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

The event 2021 Region 3 Conference has been added to aises.site-ym.com.



To view the event details, please click the link below:


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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

More event details and a list of guest speakers will be announced soon. See Less

National Tribal Leadership Climate Change Summit >> Virtual Session III: Empowering Indigenous Youth

More event details and a list of guest speakers will be announced soon. 

Seven Generations Architecture + Engineering

16-minute film exploring the importance of the tribal peacemaking process and the creation of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Court and Peacemaking Center.



Following the screening, join us for a brief Q&A with architects Steve VandenBussche and J. Scott Winchester about the design of the tribal court and peacemaking center.

: Is your Federally Recognized Tribe seeking assistance to implement an ETC Program? Do you want to learn the history and steps behind program development? If so, join Sacred Path as we present, “An Inside Look to Secure Tribal Identification”. Visit our webpage to register for this free webinar, 

Enhanced Tribal Card Informational Webinar - Sacred Path

. Please email any questions to Shanti Gomez, 

In “I’m Not a Virus,” actor, comedian, and lifelong advocate for social justice Margaret Cho tells her personal story and challenges us to rethink “model minority” stereotypes. Sean Metzger (UCLA) discusses the ways in which gender and sexuality intersect with race in acts of hate. Historian Jack Tchen (Rutgers) will guide us through a history of anti-Asian racism in the U.S. Mitzi Carter (FIU) offers a personal reflection on the ways in which racism - both anti-Black and anti-Asian - reverberates across generations. Mia White (New School) will inspire us to reimagine “freedom” as rooted in cross-racial solidarity. And Cyra Choudhury (FIU) will examine how South Asian experiences relate to other AAPI groups by looking closely at the construction of “Asian” in the United States. The program opens with a statement on mindfulness by Joy Lidu Yi (FIU) and concludes with a call for love and care by Joanne Li, Dean of FIU Business.

I’m Not a Virus: A Teach-in on Anti-Asian and Asian American Racism

In December 2020, NCAI President Fawn Sharp created the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force (Task Force) to address: (1) tribal COVID-19 relief needs; (2) tribal COVID-19 recovery needs; and (3) the chronic conditions that created the public health and economic circumstances making Tribal Nations and citizens vulnerable to this crisis. This Task Force is chaired by Chairman Larry Wright Jr. of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.

It is important that the Task Force and its members hear from all tribal nations on how COVID-19 has impacted their communities and the needs that tribal leaders have to respond and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and we have scheduled this regional online convening to gather tribal leader input in a town hall like setting. We sincerely hope you can attend.

Share the resources they require to address immediate COVID-19 relief and recovery;

The status of vaccine distribution within their tribal nation; and

Other related items in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and new administration.

Southwest & Western Regional Convening

2nd annual Sarasota Native American Film Festival

place virtually from March 19th until March 28th, 2021. The mission of the event, based in Sarasota,

Florida, is to present cinematic works related to the experience of indigenous people in the Americas. The

festival is presented by the Sarasota Film Festival with support from the Boxser Diversity Initiative, in

collaboration with the Native Reel Cinema Festival, the Stranahan House Museum, and the Ah-Tah-Thi-

Ki Museum of Seminole Culture and History. The event is free and open to the public to watch.

Showcasing a diverse program of over 20 films, the Sarasota Native American Film Festival will

feature the World Premiere of the feature documentary “Finding Angola: Manatee’s County First

Black Community,” directed by Charles Clapsaddle, about the Bradenton, Florida-based

community founded by escaped slaves and Seminoles in the early 1800s. The festival will also

feature a retrospective of films from the First Nations Mi’kmaq filmmaker Catherine Anne Martin,

including the World Premiere of her new documentary “The Basket Maker” that honors

generations of women who have used their skills and knowledge to create traditional art.

