In 1953 farsighted tribal leaders in the Northwest formed the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, and dedicated it to tribal sovereignty and self-determination. Today, ATNI is a nonprofit organization representing 57 Northwest tribal governments from Oregon, Idaho, Washington, southeast Alaska, Northern California, and Western Montana. ATNI is an organization whose foundation is composed of the people it is meant to serve.

Affiliated Tribes of NW Indians Mid Year Conference

This Annual Fund Raiser will be held at the Muckleshoot New Hotel. 5 – 9 pm. The NW Indian College Foundation is supporting 1,000 students from 130 different Tribes who are attending NW Indian College. The College is the only regional tribal college in the area and has six (7) Northwest campus sites: Lummi Main Campus, Swinomish Tribal Community, Tulalip Tribes, Port Gamble S'Klallam, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, and Nisqually Indian Tribe in Washington State. The sixth site is located on the reservation of the Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho State. The NWICF solicits and facilitates private philanthropy, corporations, foundations, governments,  tribal and related contributions to or for the benefit of our Endowment Program to fund student scholarships, research, and program services as designated by the NWIC Foundation Board of Directors. For more info: 360-594-1501 or BJLewis@NWIC.Edu. 

NW Indian College Foundation Annual Meeting

The Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA) Conference gathers semiannually in the Spring for our Annual Conference and the Fall for the Fall Finance & Tribal Economies Conference to discuss the current trends in tribal economic development and share resources with tribal financial professionals. 

NAFOA 42nd Annual Conference 

Join us for the 2024 Tribal Self-Governance Conference, a must-attend event for Tribal leaders, Tribal officials, Federal partners, and those who work closely with Tribal communities! This in-person conference will be held at the Gila River Indian Community’s 

in Chandler, Arizona. Get ready for enlightening discussions, informative workshops, and networking opportunities. Discover innovative strategies to strengthen Tribal Self-Governance and improve the health and well-being of Tribal communities.

Don’t miss out on this incredible event!

2024 Tribal Self-Governance Annual Conference

Each year, NICWA hosts the largest national gathering on American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) child advocacy issues. With over 1,600 attendees—and growing every year—this three-day conference has become the premiere national event addressing tribal child welfare and well-being. Keynote speakers range from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems.

New this year! For those who can’t make it to Seattle, we have a virtual option. All three of our amazing general sessions with over a dozen wonderful speakers will be broadcast virtually. If you can’t make it in person, consider being a virtual attendee.

NICWA provides meaningful programming to conference attendees, creating a space where participants can learn about the latest developments and best practices from experts in the field and from one another. Participants represent a cross-section of fields and interests including child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice service providers; legal professionals; students; advocates for children; and tribal, state, and federal leaders. 

National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA)  42nd Annual Protecting Our Children Conference

AIBL’s National Business & Leadership Student Conference is designed to give Indigenous students and professionals access to relevant business information and expertise, offering a variety of activities geared specifically to enhance and expand educational experiences beyond what is taught through traditional academic methods. During the conference, students compete for prizes in business plans, community projects, and elevator pitches, where they are offered leadership roles to gain valuable presentation, organizational, and project management skills and experience.

AIBL's National Business & Leadership Student Conference 

NCAI Foundation Webinar: Strengthening Our Shared Legacy

Join the National Congress of American Indians for an insightful discussion on its newly launched philanthropic arm, the National Congress of American Indians Foundation (NCAIF), and its ambitious plans to support Tribal Nations in a transformative journey toward shared prosperity and resilience.

On the heels of NCAI’s 2024 State of Indian Nation address in Washington D.C., featured guest NCAI President Mark Macarro (

) will unveil details on NCAIF’s core pillars aimed at upholding tribal sovereignty, empowering leadership, cultivating youth voices, and fortifying Tribal Nations.

President Macarro will be joined by NCAI Executive Director, Larry Wright, Jr. (

Yurok Tribe, descendant of the Hupa and Karuk Tribes

), and the event will be moderated by NCAIF Vice President, Dawn Knickerbocker (

) for an open and candid look into the organization’s innovative roadmap.


