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Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs John Tahsuda today announced that the Department has signed an agreement with the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon to guide implementation of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program).

The Department of the Interior today announced that 5,041 landowners with fractional interests at the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota have been sent purchase offers from the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program).

The Department of the Interior today announced that nearly 3,000 landowners with fractional interests at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes location in Oklahoma have been sent purchase offers from the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program).

The Department of the Interior today announced that more than 1,600 landowners with fractional interests at the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in Idaho, as well as the Pechanga and Rincon Indian Reservations in California, have been sent purchase offers from the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program). 

The Department of the Interior today announced that nearly 600 landowners with fractional interests at the Pala and Sycuan Indian Reservations in California have been sent purchase offers from the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program). Landowners have 45 days to consider and return accepted offers in the pre-paid postage envelopes provided.

The Department of the Interior today announced that more than 5,100 landowners with fractional interests at the Omaha and Winnebago Indian Reservations in Nebraska have been sent purchase offers from the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program). 

The Department of the Interior today announced that nearly 3,600 landowners with fractional interests at the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington have been sent purchase offers from the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program). 

In a Federal Register notice published today, the Department of the Interior announced it will host its fourth annual Listening Session on April 25, 2017, at the Tulalip Resort Casino in Tulalip, WA, to hear directly from tribal leaders and individual landowners on the progress of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program).