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Tribes are seeking to hold the Indian Health Service accountable for money they say is promised to them under self-determination contracts.
President Joe Biden delivered a combative State of the Union that laid out his achievements and baited Republicans for not doing more.
Since the start of the 118th Congress, only 40 bills have passed both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
Cronkite News: National Congress of American Indians lays out policy agenda (February 13, 2024)
Tribal nations are seeing themselves represented more than ever before, but they still need to make their voices heard at the ballot box, the leader of the National Congress of American Indians said. 
Haskell Indian Nations University to offer new agriculture business program (February 6, 2024)
Haskell Indian Nations University will offer a new business degree program under a partnership with the Native American Agriculture Fund. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (February 5, 2024)
Did you know? You can contribute to NAFOA’s 5 Things newsletter! 
The Biden administration was a no-show at a hearing called to examine the future of land consolidation efforts in Indian Country.
Native America Calling: Making sense of this year’s tax season (January 29, 2024)
Native families stand to benefit from a child tax credit that’s still under consideration in Congress. What else is new in tax season? 
Land consolidation back on the agenda for Indian Country (January 25, 2024)
After 10 years and more than $1.6 billion put in the hands of Indian Country, a successful program that was designed to address a harmful era in federal policy has finally come to a close. 
Source New Mexico: Congress averts shutdown with short-term spending bill (January 22, 2024)
Congress will have until early March to finish work it was supposed to complete last fall under a bill approved with broad bipartisan support. 
The Biden administration is promising to make it easier for tribes to restore their homelands and for one Indian nation in the Pacific Northwest, the initiative couldn’t come soon enough.
Department of Agriculture announces inaugural Tribal Advisory Committee (December 6, 2023)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is finally launching its Tribal Advisory Committee. 
Native America Calling: A Native food memoir and tribal buffalo management (December 1, 2023)
The memoir of the late educator, writer and artist Thomas Pecore Weso was just published. Join the conversation on Native America Calling. 
Indian Child Welfare Act grants awarded for off-reservation programs (November 30, 2023)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs announced nearly $2 million in grants to support the Indian Child Welfare Act in off-reservation communities across the nation. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (November 27, 2023)
Submit your nominations for NAFOA’s 16th Annual Leadership Awards. 
Tom Cole: Promoting tribal sovereignty and self-determination in Congress (November 27, 2023)
As the longest serving Native American in the U.S. House of Representatives, the privilege and honor it is to represent the interests of tribes in Congress is certainly not lost on me. 
Native America Calling: The fight for pre-K education programs (November 15, 2023)
As Head Start approaches its 60th year, federal funding for the pre-kindergarten program remains well short of the need in Indian Country and beyond. 
With more than 11,000 active patients, Cherokee Nation operates the country’s largest Special Diabetes Program for Indians.
A national commission of federal and tribal experts is calling for a “Decade of Action and Healing” to help address the crisis of missing, murdered and trafficked people in Indian Country.
Former Navajo Nation president Jonathan Nez launches bid for Congress (October 16, 2023)
Jonathan Nez, a former president of the Navajo Nation, is running for Congress in one of the most Native-populated districts in the United States. 
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation renews commitment to language revitalization (October 16, 2023)
Language has always been essential to our culture as Cherokee people, as it serves as the unbroken chain connecting us to our ancestors. 
Cronkite News: Republican revolt leads to ouster of Speaker of the House (October 6, 2023)
For the first time in history, a Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has been removed from the leadership post — a move led by members of his own party. 
Nearly three dozens members of the U.S. Congress are calling on President Joe Biden to release American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier from prison.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (September 18, 2023)
The countdown to #NAFOAFall23 is on! 
Diabetes program for Indian Country set to lose funds again (September 14, 2023)
The Special Diabetes Program for Indians is about to run out of money, again, despite helping address high rates of the disease. 
More than 800 tribal leaders and finance professional in Indian Country are in the nation’s capital for NAFOA’s 41st annual conference.
SCOTUSblog: A ‘simple’ Indian law case before the U.S. Supreme Court (April 24, 2023)
The case is one of the simplest the justices will hear this year, because it involves no constitutional questions and, in truth, only the interpretation of a single phrase of a single statutory provision. 
The National American Indian Housing Council, the largest inter-tribal housing organization, is welcoming Chelsea E. Fish as its new executive director.
Forty years of federal recognition and the Narragansett people are still fighting for what’s rightfully ours.
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to protect our artists (April 10, 2023)
For too many generations, citizens of tribal nations around the country, including Cherokee Nation citizens, saw their language, their culture and their artistic expression suppressed and eroded by policies of the United States. 
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work after what the legislative panel’s bipartisan leadership said was an extremely productive session.
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation welcomes investments in Native languages (January 17, 2023)
The Cherokee language is a bedrock of our strength as a tribe. 
Shannon Holsey: U.S. must honor treaty promises to tribal nations (December 6, 2022)
When the U.S. government keeps its treaty promises to one tribe, it is good for all tribes. 
Harold Frazier: Nation-to-nation policy must be law of the land (November 30, 2022)
Native Sovereign Nations are prior sovereigns, embodying the inalienable and inherent rights of Native Peoples bestowed by our Creator. 
‘Long overdue’: Senate passes bill for Native veterans organization (November 21, 2022)
A bipartisan bill to advance the work of a Native veterans organization is inching toward final passage as the 117th Congress winds down. 
Native veterans dedicate long-overdue memorial in nation’s capital (November 11, 2022)
It’s a rainy day in the nation’s capital for the formal dedication of the National Native American Veterans Memorial. 
Aaron Payment: It’s time for a tribal delegate in the U.S. Congress (October 19, 2022)
We have American Indians and Alaska Natives in Congress but what we don’t have is a voice to speak to our unique interests. 
Markwayne Mullin is poised to make history as the first tribal citizen in the U.S. Senate in nearly two decades but not all Native voters are happy.
Native America Calling: Osage disestablishment (September 19, 2022)
Just as courts are working through jurisdictional boundaries for the other tribes, the Osage Nation is facing an erosion of its sovereignty. 
Biden administration hosts listening sessions on U.S. Supreme Court decision (September 15, 2022)
The Biden administration is hosting two listening sessions to hear from tribes about a controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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