8:30 a.m.      Request for time:  Fred Alexander - Lisa Letterman   8:40 a.m.      Tabled Res. No. 369 - $2 million from Endowment Fund # 2 for Class III gaming facility in Cherokee Co. (Item No. 1)   8:50 a.m.      Tabled Res. No. 435 - Cherokee Choices...

While on the Senate floor on Friday, Feb. 8, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, urged swift passage of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (S.47) with strong Tribal provisions.

President Obama announced on Wednesday, Feb. 6 that he is nominating Sally Jewell for the position of Secretary of the Interior.

FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate told the USET Board of Directors on Wednesday, Feb. 6 the quest to have the Stafford Act amended to give Tribes the ability make requests for disaster declarations and federal assistance directly rather than getting state approval first was going to be an impossible task.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park visitors reported on Thursday, Jan. 31 the defacement of natural stone features and masonry stone walls at the Sinks. The Sinks is a popular roadside waterfall located on Little River Road between Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area and the...

Right down to the last gavel of the 112th Congress, USET Tribal leaders and VAWA advocates urged Congressional members to reauthorize the legislation with provisions that were in Senate Bill 1925 which authorized Tribal law enforcement and courts to arrest and prosecute non-Indians accused of violent and abusive acts against Tribal members.