Women Are Sacred Conference

This year, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), which administers the Lifeline program on behalf of the Federal Communications Commission, will host Lifeline quarterly interactive webinars for Tribal stakeholders (e.g., Tribal governments and government agencies and nonprofits serving Tribal communities). During these webinar sessions, our subject-matter experts will discuss relevant program changes and provide updates to ensure Tribal partners remain informed and have the tools and information they need to more effectively help eligible Tribal consumers apply for the Lifeline program. Attendees can participate in a live Q&A session built into each webinar.

Below, you can find the dates for each virtual, free event and a link to register. Please feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues and Tribal networks. Although the host’s email address is listed on the registration page, please contact Kraynal Alfred, USAC’s Tribal Liaison, at 

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET

Wednesday, June 2, 2021 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET

Wednesday, September 1, 2021 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET

We hope that you are able to attend. We look forward to our continued partnership with Tribal communities in 2021 and beyond.

Lifeline offers a monthly benefit of up to $9.25 toward phone or Internet services for eligible consumers and up to $34.25 for those living on 

. Additionally, certain residents of Tribal lands can receive reimbursement for the full cost of starting service with certain phone or Internet companies at their primary residence, up to $100, through Lifeline’s Tribal Link Up program.

Review Lifeline’s Tribal Toolkit, Tribal Flyer, and a copy of the most recent Tribal Advocate Training on the 

Lifeline Quarterly Webinars for Tribal Partners in 2021

(USA, 2017, 70. min.) Director: George Colburn Follow the return of six Navajo Code Talkers to the five Pacific Island sites where their unbreakable secret code, based on the unwritten Navajo language, helped US forces overcome Japanese expansion in the Pacific theater during World War II. The code was never broken. The highly personal reflections of the Navajo Code Talkers dominate the film's storyline where they share personal accounts, memories and insights into their war experience. Interviews were conducted on Guam, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima and Okinawa and USMC Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego, where they trained, learned and enhanced the original code."

At the Movies 2021: Navajo Code Talkers: A Journey of Remembrance

The 4th Annual Tribal Green Symposium is bringing the best of the industries to you! We want to help Tribes learn all they can about cannabis and hemp as they navigate their way into this exciting business sector. This year we will look closely at existing & operating Tribal programs, regulations, industry standards, cannabis and hemp segments, farming technologies and the never ending search for hemp processing to scale. Please join us at this year's ONE of a kind event, as we learn, network and strengthen the position Tribes have moving forward in green industries.

Boston Children's Chorus celebrates Indigenous culture at free virtual concert, This Land with guest artist, Joanne Shenandoah.

When the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth 400 years ago, they did not settle on vacant land—they settled on the land of the various Wampanoag peoples. The New World provided opportunities to many of those who came here, but those opportunities cost the lives of millions of people already inhabiting this land. Centuries later, the Wampanoag peoples are still fighting for the small piece of land they have left.
Time and time again, people have been conquered and land has been taken — in the name of exploration, war, and religious conquest. Today, America is known as a land of opportunity, the land of the free and the home of the brave. As we recognize the country and what it has become, Boston Children’s Chorus examines these claims and explores what it means to say, “this land was made for you and me."

Guest Artist: Joanne Shenandoah 

Tribal Green Symposium

ATNI Mid Year Convention 2021

During World War I and World War II, American Indians made a unique contribution to the U.S. Armed Forces by using their tribal languages in secret battle communications.


Watch author and anthropologist/historian William C. Meadows of Missouri State University revealing how these Native American “code talkers” played a key role in important battles and campaigns—and helped save many American and allied lives. Following Meadows’s talk, Alexandra Harris, National Museum of the American Indian senior editor and co-author of "Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces," will host a question-and-answer session with attendees.



Native American Code Talkers: A Lasting Legacy

The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center (GLITEC) is excited to announce an upcoming virtual conference, Intersecting Roots to Wellness. This conference is focused on the intersections of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), and Substance Use Disorder (SUD). The goal of this conference is to increase knowledge of the intersections of HIV, IPV, and…

Intersecting Roots to Wellness Conference

We are thrilled to announce the dates of our annual We Are EMILY conference, which will take place virtually in the afternoon on Monday May 17th and Tuesday May 18th. We hope you can join us as we celebrate women breaking ground and making history! In addition to hearing from candidates and elected officials from across the country, we look forward to honoring former EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock with the 2021 We Are EMILY Award. Please visit: 

We Are EMILY Conference

This one-of-a-kind educational conference provides help for tribal entities interested in securing funds for affordable housing and economic developments in Native communities. We share tips and tools for using the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program. These two federal tax credit programs have directly led to more than $1.5 billion of new and rehabilitated homes, businesses and services in Indian Country.

What to expect: Travois staff, experienced tribal developers and industry partners will share best practices on developing homes and businesses in Native communities — planning, securing financing, architectural design, construction monitoring, asset management and compliance and more. We will use the platform Zoom to provide live instruction to your homes or offices.

Who should attend: We invite those working in housing, community or economic development and who serve American Indian, Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian communities to join us.

21st Annual Travois Indian Country Affordable Housing & Economic Development Conference

NCAI will host a webinar on Redistricting 101 for Tribal Nations. The webinar includes an introduction to redistricting, coalition building, utilization of community mapping tools, and providing testimony. We will share resources from multiple partner organizations and encourage attendees to share information about redistricting work in their respective communities.

