H.R.1416 – Tribal Adoption Parity Act
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to recognize Indian tribal governments for purposes of determining under the adoption credit whether a child has special needs.
Read moreS.538 – Tribal Transportation Equity and Transparency Improvement Act of 2021
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the distribution of funds under the tribal transportation program, and for other purposes.
Read moreH.R.1415 – Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act
A bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to Indian Tribes to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives, and for other purposes
Read moreS.534 – Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act
A bill to improve the effectiveness of tribal child support
enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
Tlingit and Haida Declaration of a Climate Emergency and Commitment to Climate Mobilization
The Eighty-Fifth Tribal Assembly of Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska delegation convened on October 1, hereby declares that our sovereign nation, the region, the state, the United States of America, civilization, humanity, and the natural world are experiencing a climate emergency, and that Tlingit & Haida commits to a climate emergency mobilization effort to combat global warming that will result in a just transition to a carbon neutral economy by 2050 and accelerates adaptation and resilience strategies in preparation for intensifying climate impacts
Read more2014 UN System Wide Action Plan on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
In the outcome document of the 2014 high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to develop, within existing resources, a system-wide action plan to ensure a coherent approach to achieving the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The system-wide action plan was developed following consultations with indigenous peoples, Member States and the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues
Read moreLumbee Tribe 2021 Federal Recognition Rename Resolution
The Tribal Council of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina hereby supports the naming of federal legislation to extend full federal recognition to the Lumbee people the Julian Thomas Pierce Memorial Lumbee Recognition Act of 2021
Read moreNational Congress of American Indians Truth-In-Advertising Resolution #PDX-20-002
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) calls on Congress to enact legislation that will ensure truth-in-advertising of businesses and organizations that represent themselves as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Read morePresident Tsai Ing-wen’s Apology to Indigenous Peoples
To all indigenous peoples of Taiwan: On behalf of the government, I express to you our deepest apology. For the four centuries of pain and mistreatment you have endured, I apologize to you on behalf of the government
Read moreExecutive Summary CIMI 2019 – Violence Against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil
The report Violence Against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil(2019 data), published annually by the Missionary Council for Indigenous Peoples (CIMI for its Portuguese acronym), reiterates the picture of an extremely perverse and worrying reality of the indigenous peoples in Brazil in the first year of Jair Bolsonaro as president of the country. The intensification of expropriations of indigenous lands, forged in the invasion, land grabbing, and subdivision of the lands, is quickly and aggressively being consolidated throughout the national territory, causing immeasurable destruction.
Read moreChief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library
The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.
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