Connections between the Foundation’s approach and NCAI’s 2024 policy priorities

Expanding partnerships with Native-led groups to enhance impact

Launching initiatives to foster movement-building and self-determination

Centering Equity & Sovereignty to unite allies and drive change

Speakers will also discuss how public, private, and nonprofit partners can support the NCAI Foundation's mission to empower tribal communities. By taking part in this important dialogue, participants will help co-create solutions that empower Tribal Nations and build bridges of mutual understanding and respect.

NCAI Foundation: Strengthening Our Shared Legacy

Held during the National Congress of American Indians Executive Council Winter Session conference (February 12 - 15 2024), the Native Youth Leadership Summit (NYLS) is designed for youth leaders to meet and develop strategies for improving local and tribal communities through policy development and the resolution process. The Summit is a prime opportunity for Native Youth to learn how to become advocates for their communities while networking with their peers and tribal leaders from across Indian Country.


Native Youth Leadership Summit 2024

Each year, the President of the National Congress of American Indians presents the State of Indian Nations address to members of Congress, government officials, tribal leaders and citizens, and the American public. Delivered during the week that the President of the United States delivers the State of the Union, the State of Indian Nations is a speech that shares the positive and future-oriented vision of tribal nations. The speech outlines the goals of tribal leaders, the opportunities for success and advancement of Native peoples, and priorities to advance our nation-to-nation relationship with the United States.

The speech is delivered to a live studio audience in Washington, DC and broadcast across the nation and around the globe to policymakers, citizens, and students. Recent speeches have reached audiences of over 20,000 people. The speech reflects on the state of our nation-to-nation relationship and offers concrete recommendations where Congress and the Administration can partner more closely with tribal nations.

To facilitate direct engagement between Congress and tribal nations, a member of Congress is invited each year to deliver a Congressional response to the State of Indian Nations. Previous Congressional speakers have included Senator Maria Cantwell, Senator Lisa Murkowski, and Representative Tom Cole, among others. The event concludes with a live, interactive Q&A session with the audience, press, and those engaging via social media.



State of Indian Nations 2024

The 2024 Executive Council Winter Session is the annual meeting of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Executive Council, one of NCAI’s three main governing bodies. This meeting presents an opportunity for Tribal delegates to hear from members of Congress and the Administration and helps to further the government-to-government relationship between Tribal Nations and the federal government.

Executive Council Winter Session 2024

Why Native Small Businesses Matter and How to Grow Them

This webinar series hosted by the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) formally launches NCAI’s “Why Native Small Businesses Matter and How to Grow Them” video curriculum. NCAI designed this comprehensive series of three animated “explainer” videos to educate current and future tribal leaders, key decision-makers, citizens, other Indian Country stakeholders, and non-Native policymakers about the vital importance of Native-owned small businesses to the rebuilding of vibrant Native economies, and how tribal governments can best support the cultivation of a vibrant small business ecosystem in and around tribal lands.

Tuesday, January 23, 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. ET



WEBINAR #1 - TraditionalNative Economiesand the Critical Importance of Native Entrepreneurs



The first webinar in NCAI’s four-part series formally launches the “Why Native Small Businesses Matter” video
curriculum with a viewing of the three videos, followed by a robust discussion about traditional Native economies with two leading
experts on the subject.




Thursday, January 25, 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. ET



Webinar #2: Understanding Your Native-Owned Small Business Ecosystem and How to Strengthen It



The second webinar in NCAI’s four-part series focuses on how Native nations should assess the current state of their small business development environments to identify and implement solutions that will strengthen the institutional, infrastructural, and resource systems that Native-owned small businesses need to flourish.



Tuesday, January 30, 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. ET



Webinar #3: Why Native Small Businesses Matter and How to Grow Them: Effective Approaches

The third webinar in NCAI’s four-part series presents two leading approaches among Native nations for methodically developing a multifaceted and vibrant ecosystem capable of fostering Native-owned small business development and growth.

Thursday, February 1, 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. ET

Webinar #4: Forging Partnerships to Cultivate Native-Owned Small Businesses

The final webinar in NCAI’s four-part series focuses on the importance of tribalgovernments developing a robust constellation of partnerships with various non-governmental entities –such as Native community development financial institutions, tribal colleges and universities, Native business alliances and chambers of commerce, otherNative non-profit
organizations, and non-Native entities –to create a comprehensive system of supports for existing and aspiring Native entrepreneurs.

