The Department of the Interior hosts the White House Tribal Nations Summit on November 30, 2022.
Tribal leaders speak at a #StopColonizers rally on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on November 9, 2022.
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland addresses the 39th annual National Tribal Health Conference.
Roselyn Tso delivers remarks after being sworn in as the new director of the Indian Health Service.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez congratulates Roselyn Tso on becoming the next director of the Indian Health Service.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland provides an update at the 39th Annual National Tribal Health Conference.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a roundtable to address spectrum access for Native communities.
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States holds a hearing to examine the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court on tribal sovereignty.
Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) delivers her first speech after being sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
“We are in a critical time where, once again, our sovereignty is being threatened,” National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp said in announcing the 2022 Sovereignty Run.
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States meets for a legislative hearing on September 14, 2022.
The Indian Health Service announces the deployment of mobile units at an event hosted by the Chickahominy Tribe.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announces the release of its National Tribal Strategy.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Select Provisions of the 1866 Reconstruction Treaties between the United States and Oklahoma Tribes.”
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on three bills on July 20, 2022.
Dwight Birdwell, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, receives the Medal of Honor during a ceremony at the White House on July 5, 2022.
A joint hearing titled “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Bureau of Indian Education” takes place on June 28, 2022.
The House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, part of the Committee on Appropriations, begins markup of a key Indian Country funding bill.
The House Committee on Natural Resources meets for a markup on June 15, 2022.
The Food and Drug Administration announces the “Next Legends” E-cigarette prevention campaign for Native youth.
The House Committee on Natural Resources meets for a markup on June 8, 2022.
The Cherokee Nation is celebrating the release of a quarter featuring Wilma Mankiller, who was the first woman elected to lead the tribe.
The White House hosts a press call to announce the release of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Tribal Playbook.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs meets to consider the nomination of Roselyn Tso to be director of the Indian Health Service.
A joint hearing titled “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Bureau of Indian Education” takes place on May 24, 2022.
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States holds a legislative hearing on H.R.5444, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act.
“I didn’t know anything about who I was, as a Native person,” James William LaBelle, Sr. said as a survivor of an Indian boarding school.
“This report confirms that this boarding school system was part of a twin United States policy: the dispossession of Indian lands and the forced assimilation of Indian people,” said Assistant Secretary Bryan Newland.
“For more than a century, tens of thousands of indigenous children were taken from their communities and forced into boarding schools run by the U.S. government,” Secretary Deb Haaland said.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing on “Setting New Foundations: Implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for Native Communities.”
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States holds a legislative hearing on six tribal bills on April 27, 2022.
Representatives of regional tribal organizations present their fiscal year 2023 budget priorities to the House Committee on Appropriations.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a business meeting to consider five tribal homelands bills.
The House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations holds an oversight hearing titled “The Opioid Crisis in Tribal Communities.”
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States holds a legislative hearing on three bills of interest in Indian Country.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on six bills on March 23, 2022.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Buy Native American: Federal Support for Native Business Capacity Building and Success.”
The House Committee on Natural Resources holds a hearing titled “Examining the History of Federal Lands and the Development of Tribal Co-Management.”
Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) and Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wisconsin) discuss efforts to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a business meeting and legislative hearing on February 16, 2022.
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