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Mon, 02/22/2016 - 12:00 February Legislative Update: A non-exhaustive summary of legislation regarding Native Americans put forth in the 114th Congress. These are updated monthly, with new bills added as they come online. This month’s newsletter includes an overview of bills introduced at the State of Arizona.
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Thu, 01/07/2016 - 12:00 January Legislative Update: A non-exhaustive summary of legislation regarding Native Americans put forth in the 114th Congress. In December 2015, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosted an Oversight Hearing on the Tribal Law and Order Act (a video of the hearing is at the link). Additionally, they hosted a Business Meeting to consider S. 1879, a bill to improve processes in the Department of the Interior. The bill, the Interior Improvement Act, passed committee and “dramatically improves the Department of the Interior’s trust land acquisition process for Indian Tribes and restores the secretary of the Interior’s authority to take land into trust and reaffirms the status of lands already taken into trust.”
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Wed, 12/02/2015 - 12:00 December Legislative Update: A non-exhaustive summary of legislation regarding Native Americans put forth in the 114th Congress. November was a very busy month in Washington DC. The White House hosted the 7th annual White House Tribal Nations Conference on November 4-5, 2015. Resources include the National Congress of American Indians Fact Sheet with topics (including Bridging the Digital Divide in Tribal Schools) and the Tribal Leader Briefing Book. A link to President Obama's remarks is here.
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Wed, 11/04/2015 - 12:00

November Legislative Update:
A non-exhaustive summary of legislation regarding Native Americans put forth in the 114th Congress. These are updated monthly, with new bills added as they come online. Much of the legislation listed below is included in published Tribal positions in the National Congress of American Indians 2015 Policy Update Briefing that was distributed at the 2015 Annual Convention and Marketplace in October 2015.

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Thu, 10/08/2015 - 12:00 Legislative Update: In summary, legislation regarding Native Americans put forth in the 114th Congress. These are updated monthly, with new bills added as they come online. New or Recent Actions: LAW S.501(PL 114-255)--New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act: Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to expand the current authorization for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of conjunctive use wells in the San Juan River Basin, Little Colorado River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico to include the planning and design of those wells.
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Fri, 09/18/2015 - 12:00 Legislative Update: In summary, legislation regarding Native Americans put forth in the 114th Congress. These are updated monthly, with new bills added as they come online.
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Wed, 08/12/2015 - 12:00 Highlights this month include: July legislative summary, a review of the House Subcommittee on Communications & Technology's Promoting Broadband Infrastructure Hearing, and the launch of registration for the Fall 2015 Cohort of the Tribal Financial Manager Certificate Program.
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Mon, 07/13/2015 - 12:00 The National Congress of American Indian’s (NCAI) 2015 Mid Year Conference was held July 28th through July 30th in St. Paul, Minnesota. The event began, as always, with posting of colors and reports from the NCAI Executive Director, the NCAI Elected President, State and local leaders, and federal leaders. There was an interesting presentation on opportunities for digital governance by Megan Smith, the United States Chief Technology Officer and Special Advisor to President Obama. This was followed a policy overview from Kevin Washburn (Chickasaw), Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.
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Wed, 11/05/2014 - 12:00 October was a very busy month in Indian Country with the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Annual Conference capping off everything. The American Indian Policy Institute (AIPI) participated in this and other events. We hosted our own event, the ever-popular Tribal Financial Managers Certificate (TFMC) Executive Training, which we host twice a year with our partners at the Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA). We also played an integral part in the Arizona State University’s (ASU) Indigenous Sustainability Conference, the Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest’s (ATNI) Taking Smoke Signals Digital Conference, and NCAI.
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Wed, 04/01/2015 - 12:00 Spring has arrived and although most of the country is still in a winter freeze, as you know it is heating up here in Arizona!
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