28 Jan 2015

Music City workshop tunes up tribal consultations

State and federal agency representatives recently met in Nashville, Tennessee, this week to tune up and improve how they consult with tribal nations.

21 Nov 2013

DOD Celebrates National Native American Heritage Month

November was designated as National Native American Heritage Month by President George H.W. Bush in 1990. In a joint interview with American Forces Press Service and the Pentagon Channel, Joe Sarcinella, DOD's senior advisor and liaison for Native American Affairs, discussed the department's efforts to recognize Native Americans and their contributions to the country dating back to Revolutionary War.

12 Apr 2012

District Hosts Meeting for Newly Elected Tribal Leaders

Tribal leadership in New Mexico changes fairly regularly, with most tribes changing annually, and New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman’s office approached the District to see if the Corps could help provide a location for new tribal leadership to meet and exchange information with representatives from local federal agencies.

1 Feb 2011

Tribes Step Forward to Sponsor Work

When the sponsor for the Española Basin project pulled its support for this flood risk management study in 1996, people assumed that the project was finished. But in 2004, an alliance of three Pueblos, Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara and San Ildefonso, devised a new, holistic vision for the project that made ecosystem restoration the centerpiece of river and flood management efforts.