WASHINGTON – Today, the Departments of Justice, Interior and Agriculture applauded the bipartisan House passage of the Claims Settlement Act.  The act, which recently passed the Senate, will provide long-awaited funding for the agreements reached in the Pigford II lawsuit, brought by African American farmers; the Cobell lawsuit, brought by Native Americans over the management [...]

Katy Jackman, NCAI’s staff attorney, has provided the attached four resolutions that were suggested by the Women’s Caucus, drafted within 24 hours, and passed by NCAI. Each of these is important in the struggle for women’s rights, as well as the fight to end the epidemic of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women. [...]

Attached is a Tribal Leader Letter from the Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services announcing ten regional suicide prevention listening sessions. We have heard the request from tribal leaders for a coordinated effort, both for suicide prevention and intervention strategies, as well as effective community responses when these events [...]

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Attorney General Holder Announces Establishment of Office of Tribal Justice as Separate Component Within the Department of Justice WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the establishment of the Office of Tribal Justice as a separate component within the organizational [...]