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WASHINGTON — The federal government announced Dec. 6 a major overhaul to a decades-old law that governs the return of Native American ancestral remains and artifacts to their tribal nations.

The federal government yesterday announced a major overhaul to a decades-old law that governs the return of Native American ancestral remains and artifacts to their tribal nations. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) announced final revisions to the 33-year-old Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) on Dec. 6 at the 2023 White House Tribal Summit in Washington, D.C. The final rule, nearly three years in the making, expedites and simplifies ...

Soon the Department of the Interior headquarters will again be overflowing with tribal leaders from across the nation, some traveling thousands of miles.

To the Cherokee Nation chief’s frustration, an effort to exclude state-recognized tribes as full-fledged members of the National Congress of American Indians failed during the organization’s annual conference.

To the Cherokee Nation chief’s frustration, an effort to exclude state-recognized tribes as full-fledged members of the National Congress of American Indians failed during the organization’s annual conference.

On the last days of its e 80th Annual Convention & Marketplace, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) swore in the newly elected 2023-2025 NCAI Executive Committee.The organization's Executive Committee is comprised of four Executive Board Officers and Regional Vice Presidents and Alternates from each of the 12 NCAI regions. Newly elected NCAI President Mark Macarro, Chairman of Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, expressed a message of unity and healing on the horizon fo...

Pechanga Tribal Chairman Mark Macarro, 60, was elected president of the National Congress of American Indians today at the 80th Annual Convention and Marketplace at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center convening in New Orleans. Macaroo received 50.31 percent of the vote and was duly elected.

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) will elect a new president this week at its 80th Annual Convention and Marketplace in New Orleans, Louisiana. Current NCAI President Fawn Sharp (Quinault Indian Nation) is term-limited and cannot seek reelection. Three candidates are vying to replace Shapr: Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, chairwoman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah;  Mark Macarro, tribal chairman of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians; and  Marshall Pierite, c...

The publisher and editor of Native News Online Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) will moderate the NCAI 2023 Presidential Candidate Forum on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) 80th Annual Convention & Marketplace in New Orleans. Joining Rickert to ask questions during the forum will be former Sault Ste.

Join Native News Online's publisher and editor, Levi Rickert, on Friday, November 3rd at 12 p.m. EST for an engaging conversation with Chairman Mark Macarro, who is running for the presidency of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). In this episode of Native Bidaské, Chairman Macarro shares his vision for how the NCAI can further support Indian Country. With 28 years of dedicated service as Tribal Chairman, Mark Macarro is committed to strengthening Pechanga's Tribal...