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Commissioners flag risk from BIA office lease terminations and service cuts at Pawnee and Osage
Summary
Members raised concerns that terminated leases and staffing changes at Bureau of Indian Affairs field offices could disrupt tribal services and trigger federal trust obligations, citing a prior multi-million-dollar breach-of-trust settlement as context.
Commissioner Sherry Williams told the commission she has been monitoring recent changes to Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) field offices and said the lease for the Pawnee BIA office has been terminated and that the Pawnee office 'may close in September.
Williams said the Osage agency lease also was terminated and that an interim superintendent was laid off; she said it is unclear whether those local offices will be re-leased or how personnel will be reassigned. The commissioner warned that removing local offices and staff…
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