Releases
May 2, 2013
NCAI Releases Public Comments Submitted to U.S. Department of State on Keystone XL Pipeline
Draft Environmental Impact Statement doesn’t address potential impact to tribal water resources, sacred places, and lacks plans for emergency response coordination with tribes
April 30, 2013
Native American Midwife Student Awarded 2nd Annual NCAI Graduate Health Fellowship
NCAI announced Nurse-Midwifery Student Brittany Simplicio (Navajo) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as its second annual Native Graduate Health Fellowship recipient.
April 16, 2013
New Financial Education Tool Kit and Native Financial Education Coalition Effort
Announces Expanded Native Financial Education Initiative beginning in April 2013, Financial Literacy Month
April 12, 2013
NCAI Releases Analysis of Obama Administration Budget
Concerning Cuts to Contract Support Costs and School Construction, Promising Signs of Commitment to the Trust Responsibility in Law Enforcement, Health, and Natural Resources
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.
Updates
April 29, 2013
Jacqueline Pata on MSNBC Discusses History and Contemporary Context of ICWA
NCAI's Executive Director Jacqueline Pata appeared on Melissa Harris-Perry on MSNBC on Sunday April 28, 2013 to discuss and contextualize the Indian Child Welfare Act.
April 26, 2013
Indian Country Budget Week in Washington, DC "Uphold the Federal Trust Responsibility"
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