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Chuck Schumer's Public Statements on Issue: Indigenous Peoples

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10/03/2023 SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $600,000 FOR THE SAINT REGIS MOHAWK TRIBE THROUGH INFLATION REDUCTION ACT TO PLANT THOUSANDS OF NEW TREES, INCREASING GREEN SPACE AND PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR A BRIGHTER, CLEANER FUTURE FOR FAMILIES
06/29/2022 Governor Hochul, U.S. Department of Interior and Onondaga Nation Announce One of the Largest Returns of Land to an Indigenous Nation by Any State
03/29/2021 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $3.7 Million In Federal Grants For Affordable Housing In Tribal Communities Across Upstate New York
02/03/2021 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $12.5k in Federal Funding Awarded to The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to Improve Transportation Safety
05/10/2017 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $23 Million Increase in Impact Aid That Will Benefit Western NY Schools
10/08/2014 Schumer Announces, Following His Push, Army Corps of Engineers Has Issued American Rock Salt Permit It Needs to Build Critical Rail Extension
10/29/2013 Schumer: Seneca and Cayuga Counties Have the Right to Offer Input and Receive Timely Information on Land-Into-Trust Application Impacting Their Counties
10/29/2013 Schumer: Seneca and Cayuga Counties Have the Right to Offer Input and Receive Timely Information on Land-Into-Trust Application Impacting Their Counties
06/14/2011 After Schumer's Urging: Department of Interior to Rescind Blanket Ban on Off Reservation Gaming - Makes Casinos in the Catskills a Possibility
03/08/2010 Letter to Secretary Salazar - Carcieri v. Salazar
11/02/2009 Decision On Off Reservation Gaming Is Near; Senator Urges Interior Secretary To Reopen Applications After Decision And Not Require Time Intensive Resubmission, If BIA Modifies The Kempthorne Rule
10/13/2009 Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Sec Salazar To Consider Off Gaming Reservations On A Case By Case Basis, Overturning Bush Administration Precedent
07/23/2009 Schumer, Arcuri Secure Pledge From BIA Head That There Will Be No More Midnight Deals on Land Into Trust; Reiterated Demand That No Further Action be Taken on Remaining 495 Acres
07/14/2009 Schumer, Arcuri: Local Communities and Taxpayer Must Have Better Protections Against Land Into Trust
06/25/2009 Schumer Calls on New Head of Bureau of Indian Affairs, Larry Echohawk, to Take a Fresh Look at Bid to Establish Casino in Sullivan County
01/09/2009 In Personal Call to Interior Secretary, Schumer Demands That No Further Local Land be Taken Into Trust - Receives Assurances That Agency Will Not Move Without Notification
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