Indian Affairs Department

Since 2003, when Governor Bill Richardson elevated the New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs to the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department (IAD), we have implemented groundbreaking state-tribal policies intended to improve the quality of life for the state's Indian citizens. Governor Richardson's policy initiatives are designed to strengthen tribal and state relations and address the challenges we face in our communities; challenges such as economic development, infrastructure improvement, the protection of our cultures and languages, health care accessibility, and educational opportunities for our most precious resource, our children.

On our website, you will learn more about the wonderful work IAD is doing for New Mexico and for the Indian citizens of our great state. As the first and only cabinet level state Indian affairs department in the nation, we continue to set the standard for what is possible when state and tribal governments work together to address mutual concerns in respectful and positive dialogue between sovereign governments.

H1N1 Guidance and Planning

2009 H1N1 Influenza Planning and Response: Resource Guide for American Indian/Alaska Native Tribal Governments

Featured News:

Tribal Infrastructure Fund - Special Board Meeting - Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Tribal Resource Guide - Provides information on identifying and accessing sources of funding for tribal capital improvement projects.

KRQE news story 3/19/09 -- "New law promotes state-tribal relations"

Please click on link below to see video:

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/politics/politics_ap_santa_fe_tribal_relations_bill_200903201228

Indian Affairs Committee

Summer - Fall 2009 Meeting Schedule

PILOT TRIBAL CONSULTATION EFFORTS BY THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
STUDY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 2005-004

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Economic Stimulus Information:

New Mexico Office of Recovery and Reinvestment Website: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will create or save 3.5 million good paying jobs nationally over the next two years, more than 90 percent of which will be in the private sector. According to the White House, 22,000 of these jobs will be in New Mexico. To learn more about the economic recovery package, visit http://www.recovery.state.nm.us.

New Mexico Delegation Unveils Recovery Package Resource Guide: (March 10, 2009) The New Mexico congressional delegation today unveiled a resource guide designed to help ensure that New Mexico can make the most of the economic recovery package enacted into law last month. Browse the guide at http://www.bingaman.senate.gov/policy/stimulus_guide.cfm.

Visit the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) information center for The American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus) – Indian Country Works, including news and events: http://www.indiancountryworks.org/.

Do you want to receive the most up-to-date information about the economic stimulus in Indian Country, including: upcoming webinars, trainings and meetings; important bulletins and information about grants and how to access stimulus funds; and other valuable resource materials from NCAI and its partners? If so, go to: http://www.indiancountryworks.org/subscribe.cfm and sign up now!

To learn more about grant opportunities through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, you can also visit http://www.grants.gov/applicants/recovery.jsp.

Read NCAI President Joe Garcia's State of the Indian Nations Speech (2/10/09) by clicking on link:
http://www.ncai.org/fileadmin/2009_SOIN_FINAL_for_Release_02-10-09.pdf

See Cabinet Secretary Alvin Warren interviewed by KRQE Channel 13 about Tribal Infrastructure Challenges in New Mexico (1/8/09):
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/krqe_mornings/mornings_krqe_pueblo_infrastructure_200901080645

To connect to the New Mexico Tourism Department's "New Mexico Native America" link, go to: http://www.newmexico.org/native_america

To request additions or corrections to our website, please contact David Harwell, Public Relations & Communications, at 505-476-1611 or david.harwell@state.nm.us Thank you!