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Guest Opinion. I am writing this as I leave the National Congress of American Indians 80th Annual Convention and Marketplace in New Orleans early, unable to stay to participate and network with fellow cultural sovereignty advocates to build up Native Country. As a national nonprofit leader for the Association on American Indian Affairs, the oldest nonprofit serving Native Country since 1922, like other Native nonprofit leaders, like our Native Nation leaders - like all of us (we're not special!), we live with the colonial legacy of genocide, assimilation, and boarding schools. Even today, we have to constantly prove we are valuable to society; constantly evoke our histories, traditions and wisdom to educate the mainstream that we are still here and hold ancient solutions to the problems of our world.
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- By Shannon O'Loughlin
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Guest Opinion. There are currently two proposals to amend the constitution of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) which would remove state-recognized tribes from membership. NCAI, which was established in 1944 to bring UNITY to the many tribal nations, is at a crossroads. These proposals would remove some long-time members from being eligible to vote or participate at NCAI in the future.
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- By John Lowery
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Guest Opinion. This week, the Annual Convention of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in New Orleans, Louisiana, will hear proposed amendments to the NCAI Constitution.
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- By Principal Chief Michele Hicks and Chief Ben Barnes
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Guest Opinion. A coalition of American Indian Nation members of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) has risen in opposition to a proposal that would remove membership for Native nations who are not on a federal list of tribes who receive funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The proposal would exclude at least 24 bona fide Native nations that are currently members of the NCAI, by downgrading their status to "association.”
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- By Chief Harry Wallace
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Guest Opinion. The National Congress of American Indians is the oldest and largest intertribal organization in the country and brings together tribes from across the land to discuss and advocate for issues important to American Indians and Alaska Natives. NCAI has been an important national voice on Native issues since its founding in 1944. Unfortunately, the mission of NCAI has been harmed by the inclusion of groups who are not legitimate Indian tribes. Change is needed, and we have an opportunity to do so at the upcoming NCAI convention.
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- By Chuck Hoskin Jr
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Guest Opinion. Growing up in the inner city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, my childhood family’s primary community event as Anishinaabe would be to walk down to the Grand River for the September powwow back when it was held at Ah-Nab-Awen Park. This was the one time and place that our very protective mother would relax the creased forehead of her worry and suspicion, as well as her close watch over me and my three sisters.
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- By Dr. Nichole Keway Biber
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Opinion. Along the federal government’s “Road to Healing Tour” for Indian boarding school survivors, there were a lot of flags on display. Native American honor guards, at most tour stops, proudly presented the flag of the United States, eagle staffs and tribal nation flags.
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. We stacked up on the house, covering windows and doors. With a kick, I crossed the threshold – and froze. Cussing and shoving brought me back and I moved through the ‘fatal funnel’ (entry point in urban warfare). We cleared the small house and I returned to him. 9, 10 years old, unresponsive. Seizing. Were his parents killed? Flee the insurgency, our advance, or both? Skin and bones, dying of starvation, dehydration, and exposure, he did what a child might before slipping into unconsciousness – hugging himself on the floor. I don’t know if he lived. Nobody answered, “is the kid alright?” We simply continued clearing houses during our 2005 Iraq operation. My 19-year-old self knew it was wrong. The thought surfaces: there is no just war. Just war.
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- By Seth Allard
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Guest Opinion. Each year during the month of November, I am proud that our nation takes this time to reflect on the unique heritage, rich history and special contributions of Native Americans. As a proud member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, I always take this special time to reflect on my tribal heritage and the importance of tribes and their members in the United States. And as the longest serving Native American in the U.S. House of Representatives, the privilege and honor it is to represent the interests of tribes in Congress is certainly not lost on me.
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- By Tom Cole
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Opinion. Last Thursday evening, I did a reading at the Wyoming Public Library of Visions for a Better Indian Country: One Potawatomi Editor’s Opinions, a book I authored last year. I was happy to do so because the reading was at the location of the library in Wyoming, Michigan where I grew up. It’s where I fell in love with learning and reading because my mother took me and my siblings there on a weekly basis.
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- By Levi Rickert