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 …
Appellant 33rd Business Committee of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma (Tribes) seeks review of a Recommended Decision issued on February 12, 2004, by Administrative Law Judge Richard L. Reeh in a matter arising under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 450- 450n. Judge Reeh recommended that the November …
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, …
