{"id":280,"date":"2020-11-07T18:59:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T00:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/nativevote\/?p=280"},"modified":"2020-11-08T14:33:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T20:33:46","slug":"national-congress-of-american-indians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/2020\/11\/07\/national-congress-of-american-indians\/","title":{"rendered":"National Congress of American Indians congratulates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>\nNovember 7, 2020<\/p>\n<h4>NCAI Congratulates President-Elect Biden and\u00a0Vice President-Elect Harris on Their Historic Victory<\/h4>\n<p>Washington, DC | The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) congratulates President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on their historic victory in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, which saw record voter turnout across the country and pivotal turnout from Native voters in the decisive states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Arizona, among others. NCAI looks forward to working closely with the Biden-Harris transition team in the coming weeks to ensure that Indian Country\u2019s key priorities are addressed, and with the Biden-Harris Administration over the next four years to strengthen the government-to-government relationship and the federal government\u2019s fulfillment of its trust and treaty obligations to tribal nations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our statement on the 2020 election: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QtB8nSawyD\">https:\/\/t.co\/QtB8nSawyD<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NativeVote20?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NativeVote20<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a1VD7Ei6Qj\">pic.twitter.com\/a1VD7Ei6Qj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Congress of American Indians (@NCAI1944) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAI1944\/status\/1325230311366602755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>About the National Congress of American Indians:<br \/>\nFounded in 1944, the National Congress of American Indians is the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization in the country. NCAI advocates on behalf of tribal governments and communities, promoting strong tribal-federal government-to-government policies, and promoting a better understanding among the general public regarding American Indian and Alaska Native governments, people and rights. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncai.org\/\">www.ncai.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Congress of American Indians congratulates President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on their historic victory in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election<\/p>\n<div class='heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_vertical_sharing heateor_sss_bottom_sharing' style='width:44px;left: -10px;top: 100px;-webkit-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none;' data-heateor-sss-href='https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280'><div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"heateor_sss_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Findianz.com%2FNativeVote%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F280\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:32px!important;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\"><span 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