Montana’s U.S. Congressional Delegation Introduces Resolutions to Designate National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls By Montoya Whiteman of First Nations Development I...
August 15, 2016
Sign the Petition for Carlisle Boarding School to Send the Children Home The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is asking you to sign a petition to bring home the remains of Na...
April 24, 2016
Women’s History Month: An Indigenous Perspective By Montoya A. Whiteman (Cheyenne and Arapaho) First Nations Senior Program Officer NOTE: While researching information to develop a Legislative & ...
March 21, 2016
Help Make 2016 the “Year of Bears Ears” The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition is seeking your support in asking President Obama to use his authority under the Antiquities Act to protect th...
February 18, 2016
Wisconsin Bill Opens Door for Excavation of Effigy/Burial Mounds On December 29, 2015, a group of Republican representatives and senators sent Assembly Bill 620 to the Wisconsin State Assembly Committ...
January 10, 2016
Take Action on the Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act The “Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2015” (TNIA) allows tribes to participate in federal programs that provide free, healthy...
January 06, 2016
Urge President Obama to Proclaim the Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument The Grand Canyon Trust and First Nations Development Institute are urging their constituents to ask President Obama...
December 10, 2015
Gold King Mine Spill On August 5, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was excavating the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado. During the excavation, approximately three million gallons...
October 19, 2015
Act Now to Comment on New Dietary Guidelines for Americans! Communities and advocates have worked tirelessly to inform the new recommendations for the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which info...
April 27, 2015
VAWA Criminal Jurisdiction Over Non-Indians: NCAI Launches Technical Assistance Website The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 included historic provisions that reaffirm tribal crimi...
January 26, 2015