Happy Native American Heritage Month! For around 100 years, there has been a push to honor the contributions, sacrifices, achievements, and historical/cultural legacy of the original inhabitants of this great land and their descendants. Now known as Native American Heritage Month, this is our time to celebrate and honor American Indian culture. History In 1900,...
There are only three types of reserved federal land in the United States, military, public, and Native American. During the late 1700’s and early 1800’s, the United States government made a series of treaties with individual Native American nations that are indigenous to the area. These ‘contracts among nations’ recognized and established unique rights, titles,...
Title to most of the tribal lands in the United States is held by the United States government in trust for the benefit of existing and future generations of tribal populations. The government has a responsibility under this trust in two broad areas: property oriented duties to protect tribal property and assets (natural resources such as water,...
