Interior Department's assistant secretary for Indian affairs visits Grand Portage, Lake Superior region
Local Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland was in northern Minnesota in late August to hear from tribal leaders abo...
Local Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland was in northern Minnesota in late August to hear from tribal leaders about a collaborative land stewardship that is now a successful model used across the nation. While near Lake Superior, Assistant Secretary Newland met with leaders from the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and visited the Grant Portage National Monument to learn about the band's co-management agreement with National Park Service. Signed in 1999, the agreement is oldest in the country between a tribe and the federal government, in this case, the National Park Service.