Department of the Interior.

• Position: Inside Alaska Business

US Department of the Interior Secretary Jewell announced at the 50th Alaska Federation of Natives Conference in October the release of Secretarial Order No. 3342 requiring the Interior Department's agencies to, where possible, include tribes in the management of federal lands and resources. The Interior Department's agencies include the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and Bureau of Reclamation.

The directive will help provide a framework for tribes to...