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The Biden administration is investing $29 million in infrastructure funds on dam safety in Indian Country.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a business meeting and roundtable on May 18, 2022.
Native America Calling: Federal boarding schools: now what? (May 18, 2022)
How much confidence should Indian Country put into the federal government’s role in mitigating the trauma of the boarding school era? 
The nation’s highest court has passed up a chance to address economic sovereignty in Indian Country.
List of Federal Indian Boarding Schools as of April 1, 2022 (May 11, 2022)
Search for Indian boarding schools that have been identified by the Department of the Interior as part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. 
“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.
Maps of Federal Indian Boarding School Sites (May 11, 2022)
The Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative has identified 408 Indian boarding schools in 37 states. Here are maps of the school sites. 
Find the 102-page Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report here.
The Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative at the Department of the Interior has released its initial report. Read the official press release.
A bill to address the harmful legacy of Indian boarding schools is getting its first hearing amid renewed attention to the painful era.
Sexual harassment, parties with former students and unusual living and salary arrangements are at the center of a stunning investigation at the St. Stephens Indian School.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (May 9, 2022)
NAFOA stays on top of the news so you always start your week informed and ready. 
Key members of Congress are among those seeking answers about the crisis of missing and murdered people in Indian Country.
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 Biden administration is promising historic investments to address the crisis of missing and murdered people in Indian Country as advocates continue to call for more support at all levels.
One of Indian Country’s most well-known fashion designers is under fire after unveiling a new collection that bears striking similarities to another Native artist’s work.
Chickasaw Nation citizen lands Native advisor role at White House (April 27, 2022)
The White House has a new Native advisor in the second year of Joe Biden’s presidency. 
Native America Calling: Deb Haaland’s track record so far (April 25, 2022)
It’s been a year since Deb Haaland took office as the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (April 11, 2022)
Have something you think the NAFOA community needs to know? 
Indian Country’s economic health is vastly more important than scoring partisan points.
Cronkite News: Tribes consulted about offensive place names (March 29, 2022)
California, Idaho and Arizona rank highest among the 37 states with place names deemed derogatory to Native women. 
Biden administration releases fiscal year 2023 budget request (March 28, 2022)
It’s that time of the year again. President Joe Biden and his administration have released their fiscal year 2023 budget request. 
‘Auntie Deb’ discusses representation at SXSW conference (March 17, 2022)
Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior, discussed equity and inclusion at the SXSW conference. 
The Red Lake Nation is making history as the first in Indian Country to win federal approval for its energy development organization.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Buy Native American: Federal Support for Native Business Capacity Building and Success.”
Tribes see progress with Violence Against Women Act and more funding (March 14, 2022)
A long-overdue update to the Violence Against Women Act is finally becoming law to protect more women, children and elders in tribal communities. 
The federal agency charged with providing health care to more than 2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives has gone without a permanent leader for six of the last seven years.
Omnibus federal funding bill moving forward in Congress (March 9, 2022)
The $1.5 trillion omnibus will fund Indian Country programs and expand recognition of tribal sovereignty under the Violence Against Women Act. 
With funding for Indian Country programs set to run out unless Congress acts, developments are fast-moving on Capitol Hill.
The House Committee on Natural Resources holds a hearing titled “Examining the History of Federal Lands and the Development of Tribal Co-Management.”
A Democratic-led bill working its way through Congress would extend the federal policy of consultation to people who have recently been asserting an Indian identity.
The fate of the Indian Child Welfare Act is in the hands of the highest court in the land.
A federal appeals court ruled that a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon can operate, even though it sits on land declared off-limits to new mining.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (February 22, 2022)
Our “5 Things” Newsletter gives you the info you need to start your week well! 
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a business meeting and legislative hearing on February 16, 2022.
Assistant Secretary Bryan Newland #NCAIECWS2022 (February 15, 2022)
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland addresses the National Congress of American Indians on February 14, 2022. 
Secretary Deb Haaland #NCAIECWS2022 (February 15, 2022)
Secretary Deb Haaland addresses the National Congress of American Indians on February 14, 2022. 
National Congress of American Indians hosts winter meeting (February 14, 2022)
The National Congress of American Indians will be hearing from top Biden administration officials and key members of Congress at its winter meeting.
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