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Connor: Surpassing Our Goals (www.doi.gov)

01/10/2017

In just three years, Buy-Back Program payments to interested landowners have exceeded $1 billion, and we’ve secured the potential for tribes to manage more than 11,000 tracts of land.

Deputy Secretary Connor Announces Land Buy-Back Program Sales Exceed $1 Billion (www.doi.gov)

01/05/2017

As part of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s nationwide tour to highlight the progress that has been made in the last eight years to restore the nation-to-nation relationship with Native Americans and Alaska Natives, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor joined leaders of the Navajo Nation today to announce that sales from the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program) have exceeded $1 billion.

Interior Agreements with Tribes to Implement Land Buy-Back Program Now Total 40 (www.doi.gov)

12/15/2016

U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor today announced that the Department has signed agreements with three additional Tribes – the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma, the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians in Wisconsin, and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation in California – to guide implementation of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program).

Landowners with Fractional Interests at Colville Indian Reservation Receive More Than $25 Million in Land Buy-Back Program Offers

12/12/2016

Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor today announced that more than 4,600 landowners with fractional interests at the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington have received about $25 million in purchase offers as part of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program). 

Interior Deputy Secretary Testifies on Land Buy-Back Program

12/07/2016

U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Department Michael L. Connor testified today at a full committee hearing in front of the Senate Committee for Indian Affairs on the Interior Department’s role and progress in the implementation of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program). 

More than $270 Million in Land Buy-Back Program Offers Extended to Landowners with Fractional Interests at Blackfeet Indian Reservation

11/28/2016

Fulfilling Interior Secretary Sally Jewell’s commitment during a visit to the Blackfeet Nation in May 2016, Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor today announced that more than $270 million in purchase offers have been generated for nearly 7,000 landowners with fractional interests at the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana as part of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program). 

Nearly 6,000 Landowners of Fractional Interests at Crow Creek Indian Reservation Receive $40 Million in Buy-Back Program Purchase Offers

11/09/2016

Interior Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor today announced that $40 million in purchase offers has been sent to nearly 6,000 landowners with fractional interests at the Crow Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota as part of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program). 

Interior Department Releases 2016 Status Report for Land Buy-Back Program, Will Consult with Indian Country on Program Extension (www.doi.gov)

11/01/2016

The U.S. Department of the Interior today released the 2016 Status Report for the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program), which highlights the steps taken to date to strengthen tribal sovereignty, consolidate fractional interests and provide new opportunities to Native American communities.

Buy-Back Program Sends $6.6 Million in Purchase Offers to 3,000 Landowners with Fractional Interests at Bad River Reservation

10/26/2016

Interior Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor today announced that nearly 3,000 landowners with fractional interests at the Bad River Indian Reservation in Wisconsin have received more than $6.6 million in purchase offers as part of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations.

Buy-Back Program Sends Nearly $18 Million in Purchase Offers to 7,000 Landowners with Fractional Interests at Turtle Mountain Indians Reservation

10/11/2016

Interior Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor today announced that nearly $18 million in purchase offers have been sent to approximately 7,000 landowners with fractional interests at the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Reservation in North Dakota.

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