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In opening remarks at the 2023 White House Tribal Nations Summit today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that the White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) is taking critical steps to improve access to capital across Indian Country, including through the launch of an online clearinghouse that will serve as a searchable repository for an up-to-date list of all federal funding opportunities, including grants and loans, available to Tribal Nations and Native businesses.

Ahead of the 2023 White House Tribal Nation Summit, the Department of the Interior hosted Native Americans in Philanthropy and other funding partners, philanthropic leaders, Indigenous-focused organizations, and nonprofit organizations invested in the success of Native communities today.

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz kicked off a week-long series of events, meetings and activities at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Dubai today.

The Department of the Interior today announced the conclusion of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations, a decade-long effort to consolidate and return land to Tribal ownership.

The Biden-Harris administration today announced an agreement with the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) that will conserve approximately 100,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead in 2023.

Today, the Department of the Interior announced that it has provided more than $468 million in fiscal year 2023 from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to reduce wildfire risk, mitigate impacts and rehabilitate burned areas across the country.

The Biden-Harris administration today announced its approval of the Empire Wind offshore wind project – the sixth approval of a commercial-scale offshore wind energy project under President Biden’s leadership.

Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Director David Applegate wrapped up a week-long trip to Cape Town, South Africa, where they led the Department of the Interior’s delegation to the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Ministerial Summit.

The Department of the Interior today announced $51 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for 30 new Environmental Water Resource Projects in 11 states through the Bureau of Reclamation.

As the Biden-Harris administration marks the two-year anniversary of President Biden signing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law today, the Department of the Interior released a new analysis that estimates that investments from the historic law supported on average 17,669 jobs and contributed an average of $2 billion to the economy each year.