Redistricting 101 for Tribal Nations

This webinar will be focused on the findings of the Status of Women in Arizona 2020and the multiplying consequences of COVID-19 complete by the Arizona Foundation for Women and will incorporate research and personal experience of women within the community. How the pandemic has impacted their day to day lives at work and within the family unit. We will have a diverse panel from these organizations... The Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, NABEDC, University of Phoenix, and Arizona Foundation for Women. It's free and open to the public. https://phoenixedu.zoom.us

/webinar/register/WN_nr0PfCnDSZaTcyasRLItEg

For contact information, please contact: 

Mujeres de Resiliencia: Arizona Women and the Spirit of Overcoming the Challenges of COVID

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Task Force on Violence Against Women invites you to join our Sexual Assault Awareness Month webinar on April 28 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Webinar attendees will learn about the successes of survivors, advocates, and tribal leaders who worked to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 2013. VAWA in 2013 reaffirmed tribal jurisdiction over certain domestic violence cases. Speakers will share how attendees can mobilized today to help in the efforts to reauthorize VAWA in 2021 with important tribal provisions.

Event Details:
Date: Wednesday, April 28
Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT

The Road to Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act in the 117th Congress

National Tribal Public Health Summit (TPHS)

 is the premier American Indian and Alaska Native specific annual gathering focused on public health policy, systems, and infrastructure. The summit highlights best, evidence-based, emerging, and promising practices developed by Tribes for Tribes. It also explores public health policy and its impact on Tribes, and serves as a forum for practitioners, researchers, and policy experts to mobilize in the arenas of public, behavioral, and environmental health.

For further information, please contact: Kelsey Woody (

2021 National Tribal Public Health Summit

This is Marielba Alvarez from the National Museum of the American Indian. We wanted to let you know that we are doing a 

Native American Women Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

 to increase the representation of Native American women on Wikipedia.

The event is a free online training scheduled on 

Friday, April 23, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. ET

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/native-america-women-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-147648724309

, attendees of all experience levels will learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia by updating articles related to the history of Native American women. 

No prior Wikipedia experience is required; training will be provided.

As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for many individuals looking to learn about art, history, and science.

However, less than 19% of Wikipedia biographies in English represent women, and less than 10% of Wikipedia editors identify as women. By increasing representation of Native American women on the site, your impact can spark the curiosities of future generations.

This event is planned in conjunction with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, a multiyear undertaking to document, research, collect, display, and share the history of women in the United States.

Virtual open house. Will be hosted by National Park Service and NATHPO.

The National Park Service (NPS) invites Tribes & THPOs to "save the date" for a virtual open house regarding implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) in the National Park Service on Friday, April 23, 2:00-3:30 pm (Eastern). Planned speakers will include Associate Directors and GAOA leads from NPS Directorates: Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science; Park Planning, Facilities and Lands; Partnerships & Civic Engagement; and the Office of Native American Affairs. ZOOM information will be emailed to Tribes & THPOs in early April. Submit questions in advance, or to request ZOOM open house information, email: 

NPS-GAOA Open House for Tribes & THPOs

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2021- Region 3 Conference - AISES

Each year, NICWA hosts the largest national gathering on American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) child advocacy issues. With over 1,500 attendees—and growing every year—this four-day conference has become the premiere national event addressing tribal child welfare and well-being. Keynote speakers range from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems.

NICWA provides meaningful programming to conference attendees, creating a space where participants can learn about the latest developments and best practices from experts in the field and from one another. Participants represent a cross-section of fields and interests including child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice service providers; legal professionals; students; advocates for children; and tribal, state, and federal leaders.

Contact Lauren Shapiro for registration information (

39th Annual Protecting Our Children Conference

You are invited to the Prevent Cancer Dialogue

, featuring Analisa Garcia-Rockbridge (Diné) of Mother of Sage Yoga (copied below). Analisa will be leading a session entitled 

Breathing throughout the Day: How to Link Breath to Movement with the Perspective of Indigenous Yoga.

We are also excited to have Marc Mason, RN from the Confederated Tribes of Warms Springs for his presentation 

Sharing Our Success in Vaccinating American Indians and Alaska Natives against HPV-Related Cancers in the Warm Spring IHS Service Area.

 Marc will speak as part of the last panel on community-level cancer prevention programs.

To attend live or view the recording afterward, here is the link to register for 

 and access the sessions, as well as view the rest of the agenda: 

https://2021preventcancerdialogue.vc.commpartners.com/

We would love it if you can join us and help spread the word about this year’s virtual 

. If you have any questions or need further information, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

2021 Virtual Prevent Cancer Dialogue!

EMPOWERING INDIGENOUS YOUTH LEADERSHIP IN THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT

Virtual Session III will provide a forum to discuss the important role Indigenous youth can and should play in broader efforts of the climate movement. The aim is to both inspire youth advocacy, provide empowering information through a panel discussion on what works in youth advocacy, and share ways to build programs to introduce youth to culture and traditions. The aim is to invest in our Indigenous youth now as a forward-looking strategy for effecting long-term change.

 but you must register.
Note: Although this is a virtual session, participants may call into the session if they do not have internet access.
More event details can be found on the meeting agenda.

SESSION OBJECTIVES
>> Learn what works in Indigenous youth advocacy.
>> Share successes on building programs that introduce youth to culture and traditions – learning through examples.
>> Learn for youth who have gone through climate internships and training programs: what they learned, how they put that information to use, where are they now.
>> Create a resource list of organizations and communities doing good work in the youth advocacy realm.
>> Make case for funding and re-funding programs to build youth capacity.
>> Use in-ward facing Youth-only event for training, skills development, networking, ongoing dialogue.

SESSION FORMAT
>> 3-hour online session using Zoom Webinar
>> Keynote address
>> Panel discussions with leaders on 4 topic areas

INTENDED AUDIENCE
>> Tribal leaders, Indigenous youth, students (including tribal colleges)
>> Native Youth-led and serving organizations and programs
>> Participants from the previous two Climate Policy Summits

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