March 2013
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 7, 2013
President Obama Signs Violence Against Women Act into Law
NCAI Begins Implementation Coordination
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 2013
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
February 22, 2013
NCAI Responds to Senator Grassley’s Video Comments on VAWA Tribal Provisions – “Fear Mongering” Must End
February 14, 2013
NCAI President Outlines Course for Securing the Future of Tribal Nations and America
February 12, 2013
Violence Against Women Act Passes Senate with Increased Bipartisan Support for Tribal Provisions
February 11, 2013
NCAI President Keel to Deliver State of Indian Nations Address; U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell to Deliver Congressional Response
February 8, 2013
Looming Budget Sequestration Poses Threat to Security and Progress for Tribal Nations and American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
February 7, 2013
NCAI Reiterates Support for Senate Version of Violence Against Women Act; Letter to Leahy and Crapo Calls for No Harmful Amendments to S.47
February 6, 2013
NCAI Statement on the Nomination of Sally Jewell to Serve as U.S. Secretary of the Interior
January 2013
January 29, 2013
Tribal Nations Set to Gain Authority to Make Disaster Declarations Directly to U.S. President
January 23, 2013
NCAI Calls for Action on Violence Against Women Act Legislation in 113th Congress
January 23, 2013
NCAI President Jefferson Keel Attends 57th Inaugural Address
Tribal nations represented throughout Presidential Inauguration weekend events
January 16, 2013
NCAI Statement on Scheduled Departure of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar
January 11, 2013
NCAI Statement on Washington, DC Mayor Gray’s Position on Washington NFL Football Team Name Change
January 10, 2013
NCAI Statement of Support for Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the Rights of Canada’s First Nations to Consultation
December 2012
December 18, 2012
Cobell Settlement Money on the Way; NCAI Launches Radio Ad Campaign to “Protect Native Money”
December 17, 2012
NCAI Remembers Inouye as a “Distinguished Warrior”
December 14, 2012
House Majority Leader Hosted Meeting on Tribal Provisions of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
December 12, 2012
NCAI Statement on Bipartisan Movement on Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and Tribal Provisions
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.