{"id":8205,"date":"2020-09-01T10:35:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T14:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=8205"},"modified":"2020-09-01T10:36:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T14:36:27","slug":"national-congress-of-american-indians-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/09\/01\/national-congress-of-american-indians-10\/","title":{"rendered":"National Congress of American Indians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/div>\n<div>AUGUST 31, 2020<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h6 align=\"center\">Media Advisory: NCAI\u2019s Policy Research Center Hosts 15<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Tribal Leader\/Scholar Forum as an Online Event<\/h6>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\">WASHINGTON, D.C. | The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Policy Research Center (PRC) is honored to host the 15<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Tribal Leader\/Scholar Forum (TLSF) beginning on September 1-3, 2020 in an online, virtual setting. The TLSF focuses on research and data that helps tribal nations take action on policy and engage in strategic decision-making for stronger futures for their communities. This event will include sessions featuring researchers, practitioners, community members, and others as they present their findings to tribal leaders, policymakers, and tribal members.<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong>Event highlight<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\">Marketplace \u2013 NCAI\u2019s first-ever virtual Marketplace is open and free to the public. Check out fine, handmade native jewelry and artwork and browse products and services for tribal entities, non-profits, and government agencies working in Indian Country. The marketplace is a component of <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ncaiprc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001FQXWOXcaxTN6euBkWRtsI3EMhGCNZ2T4bB1PcI3oK9MKB7UyIlbsEdg6C_8XYAecBFbVFCUiL4hO0MpcKgQybyrDDyVerSnNgiHHc4OidOkOuOayZzRQzJ8zCtzGtuX438pjhwP1eIbCtAdV_KUTE3bd8geYvbrdf57aMkvvtmJN9XeoJFzrfLS2_ZIt05vzv0-khsRUBrmeKPoVoDpzp-2fNuP25kaOiYP2xa6xyRLZ2i55gsrR0O1ef363wLEH%26c%3DvHgxijRm7yzePCQwr5XuISCf3khr3xxnJWM2uxqrlv0HtOR_Ug1a0g%3D%3D%26ch%3DXLuI1eLEPKFUyUXSpJ_kuVXv4JtzULISJmpTmSTFs358QlpnK7Usng%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1599049990924000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHtU2p572RHaBv8VZsk4USH1E8N2g\">the 15<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Tribal Leader Scholar Forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">For additional information, please view the <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ncaiprc.pdf\">TLSF 2020 Agenda<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">###<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>About the National Congress of American Indians:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Founded 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=\"http:\/\/www.ncai.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001kXxaoTjki09e2d8ckcdsRUDlbIugqLW3z5etEmITiC1kgC40uJ-M0aCWrqfrdKDB5Zc9UQWaUg-eZ-SoRxT_METCpwkNV2ZY2QMYHzufvIwyqDMDvszaL-wc-RVfYhGoHYnlEGPYjM0%3D%26c%3DErS0OPkKtsgU8GnYs6FNKMyILqg_emYuVqoVCjboEah2s4wLmwvprg%3D%3D%26ch%3DfpX89g_4nhZBb0D8i4kimTAGFHsPL1PrFqP9e77bGDeHcoqjiJjJWA%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1599049990924000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFluLxLTsZqRE-OLCsdt74EDN5aIQ\">www.ncai.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center is honored to host the 15th Annual Tribal Leader\/Scholar Forum in an online, virtual setting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[447,60],"class_list":["post-8205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-organizations","tag-meetings","tag-ncai"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8205"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8210,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8205\/revisions\/8210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}