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NAFOA
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need To Know This Week (September 15, 2025) (September 15, 2025)
Only one more week until the NAFOA fall conference!
Subcommittee Markup of Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill
AUDIO: Subcommittee Markup of Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill (July 16, 2025)
The House Committee on Appropriations holds a subcommittee markup on the fiscal year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies bill.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
‘Take that to the bank’: Lawmakers work to save Indian Health Service from setbacks (June 9, 2025)
Lawmakers are siding with tribes when it comes to the budget for the Indian Health Service.
Leonard Fineday
Indian Country continues fight for funds promised by the U.S. government (February 21, 2025)
Indian Country is returning to the nation’s capital to hold the federal government accountable — a difficult task in a new political landscape.
State of Indian Nations
AUDIO: The 2025 State of Indian Nations in Washington, D.C. (February 10, 2025)
Listen to the 2025 State of Indian Nations, delivered by National Congress of American Indians President Mark Macarro.
State of Indian Nations
RECAP: National Congress of American Indians hosts State of Indian Nations (February 10, 2025)
Catch up with the State of Indian Nations, delivered by National Congress of American Indians President Mark Macarro.
Betty McCollum
VIDEO: Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) at National Congress of American Indians (February 16, 2024)
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) addresses the National Congress of American Indians on February 14, 2024.
U.S. Capitol
‘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?
Deb Haaland and Bryan Newland
Biden administration backs Indian boarding school bill (June 27, 2022)
The Biden administration is fully supporting a bipartisan bill to study the Indian boarding school era, Secretary Deb Haaland said at a hearing on Capitol Hill.
Raúl Grijalva
Indian Country legislation ‘hijacked’ by Republicans on Capitol Hill (June 9, 2022)
Democrats are vowing to return to work better prepared after they said Republicans “hijacked” a slew of Indian Country bills during a markup where nothing was accomplished.
Dwayne Tomah
Wabanaki Nations seek ‘equality’ for their tribal sovereignty (April 4, 2022)
With one long-overdue legislative achievement under their belts, tribal nations from one of the furthest ends of Indian Country are asking Congress to fully recognize their sovereignty.
Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Association
Rosebud Sioux Tribe thanks Biden administration for honoring victory in treaty rights case (December 20, 2021)
“We thank President Biden for standing behind his policy to honor our Nation-to-Nation Relations,” said President Scott Herman of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
uscapitol
Congressional Native American Caucus seeks holiday for Indigenous Peoples’ Day (October 12, 2020)
A bipartisan resolution calls for the official designation of the second Monday of October as a federal holiday in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
houseappropriations
House panel sets hearing on COVID-19 in Indian Country (September 28, 2020)
The National Congress of American Indians, the National Indian Health Board and the National Council of Urban Indian Health will provide COVID-19 updates at an appropriations hearing.
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