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Over two days of hearings, the House Committee on Appropriations heard from dozens of Indian Country leaders who testified about their funding needs.
Native America Calling: The Boldt Decision and fishing rights 50 years later (February 13, 2024)
It would be hard to find a legal victory any more important than the ruling named after federal judge George Hugo Boldt in 1974. 
VIDEO: Tribal Homelands and Climate Change at White House Tribal Nations Summit (December 11, 2023)
Tribal leaders and federal officials participate in a panel on tribal homelands and climate change at the White House Tribal Nations Summit on December 6, 2023. 
‘Empower tribal nations’: Indian Country looks to White House for support (December 14, 2022)
With one negative ruling on the books and a potentially devastating one on the way, tribal leaders continue to look to the Biden administration to address the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court. 
AUDIO: U.S. Supreme Court hearing in Haaland v. Brackeen (November 10, 2022)
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Haaland v. Brackeen, a closely-watched Indian Child Welfare Act case, on November 9, 2022. 
VIDEO: Tribal leaders speak at #StopColonizers rally at U.S. Supreme Court (November 10, 2022)
Tribal leaders speak at a #StopColonizers rally on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on November 9, 2022. 
Indian Country braces for U.S. Supreme Court hearing in ICWA case (November 1, 2022)
The nation’s highest court is about to hear one of the biggest cases in Indian Country’s history and already some troubling signs are emerging. 
Chinook Nation rallies in support of federal recognition (August 29, 2022)
The Chinook Nation is supporting its push for federal recognition with the #ChinookJustice campaign. 
After more than a century, Native sports legend Jim Thorpe has once again been recognized for his Olympic achievements.
The National Congress of American Indians is bidding farewell to one of its highest-ranking employees as the organization’s top executive remains on leave.
Dante Desiderio is taking an “administrative leave of absence” at the National Congress of American Indians for reasons not being disclosed.
The federal agency charged with providing health care to more than 2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives has gone without a permanent leader for six of the last seven years.
The fate of the Indian Child Welfare Act is in the hands of the highest court in the land.
Cronkite News: Tribal leaders lay out priorities for nation-to-nation engagement (February 17, 2022)
Tribal governments have “a foot in the door” with the federal government but they don’t yet have a seat at the table, said National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp. 
Tribes and their advocates are studying ways to strengthen state laws as the Indian Child Welfare Act remains in limbo in the courts.
Tribal leaders hail historic nomination of Native woman to federal bench (December 17, 2021)
Tribal leaders are welcoming the historic nomination of Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, to the federal bench. 
National Congress of American Indians elects leadership (October 14, 2021)
The leadership of the National Congress of American Indians is mostly staying the same following an election at the organization’s annual meeting. 
Cronkite News: Tribal nations win court ruling for clean water rule (September 2, 2021)
Six tribes from all regions of the country have secured victory against a Trump-era rule that rolled back protections for water. 
House committee sets hearing on Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act (June 21, 2021)
The Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act is up for its first hearing in the 117th Congress. 
After fifteen years of relentless effort, tribal nations finally succeeded in passing America’s most aggressive and revolutionary climate change policy.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals: Brackeen v. Haaland (April 7, 2021)
A federal appeals court finally issued a long-awaited decision in a closely-watched Indian Child Welfare Act case. 
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) is on her way to making history yet again, this time as the first Native person in a presidential cabinet.
Supreme Court accepts first Indian law case in new conservative era (November 23, 2020)
For the second time in as many years, the U.S. Supreme Court will be taking up a case that impacts the treaty rights of the Crow Tribe. 
Biden-Harris campaign celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day (October 12, 2020)
The Joe Biden campaign is celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day with tribal leaders, members of Congress and Native musicians.
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