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Fact Sheet: Summary of Congressional Oversight Hearing to “Examine Native Communities’ Priorities for the 119th Congress”

February 18, 2025  /  Brooke Curleyhair

On February 12, 2025, the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an oversight hearing, Examining Native Communities' Priorities for the 119th…

Call to Action

Letter to the President From Tribal Organizations: Tribal Funding Is a Legal Obligation, Not Discretionary Spending

February 4, 2025  /  Kennedy Satterfield and Brooke Curleyhair

On Sunday, Feb. 2, a coalition of 23 Tribal organizations and intertribal councils representing the majority of sovereign American Indian and Alaska…

Policy Solution

Funding Opportunity: Rural Business Development Grant

January 22, 2025  /  Mikaela Bledsoe Downes

On January 6, 2025, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, a USDA agency, issued a notice inviting applications for grants to provide technical…

Quarterly Legislative Updates

AIPI tracks bills affecting Indian Country as a whole or several Tribal Nations in a given region. These bills include changes to laws, regulations, and significant appropriations to new and existing Tribal initiatives. 

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Published Solutions

Quarterly Legislative Update

Q3 2024 Legislative Update

This is the third edition of our new quarterly policy update format, the information in our monthly update covers several government websites and databases. AIPI's policy…

Quarterly Legislative Update

Q2 2024 Legislative Update

This edition covers information available through federal and state government websites from 4/1/24 through 6/30/24. In Q2, AIPI reviewed 224 bills in Congress and 248…

Explainer

The Journey of American Indian Education: A Five-Year Review of American Indian Education Laws, Policies and Initiatives

In addition to showcasing the shared commitment to Indian education through the CIE-AIPI collaboration, this document aims to establish a foundational overview for content…

Quarterly Legislative Update

Q4 2023 Legislative Update

This is the fourth edition of our new quarterly policy update format, the information in our monthly update covers several government websites and databases. AIPI's policy…

Quarterly Legislative Update

Q3 2023 Legislative Update

This edition covers information made available through federal and state government websites from 6/30/23 through 9/29/23. AIPI reviewed 72 bills in Congress as well as 187…

Explainer

Policy Explainer: Supreme Court Term 2022: Highly Consequential For Principles Of Tribal Sovereignty

AIPI policy explainers present our expert understanding of key and current Indigenous rights issues by distilling expansive and complex policy information into clear and…

Congressional Report Cards

AIPI tracks bills affecting Indian Country as a whole or several Tribal Nations in a given region. These bills include changes to laws, regulations, and significant appropriations to new and existing Tribal initiatives. Generally, AIPI does not track bills that make specific changes for individual Tribes, such as bills placing land into trust.

 

Legislative Summary 2021

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117th Congressional Report Card: 2nd Session

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