Among other programming highlights are films by the noted Seminole/Muskogee director Sterlin Harjo,

short films by emerging indigenous filmmakers, music videos by Seminole artists, and a spotlight on

alligator wrestling. The festival will also showcase “Smoke Signals,” the seminal 1998 road-trip dramedy

directed by Chris Eyre, as well as “Songs My Brother Taught Me,” the debut feature from the

celebrated, Academy Award-nominated director Chloe Zhao. Her film’s story focuses on life at the Pine

The virtual program will showcase films, live Q&As with the filmmakers behind the films, and panels that

speak to the Native American/Indigenous Peoples experience. Of particular note is the panel Listen and

Learn: key issues in Native American Life, which will feature leaders from the Lakota, Navajo, Seminole,

Pueblo and First Nations people discussing vital topics.

"The resounding success of last year's Sarasota Native American Indian Festival was indicative of

audiences yearning for more representation of undertold stories in arts and entertainment," said Mark

Famiglio, President of the Sarasota Film Festival. "This year's festival will continue to champion this

important community and we hope audiences continue to be delighted with the groundbreaking

"For the past 12 years, our mission has been to encourage a better understanding of the diverse groups,

racial, religious and gender in Southwest Florida. In partnership with the Sarasota Film Festival, the first

Native American Film Festival was held in 2020,” said Dan Boxser, of the Boxser Diversity Initiative. “It's

purpose is to inform, educate and entertain about a group of peoples who might not be on everyone's

radar. We are excited that this year we can are bringing together indigenous peoples from all over North

“I am very honored that the Sarasota Film festival reached out to The Native Reel Cinema Festival

to help be involved with their beautiful event. With this great collaboration I feel it will broaden the

focus and light on Native/Indigenous films, Directors, actors, and most importantly our stories.

MVTO!,” said Everett Osceola, President and Co-founder of Native Reel Cinema Festival.

The Sarasota Native American Film Festival will be available through the website

www.sarasotanativeff.com as well as on Sarasota Film Festival’s website starting on March 19th.

For more information on the Sarasota Film Festival, which will be taking place April 30th-May 9th,

2021 please go to: www.sarasotafilmfestival.com.

Held annually in Sarasota, Florida, the Sarasota Film Festival emphasizes the best in cinema alongside

exciting programs and events, with more than 200 films screened each year including features,

documentaries, shorts, and kid-friendly picks. Entering its 23rd year, the festival brings the best new and

established independent filmmakers to the Festival with local and kid-friendly programs that showcase its

idyllic Gulf Coast community. The festival is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization and also offers a year-round

educational program, which reaches thousands of local students through classic film showcases, film

For additional information please visit: 

COVID-19 Region Convening Great Plains and Rocky Mountain

COVID-19 Region Convening - Pacific

Dear Friends and Members of the Campus Community:

The American Indian Studies Department is excited to announce our 16th Annual Southeast Indian Studies Conference, which will take place virtually on Thursday and Friday, March 18-19, from 1:00-6:00 p.m. each day. The conference will showcase presentations by scholars and community members on topics including Indigenous medical perspectives, education, history, food sovereignty, and other subjects involving Southeast Native peoples.

Our keynote speaker this year is Dr. Devon Mihesuah, an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Cora Lee Beers Price Professor in the Humanities Program at the University of Kansas. In her address, "The Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movement in 2021," Dr. Mihesuah will discuss the meaning and importance of food sovereignty for Native peoples in the United States. Despite the growing enthusiasm for Indigenous food and initiatives designed to empower tribes across the country to control their own food production, she asks whether and how food sovereignty can truly be achieved and sustained.

The Southeast Indian Studies Conference is free and open to the public, but registration is required to receive a Zoom link to the event. Find more information, a full schedule, and a registration link to the conference at 

. For questions and more information, please contact Dr. Mary Ann Jacobs at 

We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

16th Annual Southeast Indian Studies Conference

COVID-19 Region Convening - Southern Plains & Eastern Oklahoma

The NCAI COVID-19 Task Force knows that when Indian Country comes together with a unified voice, we can accomplish great things. The Task Force also recognizes that we must hear from tribal leaders from all parts of Indian Country to ensure that we being as inclusive as possible.That is why during our regional convening meetings, to gather information directly from tribal leaders on their needs and struggles in combating this pandemic.

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