Agency Positions on Application of Administration Policy Mandates to Indian Country

U.S. Small Business Administration – Application of DEI Executive Order to American Indian and Alaska Natives – May 20, 2025

U.S. Small Business Administration – Letter to Senators Sullivan, Murkowski, and Fischer – May 20, 2025

Memorandum – Indian Affairs Programs and Organizations Limited Deferred Resignation/Retirement Program (DRP) and DRP with Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA) Open Period – May 9, 2025, to May 16, 2025 – May 9, 2025

Department of Agriculture – Memorandum Clarifying the Application of Certain Executive Orders to Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, American Indian Tribal Citizens and Alaska Natives, and the Native Hawai’ian Community – May 5, 2025

Department of Justice – Response to Coalition Letter – March 31, 2025

Department of Education – Response to letter from the National Indian Education Association – April 25, 2025

Department of the Interior Letter – Workforce Efficiency Consultations – April 14, 2025

Department of the Interior – Addendum to Dear Tribal Leader Letter sent on April 16, 2025

U.S. Department of Treasury Affirms Support for CDFI Fund in Message Shared with White House – March 21, 2025

Office of the Secretary Memo RE: Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA) and Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) Approval – March 17, 2025 – March 26, 2025 Window – March 17, 2025

HUD General Counsel Memo: RE: Application of DEI Executive Orders to the Department’s Legal Obligations to Indian Tribes and their Citizens – March 13, 2025

HHS Advisory Opinion 25-01 on Application of DEI Executive Orders to the Department’s Legal Obligations to Indian Tribes and their Citizens – February 25, 2025

HHS General Counsel Note: RE: Application of DEI Executive Order to American Indians and Alaska Natives – February 6, 2025

DOI Secretarial Order: Ending DEI Programs and Gender Ideology Extremism – January 30, 2025


Excerpt from SO: Sec 6. Limitations
Nothing in this Order shall be construed to eliminate, rescind, hinder, impair, or otherwise affect activities that implement legal requirements independent of the rescinded equity-related EOs, including but not limited to:
d. the statutory authorities, treaty, and/or trust obligations of the Department and its Bureaus/Offices to Tribal nations and the Native Hawaiian Community

JUNE 11 CTS STATEMENT: Urgent Need for American Indian/Alaska Native Exemption from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Work Requirements
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