New U.S. Senate Bill Takes Aim at Online Payday Lending On July 24, 2012, three U.S. senators introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would crack down on the worst practices of the online payday len...
August 02, 2012
HEARTH ACT Signed into Law President Obama signed the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership (HEARTH) Act into law on July 30, 2012. The HEARTH Act passed both the House of Repr...
August 01, 2012
Your Action Is Still Needed for Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization The U.S. House and Senate have passed separate versions of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. Both authorize...
June 15, 2012
Demand a floor amendment to restore Native protections Yesterday we sent you an Action Alert about the U.S. House of Representatives’ attempt to strip Native American protections from the reauthorizat...
May 10, 2012
Act Now to Preserve Native Protections in the U.S. House Version of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization! The Indian Country Today Media Network is reporting that the U.S. House of Represent...
May 08, 2012
On March 7, 2012, The National Indian Health Board sponsored a Tribal Caucus and Briefing on the reauthorization of funding for the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI). SDPI, established in 19...
April 30, 2012
Give to First Nations online April 17-26 and you’ll have TWICE the impact! First Nations is participating in the Cultures of Giving Donor Challenge starting tomorrow, April 17. This challenge runs for...
April 16, 2012
On September 30, 2012, the current 2008 Farm Bill (P.L. 110-246, Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008) is scheduled to expire. In addition to dictating subsidies and insurance for large-scale and...
March 22, 2012
First Nations Supports Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act Violence against Native American women occurs at a much higher rate than non-Native women. National crime statistics indicate...
March 19, 2012
First Nations Development Institute supports the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) and its campaign to keep funding for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), which are vital to rural c...
March 15, 2012