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NCAI Supports Confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to U.S. Supreme Court 07/29/2009
	WASHINGTON—July 23, 2009—The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the largest and oldest Indian organization, recently passed a resolution at its Mid-Year Conference in Niagara Falls in support of confirming Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court. President Barrack Obama nominated Sotamayor to the Supreme Court at the end of May. [more]
Key Obama Administration Representatives Address NCAI's First General Assembly at Mid-Year Conference in Niagara Falls, NY 06/16/2009
	Asst. Sec. for Indian Affairs Larry EchoHawk Delivers First Address to Indian Country NIAGARA FALLS, NY-June 15, 2009-The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Mid-Year Conference in Niagara Falls, NY convened today with important messages from the White House, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Interior and the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. [more]
President Barack Obama Addresses NCAI Mid-Year Conference in Niagara Falls 06/16/2009
	In video message, President Announces Kim Teehee joining the White House Domestic Policy Council NIAGARA FALLS, NY-June 15, 2009-President Barack Obama addressed the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) 2009 Mid-Year Conference via video message, reiterating a close working relationship with tribes and announcing the appointment of Kim Tehee to the White House Domestic Policy Council. [more]
Tribal Leaders from U.S./Canada Call for DHS to Delay Implementation of New DHS Border Crossing Regulations Continued Dialogue and Cooperation with Federal Government is Stressed 06/16/2009
	NIAGARA FALLS, NY-June 15, 2009- National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) President Joe A. Garcia was joined by tribal leaders from the U.S. and Canada U.S./Canadian border, to ask the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for more time to comply with enhanced tribal identification requirements that went into effect June 1. [more]
NCAI Meets in Niagara Falls for 2009 Mid-Year Conference 06/16/2009
	Sentinel - A Report on Indian Issues June 2009 [more]

Members of President Obama’s Cabinet Address NCAI’s Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON—March 4, 2008—The National Congress of American Indians Executive Council Winter Session focused on Indian Country’s legislative goals for the 111^th Congress and the Obama Administration, including addresses by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Cecelia Munoz.

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Coalition Unveils Television Public Service Announcements Targeting Methamphetamine Abuse in Indian Country

WASHINGTON—March 3, 2009—The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in partnership with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (the Partnership) today unveiled its new anti-meth television public service announcements as part of its national media campaign aimed at eliminating meth abuse and trafficking in Native American communities.

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NCAI Recognizes Indian Policy Leaders at 11th Annual Leadership Awards Banquet

WASHINGTON—March 3, 2009—The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the largest and oldest national Indian organization, honored leaders in Indian policy at its 11^th Annual Leadership Awards Banquet during the organization’s Executive Council Winter Sessionin Washington, D.C. The honorees were recognized for their outstanding service to Native people and their ongoing support of initiatives that promote sovereignty and government-to-government relationships.

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Webcast on the stimulus plan at NCAI’s Executive Council Winter Session on March 2, 2009

Click the links here for video of tribal leaders and federal agency discussions on the stimulus plan. Please allow these videos a few minutes to download.

Part 1 [WMV, 140MB]

Part 2 [WMV, 132MB]

Part 3 [WMV, 74MB]

NCAI President Joe A. Garcia Focuses on Indian Country Agenda for New Administration and Economic Recovery Plan in Annual State of Indian Nations Address
Indian leader pushes for a tribal leader summit with Obama Administration

WASHINGTON—In his final State of Indian Nations address as National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) President, Joe A. Garcia, reached out to President Barack Obama’s administration and federal agencies in hopes for a more improved nation-to-nation relationship.

President Garcia praised President Obama’s knowledge of treaty obligations to Indian nations and his vision for government parity in his new Administration.

“We embrace the promised White House summit between tribal leaders and the Obama Administration,” President Garcia told the some 200 audience members in the National Museum of the American Indian’s Rasmuson Theater. “The President has given us good reason to believe he will include Indian Nations as he talks about a new spirit of hope and change.”

President Garcia pointed out Indian Country’s successes of 2008: NCAI helped lead the White House to a stronger anti-meth campaign; helped gain the President’s signature on legislation honoring Native Code Talkers from World Wars I and II; made improvements in our tribal courts; advanced our agenda for children; found ways to use environmental initiatives to help tribes boost their economies while preserving mother earth; and Native Americans made history on Election Day by participating in the democratic process in record numbers.

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Indian Country FY 2010 Budget Request: click here to download the document outlining NCAI's recommendations on behalf of Indian Country for the FY 2010 federal budget cycle.

NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, February 8, 2009

Click here to listen to NCAI's Executive Director Jacqueline Johnson Pata speaking to National Public Radio about why some of the federal government's stimulus money should be set aside for American Indians.