA). The October 8 decision notified the Tribe that BIA intends to …
The Navajo Nation (Nation) and the Board of Directors of Shiprock Alternative Schools, Inc. (SASI) (collectively “Appellants”) appeal from a September 26, 2003, decision by the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs (PDAS) and the Office of Indian Education Programs, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The PDAS refused to consider and approve a proposed …
