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Cronkite News: Congress takes up ban on popular TikTok app (March 18, 2024)
Lawmakers from both parties are supporting — and opposing — a bill that would ban TikTok unless the social media app is sold to a non-foreign owner.
President Joe Biden delivered a combative State of the Union that laid out his achievements and baited Republicans for not doing more.
After leaving the Democratic Party, Kyrsten Sinema from Arizona has decided to leave the U.S. Senate for good.
Since the start of the 118th Congress, only 40 bills have passed both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
VIDEO: Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) at National Congress of American Indians (February 13, 2024)
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) addresses the National Congress of American Indians.
Witness list and testimony for Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing (February 8, 2024)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking testimony on five bills.
TABLE: List of institutions holding onto Native ancestors (February 7, 2024)
Which government agencies, museums, universities and other institutions still have work to do when it comes to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act? Find the list here.
NAGPRA enforcement enters new era after more than 30 years (February 7, 2024)
Museums and educational institutions are facing new pressures to comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act amid high-level attention to the decades-old law.
Cronkite News: Bipartisan immigration and border bill faces uncertain future (February 6, 2024)
The Republican Speaker of the House said the bill is “dead on arrival” even before seeing it.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs set for first hearing of new year (February 5, 2024)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is hosting its first hearing of 2024.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema raised a fraction of what her leading challengers brought in in the last quarter of 2023, raising new questions about her chances in what could be a bruising, three-way race.
Read a transcript of remarks from Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) about the Native American Graves Protection Act and Repatriation Act.
VIDEO: ‘For centuries, Native people have had everything stolen from them’ (February 1, 2024)
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) delivers remarks on the Native American Graves Protection Act and Repatriation Act on February 1, 2024.
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.
Department of Agriculture announces inaugural Tribal Advisory Committee (December 6, 2023)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is finally launching its Tribal Advisory Committee.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (November 20, 2023)
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VIDEO: Sara Hill testifies as first Native judicial nominee in Oklahoma (November 20, 2023)
Sara Hill, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, testifies at her nomination hearing to be a federal judge on November 15, 2023.
AUDIO: Senate Committee on the Judiciary takes up nominees (November 20, 2023)
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary takes up three nominations, including that of Sara Hill, at a hearing on November 15, 2023.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts an oversight hearing titled, “Fentanyl in Native Communities: Native Perspectives on Addressing the Growing Crisis” on November 8, 2023.
Tom Cole: Getting back to work on Capitol Hill after chaos (November 6, 2023)
With only eight weeks left in the year, members of Congress certainly have our work cut out for us
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.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs heads to Alaska (November 1, 2023)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is heading to Alaska for a field hearing and listening session.
Republican lawmaker criticized for deriding GOP colleagues as ‘wild Indians’ (November 1, 2023)
The National Congress of American Indians is speaking out after a Republican lawmaker made derogatory remarks about Native people.
Cronkite News: Tribes share frustrations with infrastructure funding (October 31, 2023)
Promises of federal funding remain just that – promises – for smaller tribes for whom the money is inaccessible because of bureaucratic and financial hurdles.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (October 30, 2023)
Boo — only 18 days until funding for Indian Country programs runs out.
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation proud of historic judicial nominee (October 30, 2023)
Sara Hill’s nomination is exciting for Cherokee Nation and all of Indian Country, and not only because it is a historic milestone.
Sara E. Hill, the former attorney general of the Cherokee Nation, is making history as a nominee to the federal bench.
The Department of Education has awarded more than $10 million in grants to support Native languages, Native teachers and Native students.
Report confirms slow progress on repatriation of ancestors and sacred items (October 10, 2023)
It’s been more than 30 years since the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and federal agencies and museums are still far behind in complying with NAGPRA.
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.
Laphonza Butler, the president of the well-known EMILY’s List voting group, will serve out the remainder of the U.S. Senate term of the late Dianne Feinstein.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on ‘Water as a Trust Resource’ (September 26, 2023)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing on water in Native communities on September 27, 2023.
Cronkite News: Senate committee takes up water infrastructure in Indian Country (September 21, 2023)
The infusion of federal money for infrastructure projects is only a first step toward fixing deep problems with water systems on tribal lands.
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.
Indian Country is finally seeing progress on a long-overdue update to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) although victory is not yet at hand.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (August 7, 2023)
Fresh off the press: NAFOA’s agenda for #NAFOAFALL23!
‘This is a hard bill’: Republicans cut back on federal funding (July 19, 2023)
Republicans are making no excuses when it comes to cutting back funding for the federal government. How is Indian Country affected?
House committee advances slate of Indian Country bills (June 14, 2023)
Bipartisanship seemed to be on rare display on Capitol Hill as lawmakers advanced a trio of bills benefiting Indian Country.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a listening session on updating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.
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