WASHINGTON – Federal officials are stepping up a massive new program to return millions of acres to Native American tribal management – land that, over generations, has been repeatedly broken up into a confusing patchwork of ownership, a legacy of U.S. government action more than a century ago. The “buy-back” program is part of a major
Government Accelerating Program To Re-Consolidate Tribal Lands
Interior Department will spend almost $2 billion to buy 10 million acres of privately held land to give to 150 tribes across the country.