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The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on July 29, 2026.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on July 29, 2026.
Testimony: Catalina Chacon, Pechanga Band of Indians (July 29, 2026)
Catalina Chacon, Council Member from the Pechanga Band of Indians, testifies before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 29, 2026. 
Testimony: Jeff Grubbe, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (July 29, 2026)
Jeff Grubbe, Chairman of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, testifies before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 29, 2026. 
Testimony: Buddy Rocha, Jr., Yavapai-Apache Nation (July 29, 2026)
Buddy Rocha, Jr., Chairman of the Yavapai-Apache Nation, testifies before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 29, 2026. 
Testimony: Scott Cameron, Department of the Interior (July 29, 2026)
Scott Cameron, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the Department of the Interior, testifies before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 29, 2026. 
Efforts to update an Indian housing law that expired more than a decade ago continue to face setbacks on Capitol Hill.
Ahead of a scheduled recess, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is holding a legislative hearing on tribal water rights legislation.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know This Week (July 27, 2026) (July 27, 2026)
Advocacy on Capitol Hill, the #NAFOAFall26 conference agenda and more this week. 
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is meeting to consider the nomination of Mark Cruz to lead the Indian Health Service.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking testimony on a bill to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act, commonly known as NAHASDA.
“Predictive markets undermine tribal sovereignty and the long-standing tribal gaming compacts and laws that have governed tribal gaming for decades,” Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton said.
“I will miss Senator Lindsey Graham, and so will the Congress he served so faithfully,” said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma).
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a nomination hearing to consider Mark Cruz to be the Director of the Indian Health Service.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a nomination hearing to consider Mark Cruz to be the Director of the Indian Health Service.
The House Committee on Natural Resources is set to advance a land bill for the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on June 3, 2026.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on June 3, 2026.
The Trump administration’s highest-ranking Indian Country official is serving double duty with a new appointment at the federal agency overseeing the $43.9 billion tribal gaming industry.
“As I look at the proposed FY27 budget for Indian Affairs programs, I’ve got questions as to whether or not it will meet the well-documented needs across Indian Country,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
The MAGA figure once known as the “QAnon Shaman” said that President Donald Trump’s new Anti-Weaponization Fund is an abuse of power by a would-be “king.”
“I’m proud of the bipartisan progress we made today in advancing these eight bills through committee to the Senate floor,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work after a long absence in the nation’s capital.
Testimony: Clayton Fulton of Indian Health Service (May 20, 2026)
Clayton Fulton of the Indian Health Service testifies before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on May 20, 2026. 
William “Billy” Kirkland of the Department of the Interior testifies before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on May 20, 2026.
Tom Cole: Political rhetoric has gotten out of hand (April 27, 2026)
Political violence is never acceptable – and I truly do believe the majority of Americans instinctively reject political violence. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know This Week (April 20, 2026) (April 20, 2026)
NAFOA alumni will be taking the stage at the #NAFOA2026 conference in Reno, Nevada. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know This Week (April 6, 2026) (April 6, 2026)
Don’t miss the latest in tribal finance and economic development. 
The Trump administration has terminated millions of dollars in grants that were promised to tribal projects.
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin is quickly following orders as the first Native person in President Donald Trump’s cabinet.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know This Week (March 23, 2026) (March 23, 2026)
“When Tribal Nations have the policy tools, capital access, and institutional support to develop their economies, their communities thrive — and so does the national economy,” NAFOA Treasurer Amy Minniear told Congress. 
Tom Cole: Shutdown at Department of Homeland Security continues (March 23, 2026)
As the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues, more and more Americans are seeing the negative side effects. 
Markwayne Mullin is on his way — just barely — to being the first Native person in the Donald Trump cabinet following a testy confirmation hearing in which tribal issues were only briefly discussed.
Statement: Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of Homeland Security (March 18, 2026)
“We say in our family: we are all one tribe,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) says in his written statement to become the new leader of the Department of Homeland Security. 
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs holds a nomination hearing for Markwayne Mullin, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know This Week (March 16, 2026) (March 16, 2026)
NAFOA Executive Director Cory Blankenship is set to testify at Indian Country appropriations hearing. 
Tom Cole: Americans are feeling the impact of a government shutdown (March 16, 2026)
Senate Democrats must join their Republican colleagues and vote to pass Homeland Security funding. 
Tribal water rights settlements are expensive — and the Trump administration is balking at the cost of fulfilling the U.S. government’s trust and treaty obligations.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing and legislative hearing on March 11, 2026.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing and legislative hearing on March 11, 2026.
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