FOUR PART WEBINAR SERIES: Why Native Small Businesses Matter and How to Grow Them

80th Annual Convention & Marketplace

To celebrate and honor the historic and cultural contributions of California Native Americans, the 52nd Annual California Native American Day will take place on the west steps of the 

Native American Day began in California in 1939, when Governor Culbert Olson dedicated October 1st as “Indian Day.”

In 1968, California Tribal Leaders and Governor Ronald Reagan declared the fourth Friday of September as “California Indian Day.”

The “Native American Day” celebration on September 25, 2015, is an official State holiday, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1953 (Baca) and signed into law by Governor Pete Wilson on September 21, 1998. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., in 2011 wrote a Governor’s Proclamation highlighting this momentous and important day.

The Native American Day Celebration has become a time honored tradition in the Native American community.

URL: https://californianativeamericanday.com/news-releases/

52nd Annual California Native American Day

 is hosting a national webinar with federally recognized tribes across the country. This webinar is part of the Census Bureau’s ongoing efforts to improve and maintain a government-to-government relationship with tribes. This consultation is to discuss our proposed 2020 Census data products and the 2020 Disclosure Avoidance System (DAS). The DAS is a new, advanced, and far more powerful confidentiality protection system than previously used that employs a rigorous mathematical process to protect respondents’ information and identity.

This national webinar will provide a forum for the tribes to share insights, make recommendations, and discuss concerns with the Census Bureau, related to the transition to a new DAS to protect information provided by respondents on the 2020 Census, and publishing detailed race and ethnicity data from the 2020 Census, including detailed data on the American Indian and Alaska Native populations.

The 2020 Census Tribal Consultation National Webinar will be held at the following date and time:

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. EST

DAS, 2020 Census data products URL to participate in webinar: 

https://censusevent.webex.com/censusevent/onstage/g.php?MTID=e0e21564092e8928ab763dd02ba6e40f7

 Dial-in Information to join the audio conference portion of the webinar: 800-857-8887 | Passcode: 5484613 

If you have any questions prior to the webinar, please contact Dee Alexander at 

Tribal Consultation National Webinar

Positive Youth Development In Indian Country Workshop

More information regarding this next meeting will be posted as it is developed.

Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes Meeting

 for a special conversation on the #UntoldStory of America, discussing the true history of the nation, and determining what restorative justice looks like collectively and within our respective communities.

We will be livestreaming and available to the public on:

PUSH Coalition Event

SAIGE (the Society of American Indian Government Employees): 20th National Training Program "Tribal Nations Soaring to New Heights"

"Tribal Nations Soaring to New Heights" refers to the unprecedented number of native people in high level government positions, as well as professions that serve tribes and their members.

Formed in 2002, SAIGE is the first national non-profit organization representing American Indian and Alaska Native Federal, Tribal, State, and local government employees.

SAIGE hosts an outstanding Annual National Training Program, open to all, focused on professional development, leadership and topics related to the complex Federal Indian Trust Responsibility. Integral to this, SAIGE provides specialized training sessions for Veterans and college-aged Youth.

The cost for registration is $700 and the hotel rooms are all at the government per diem rate of $98 per night. For more information and to register, go to 

SAIGE 20th National Training Program

2023 Mid Year Convention & Marketplace

Please join us on Friday, May 29, 2020 from 12-1 p.m. EDT (UTC -4) to discuss the challenges faced by Native American communities with regard to their participation in local, state and federal elections.

These challenges are likely to be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As we enter the final months before the November 2020 elections, this roundtable will explore the continued barriers to Native American participation, including those posed by the pandemic, as well as key policy recommendations for promoting and protecting the electoral rights of Native Americans.

- Kim Wyman, Washington Secretary of State
- Ruth Anna Buffalo, North Dakota House of Representatives District 27
- Natalie Landreth, Native American Rights Fund
- Tammy Patrick, Democracy Fund

The Carter Center's Avery Davis-Roberts will moderate the discussion.

Forum members may participate in the live chat and questions will be passed along to the panel. Register for a membership by clicking 'Join The Community' at top right.

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