Solutions Blog

Explainer

Explainer: Annual Appropriations Process for the Executive Branch Budget

June 25, 2025  /  Morgan Gray

The federal budget consists of both mandatory and discretionary spending. Mandatory spending, such as the annual costs of programs like Social…

Governance

Explainer

Explainer: Competing House and Senate Wireless Spectrum Provisions in the Budget Act Could Affect Tribal Broadband Access

June 25, 2025  /   Morgan Gray, Sr. Policy Analyst & Dr. Traci Morris, Executive Director

Congress is actively working to finalize this year’s federal budget bill, referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act). The Act reflects…

Broadband  Spectrum Sovereignty  Tribal Digital Sovereignty

Call to Action

Call to action: Additional Tribal consultations announced on EO 14191 ‘Expanding educational freedom’

June 19, 2025  /  Brooke Curleyhair

In response to strong engagement during initial consultations earlier this year, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Education has…

Education Policy  Call To Action  Governance

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: NCAI and Tribal Organizations Submit Comments to FCC Endorsing a Tribal Licensing Window for Upcoming AWS-3 Wireless Spectrum Auction

June 10, 2025  /  Morgan Gray

On February 28, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding its upcoming AWS-3 spectrum…

Legislation  Leadership

Explainer

Cultural Sovereignty in Practice: Recognizing the Right to Wear Regalia at Graduation

May 1, 2025  /  Brooke Curleyhair

Across the country, American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students, citizens of sovereign Tribal Nations, are reaching an incredible…

Education Policy

Call to Action

Call To Action: Upcoming Tribal Consultations: Indian Affairs Workforce Efficiency and Productivity – EO 14210

April 22, 2025  /  Brooke Curleyhair

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Indian Affairs office has announced a new series of Tribal consultations in response to Executive Order 14210…

Call To Action  Indian Country  Governance

Explainer

Policy Explainer: The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Upholding the Federal Trust Responsibility as Applied by Arizona State University

April 15, 2025  /  Dr. Traci Morris, PhD and Brooke Curleyhair, Research Analyst

This brief follows up on the recent AIPI Policy Explainer: Federal Trust Responsibility and Higher Education, which clarified the status of programs…

Legislation  Governance  Sovereignty  Education Policy

Explainer

Policy Explainer: Federal Trust Responsibility and Higher Education

April 15, 2025  /  Dr. Traci Morris, PhD and Brooke Curleyhair, Research Analyst

  This explainer clarifies the status of programs supporting American Indian students in higher education in response to recent legal and…

Legislation  Governance  Sovereignty  Education Policy

Call to Action

Call To Action: FCC Seeking Comments NPRM on NEPA Regulations

April 8, 2025  /  Mikaela Bledsoe Downes

On March 31, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) posted a notice that it is seeking public comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking…

Broadband  Tribal Digital Sovereignty