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Agua Caliente, Nez Perce, Yankton Become Latest Tribal Nations to Partner with Interior to Reduce Fractionation in Indian Country

Agreements will guide implementation of Buy-Back Program

Interior Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor and others sitting at a table listening to someone speak.

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016.  Interior Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor announced today that the Department of the Interior has signed agreements with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation in California, Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho, and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota to conduct the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program) in their communities.

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