Releases
March 29, 2013
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl: Amicus Briefs in Support of Brown Family Include U.S. Solicitor General, 19 States, and Broad Coalition of Supporters
Twenty-Four Briefs Call for Brown Family—Daughter, Veronica, and Father, Dusten—to Remain Together and Indian Child Welfare Act to Remain Intact. Brown Family, Who Have Prevailed in Every Court So Far, Will Have Fate Decided by the Supreme Court in a Case to be Heard on April 16th.
March 27, 2013
NCAI Files Amicus Brief in Support of Equal Voting Rights in Wandering Medicine v. MuCulloch
Brief highlights difficulties on-reservation Native voters face in achieving voting rights equality in Montana
March 5, 2013
NCAI Announces 2013 Indian Country Leadership Awards;
Senator Patty Murray, The National Taskforce to End Sexual and Domestic Violence; Andrew Lee; and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate.
February 28, 2013
House Passes Violence Against Women Act
February 22, 2013
NCAI Opposes New House VAWA Legislation; Bill Represents Step Back on Tribal Provisions
Updates
March 7, 2013
President Obama Signs Violence Against Women Act into Law
NCAI Begins Implementation Coordination
January 23, 2013
NCAI President Jefferson Keel Attends 57th Inaugural Address
Tribal nations represented throughout Presidential Inauguration weekend events
December 7, 2012
2012 White House Tribal Nations Summit Recap
President and Cabinet Officials meet with Tribal Leaders, Reaffirming Nation-to-Nation Relationship
December 5, 2012
OPINION: Tribal programs should be spared axe in any deal
NCAI President Jefferson Keel calls for the federal trust responsibility to be upheld in sequestration and budget negotiations.