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NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (July 26, 2021)
Welcome to NAFOA’s new Executive Director, Rico Frias! 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (July 19, 2021)
Indian Country is strongest when we work together. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (July 12, 2021)
NAFOA looks out for our community — help us grow by forwarding this newsletter! 
By 1900, 20,000 children were in Indian boarding schools. By 1925, that number had more than tripled, according to the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (July 6, 2021)
Get to know our growing NAFOA team! 
Officials in New Mexico’s largest city plan to work with tribal and Native leaders following the disappearance of a plaque commemorating the burials of Indian boarding school students.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (June 28, 2021)
NAFOA supports your growth – as individuals and communities. 
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition has identified 367 historically assimilative Indian boarding schools that operated in the U.S. between approximately 1870 until 1970.
Alaska Native corporations will finally be able to receive COVID-19 funds after the nation’s highest court ruled in their favor in one of the most heated Indian law and policy disputes in decades.
“The National Congress of American Indians commends the Department of Interior for taking the essential first step of providing an official account of the atrocities that Native children experienced during the boarding school era,” said President Fawn Sharp.
“The federal policies that attempted to wipe out Native identity, language and culture continued to manifest in the pain our communities face,” said Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a comprehensive review of the troubled legacy of federal boarding school policies.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (June 22, 2021)
Yes, it’s Tuesday. NAFOA started off the week in observance of Juneteenth. 
Secretary Deb Haaland is addressing the National Congress of American Indians for the first time since taking over the Department of the Interior.
Chuck Hoskin: Leaders of Cherokee tribes gather in unity (June 21, 2021)
When Cherokee people come together, great things happen. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (June 14, 2021)
Community is about supporting each other. 
I am proud of the many newspapers I have published, but it is time for a new generation of Native journalists and editors to take over.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (May 17, 2021)
Keeping tribes and community members informed is one of NAFOA’s top priorities.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (May 10, 2021)
NAFOA advocates for the needs of Indian Country. Want to join our mission? 
Publisher Tim Giago has decided to sponsor a National Native American Media Convention on Native American Day in South Dakota.
The Biden administration is taking additional steps to address the crisis of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives in hopes of putting the focus back on survivors, families and tribal nations.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (May 3, 2021)
NAFOA is committed to uplifting our community and Indian Country. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (April 26, 2021)
Welcome to #NAFOA2021 Week! 
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden heads to Navajo Nation (April 22, 2021)
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden is visiting the Navajo Nation, her third trip to the largest reservation in the United States. 
Secretary Pete Buttigieg: American Jobs Plan and Indian Country (April 20, 2021)
“We can’t talk about jobs and infrastructure without acknowledging that many of America’s original residents are living without clean water,” Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg told tribal leaders during a meeting about the American Jobs Plan. 
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland delivers a keynote at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on April 19, 2021.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (April 19, 2021)
See you next week for NAFOA’s Virtual 39th Annual Conference! 
The Biden administration is relaunching the White House Council on Native American Affairs as it seeks to strengthen the federal government’s relationship with tribal nations.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is delivering a keynote to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on April 19, 2021.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (April 12, 2021)
The countdown to #NAFOA2021 is on! Are you registered? 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (March 29, 2021)
Listen. Watch. Read. NAFOA has all the news you need. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (March 22, 2021)
NAFOA supports tribal leaders, Native professionals, and Native youth. 
Bill recognizes tribal jurisdiction over non-Indian offenders (March 9, 2021)
Democrats are moving quickly to update the Violence Against Women Act with added protections for women in tribal communities. 
The Department of the Interior is hosting the first in a series of tribal consultations mandated by President Joe Biden.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (March 8, 2021)
A year ago, our community turned virtual — but we’re still standing strong. 
The federal government still needs to “come to terms with the right of tribal nations,” National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp in the 19th annual State of Indian Nations.
Indian Health Service ‘ahead of schedule’ with COVID-19 vaccination rollout (February 26, 2021)
The Indian Health Service has distributed nearly 1.22 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to tribes and their communities, outpacing many states with its outreach. 
Bureau of Indian Affairs opens consultation on federal recognition (February 25, 2021)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is asking tribes about a possible change in regulations affecting federal recognition. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development hosts tribal consultation (February 25, 2021)
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is updating its tribal consultation policy in accordance with a new directive from President Joe Biden. 
President Joe Biden delivers a video message to the National Congress of American Indians on February 23, 2021.
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