The National Congress of American Indians is getting ready to start the second day of the 76th annual convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Follow along! #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944 pic.twitter.com/m34qwjyd0v
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
Native women leaders are wearing red at the National Congress of American Indians to send a message to Washington DC: Protect Sovereignty and Native Women’s Safety by reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944 #VAWA #MMIW #MMIWG pic.twitter.com/O7U3GfYgSB
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
The Democratic controlled House passed H.R.1585 to expand tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians & address crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Republicans in Senate are circulating a different bill that takes Indian Country back "decades" one Native woman said. #MMIW
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
Native women leaders are wearing red at the National Congress of American Indians to send a message to Washington DC: Protect Sovereignty and Native Women’s Safety by reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944
— KevinAbourezk (@Kevin_Abourezk) October 22, 2019
#VAWA #MMIW #MMIWG pic.twitter.com/qNXeyCGIWx
Native women leaders are wearing red at the National Congress of American Indians to show support for reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944
— KevinAbourezk (@Kevin_Abourezk) October 22, 2019
#VAWA #MMIW #MMIWG pic.twitter.com/VCrV6r9i6M
The American Red Cross and the National Congress of American Indians are renewing their relationship to help address disasters in Indian Country. Signing are Chele Rider (Choctaw) of Red Cross and Kevin Allis (Forest County Potawatomi) of NCAI. #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944 pic.twitter.com/6LbaSk9C47
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
“We wanted Indians to run Indian Affairs”: The legendary Indian law attorney Thomas Fredericks (Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara) is being honored at the National Congress of American Indians. Fredericks is retiring after fighting for tribal rights for decades. #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944 pic.twitter.com/U6eEl6qCtu
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
“I do this because I love you all”: The National Congress of American Indians is honoring employee Nketia Agyeman, who has worked @NCAI1944 for 25 years. “After doing it for 25 years, I’ll do it for another 25 years,” Agyeman said at 76th annual convention. #NCAIAnnual19 pic.twitter.com/mvILcW9UaT
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
Jamie Stuck, Chair of Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, shares how the Native American Heritage Fund has changed negative depictions of Native peoples in #Michigan. “We need change nationwide,” he tells National Congress of American Indians. #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944 @nhbpi pic.twitter.com/P7d220gQhh
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
Jamie Stuck, Chair of Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, shares how the Native American Heritage Fund has changed negative depictions of Native peoples in #Michigan. “We need change nationwide,” he tells National Congress of American Indians. #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944 @nhbpi pic.twitter.com/P7d220gQhh
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
Dana Shaffer of Federal Communications Commission wants everyone to email ruraltribalwindow@fcc.gov to learn how to improve broadband in rural tribal areas for *FREE* through a new tribal priority access program. National Congress of American Indians #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944 @FCC pic.twitter.com/ecpVBxGkrn
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
For more about the 2.5 GHz Tribal Priority Window being offered by the Federal Communications Commission, visit the Native Nations page @FCC @NCAI1944 #NCAIAnnual19 https://t.co/KYrnUqa3O7
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
“Will the U.S. keep its word?”: Cherokee Nation Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. @ChuckHoskin_Jr is asking the National Congress of American Indians to support treaty rights by seating the tribe’s delegate in the U.S. Congress. #NCAIAnnual19 @CherokeeNation #HonorTheTreaties @NCAI1944 pic.twitter.com/4ElcGyXcuO
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
The Cherokee Nation @CherokeeNation has chosen Kim Teehee to serve as its first-ever delegate to U.S. Congress. "We ask a Cherokee woman for help and then we get out of her way," Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr @ChuckHoskin_Jr said at National Congress of American Indians #NCAIAnnual19
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
To learn more about the Cherokee Nation's historic assertion of its treaty rights read this column by Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. #HonorTheTreaties @CherokeeNation @ChuckHoskin_Jr https://t.co/YI6mYoMGQM
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
“We need all American Indians and Alaska Native to be counted,” Yvette Roubideaux (Rosebud Sioux) says in Census 2020 update at National Congress of American Indians 76th annual convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. #NCAIAnnual19 #Census2020 @NCAI1944 pic.twitter.com/gOzue7p5UP
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
There are 4 tribal citizens in US Congress. To adequately represent Native Americans, there should be 7, says Mark Trahant (Shoshone-Bannock), editor of Indian Country Today. National Congress of American Indians #NCAIAnnual19 #NativeVote2020 @TrahantReports @IndianCountry pic.twitter.com/67q6BPTbVO
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
Mark Trahant speaking at NCAI 2019 congratulates Jody Wilson-Raybould of the We Wai Kai Nation in Canada for her reelection to Parliament as an independent. pic.twitter.com/YZ6SKGw4eI
— KevinAbourezk (@Kevin_Abourezk) October 22, 2019
Mark Trahant talks about Tricia Zunker's push to become Wisconsin's first Native Congresswoman.
— KevinAbourezk (@Kevin_Abourezk) October 22, 2019
Mark your calendars for the second Native American Presidential Forum! January 24-25 in Las Vegas, Nevada. @ojsemans @4directionsvote #NativeVote #NativeVote2020 #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944 https://t.co/9cUudbNpAu
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
“We are literally rendered invisible in public schools across the nation”: Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee) of IllumiNative tells National Congress of American Indians 76th annual convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. #NCAIAnnual19 @_IllumiNatives @CrystalEchoHawk @NCAI1944 pic.twitter.com/ZzRDrGL2QE
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
Check out the "Becoming Visible: A Landscape Analysis of State Efforts to Provide Native American Education for All" report here: #NotInvisiblehttps://t.co/T54nx6fL6q
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
“It is possible as sovereign nations to do something about this,” Jodi Archambault (Standing Rock Sioux), director of Indigenous Peoples Initiatives at Wend Ventures, says of including Native history in schools. National Congress of American Indians #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944 pic.twitter.com/SRPeQIjE81
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
Adm. Michael Weahkee of the Indian Health Service talks about the Senate’s approval of a $6 billion budget for IHS for FY2020. Now the House must approve legislation approving a budget for IHS. #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944 pic.twitter.com/dXYlZWkLS6
— KevinAbourezk (@Kevin_Abourezk) October 22, 2019
The National Congress of American Indians is voting for new leaders at the 76th annual convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. #NCAIAnnual19 https://t.co/5yCUtmNlZK
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 22, 2019
Another clip of the adorable 3 and 4 year olds from the Pueblo of Isleta Head Start. They danced at a reception during the National Congress of American Indians 76th annual convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Monday evening. @NCAI1944 #NCAIAnnual19 pic.twitter.com/6gE87k5tAe
— indianz.com (@indianz) October 23, 2019
RECAP: National Congress of American Indians opens annual convention #NCAIAnnual19 (October 22, 2019)
