The NCAI Marketplace is open for business as the National Congress of American Indians starts its 75th annual convention in Denver. #NCAI75 #Colorado pic.twitter.com/IFqfeZyeQD
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
The National Congress of American Indians is about to open its 75th annual convention in Denver. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/J2XOD1I0kt
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
President Jefferson Keel is opening the National Congress of American Indians 75th annual convention in Denver. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/5DR4yP7Dpb
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
Invocation by Crawford White, an elder from the Northern Arapaho Tribe, at the 75th annual National Congress of American Indians in Denver. His tribe was based in Colorado until being forced out. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/H07G4nf28e
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
Posting of the colors by Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Color Guard as the National Congress of American Indians opens its 75th annual convention in Denver. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/yD0T2gheqV
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
Posting of the colors by Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Color Guard as the National Congress of American Indians opens its 75th annual convention in Denver. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/8o5yQiFWV9
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
Posting of the colors by Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Color Guard as the National Congress of American Indians opens its 75th annual convention in Denver. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/BCwWF24Brt
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
Colorado is home to two resident tribes but Gov. John Hickenlooper points out that nearly 50 once called this state their home, including the Cheyenne and Arapaho. He called the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre of those tribes “an unspeakable nightmare.” #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/OUzK2ZuitI
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
“We are indelibly tied together,” Mayor Michael Hancock says of Native Americans and African Americans on the opening day of the National Congress of American Indians 75th annual convention in Denver. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/5TAxeoLLjh
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
Juanita Ahtone, a long-serving volunteer for the National Congress of American Indians, describes the resolutions process at the 75th annual convention in Denver. Her father was a founding NCAI member in 1944. She is 90 years young. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/gQaK47DEBR
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
“NCAI has been in the news lately and its not for the best reasons,” President Jefferson Keel says as he directly confronts the #MeToo controversy that has eroded confidence in the the National Congress of American Indians. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/dVydBucMZE
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
“NCAI does not condone harassment of any kind in the workplace,” President Jefferson Keel says in addressing the #MeToo controversy that has eroded confidence in the National Congress of American Indians. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/HS1oZ7MS2j
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
“We stand united with the Mashpee people in the face of attacks on their sovereignty,” President Jefferson Keel of the National Congress of American Indians says as the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s trust land is slated to be taken out of trust by the Trump administration. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/Yo14Zy3WuV
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
“This is a crisis. It’s an epidemic,” Secretary Ryan Zinke says of the devastating impact of opioids in Indian Country. He is speaking at the 75th annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians in Denver. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/xUKDXzrjG9
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
“I won’t reorganize the BIA unless you agree to it,” Secretary Ryan Zinke says of a controversial reorganization at the Department of the Interior. He is speaking at the 75th annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians in Denver. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/qv3r8MVRVx
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
“Today marks my 80th day as your Assistant Secretary,” Tara Sweeney says in her first appearance at the National Congress of American Indians 75th annual convention in Denver. Sweeney is the new Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs in the Trump administration. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/0F9JEb6UwP
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“Reforming background checks is a critical step to protecting our precious Native children,” Assistant Secretary Tara Sweeney says at the National Congress of American Indians 75th annual convention in Denver. The BIA is expanding access to federal criminal databases. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/aM3ozfbmb0
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
More details about the Bureau of Indian Affairs initiative with the Department of Justice here: https://t.co/aWe6MJ8qem #NCAI75
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
Mike Andrews, Republican staff director for the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, offers a legislative update at the National Congress of American Indians 75th annual convention in Denver. (After he talked about some green stuff btw) #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/WP77HWZcRW
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
“I’ll back you if you back us on VAWA,” National Congress of American Indians Secretary Juana Majel-Dixon says at 75th annual convention in Denver. The Violence Against Women Act expires in December. Congress has yet to take substantive action despite Indian Country need. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/YZ06s55zRC
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
For those wondering about a bill to prevent the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s homelands from being taken out of trust, Mike Andrews, GOP staff director of Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, says there are “roadblocks” that need to be worked out before it moves forward. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/hcQtNpxC4j
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
Lance Gumbs from Shinnecock Nation slams Assistant Secretary Tara Sweeney for “termination-era decision” to take Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s lands out of trust. “It is beyond understanding how you could come in and make a determination like you did,” Gumbs said in Denver. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/kBSQqLwnYa
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
“I walked into this decision,” Assistant Secretary Tara Sweeney said of her decision to take the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s homelands out of trust. “Carcieri had boxed into a corner,” she says as she declines to comment further because matter is still in litigation. #NCAI75 pic.twitter.com/wH0ggvFK7x
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
The opening day of the National Congress of American Indians @NCAI1944 is over! Join us tomorrow for even more from the 75th annual convention in Denver. #NCAI75 (From left: Ron Allen, Lance Gumbs and Jefferson Keel) pic.twitter.com/2wWUojXitv
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2018
