Taking Money from Banks Profiting off of Destroying the Earth: Financing Our Own Desecration by Matt Remle

In August 2016, I reached out to Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant to see if we could launch an ambitious effort to end Seattle’s financial relationship with Wells Fargo. Continue reading

NCAI Releases Five-Year Report on Tribal Governments Exercising VAWA

WASHINGTON, D.C. | The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) has released a new report summarizing results of the first five years of tribal government-expanded criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians under the tribal provisions of the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA 2013). Continue reading

National Congress of American Indians Demands Stop Work Order for the Dakota Access Pipeline

October 28th, 2016- The National Congress of American Indians [NCAI] has issued a statement to the Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Lieutenant General Todd Semonite demanding an immediate stop work order for the Dakota Access pipeline. Continue reading

National Congress of American Indians Demands a Halt to the Dakota Access Pipeline

On August 29th, the National Congress of American Indians issued a call to President Obama and the Army Corps of Engineers to halt the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Founded in 1944, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is the oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities. Continue reading