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  2. Embassy of Tribal Nations - Wikipedia

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    The National Congress of American Indians had been planning to create a headquarters to conduct all political and financial business since as early as the eighties. [4] [5] Before the Embassy of Tribal Nations was established, the NCAI rented a building. [6] The estate in Washington, D.C. is three stories and was built in the 19th century. [6]

  3. National Congress of American Indians - Wikipedia

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    The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is an American Indian and Alaska Native rights organization. [1] It was founded in 1944 [ 3 ] to represent the tribes and resist U.S. federal government pressure for termination of tribal rights and assimilation of their people.

  4. Society of American Indians - Wikipedia

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    Carlisle alumni, founding conference of the National Congress of American Indians, 1944. The Society of American Indians was the first national American Indian rights organization run by and for American Indians and pioneered twentieth century Pan-Indianism. The Society was a twentieth century forum for a new generation of American Indian leaders.

  5. National Council of American Indians - Wikipedia

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    First Meeting of the National Congress of American Indians. The National Congress of American Indians was created on November 17, 1944. [11] The National Council of American Indians and the National Congress of American Indians in purposes and activism both advocate for the progression of Native Americans within the United States.

  6. Association on American Indian Affairs - Wikipedia

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    The American Indian Defense Association, headed by John Collier, was established to oppose the Bursum and the Leavitt Bills, both of which sought to end Pueblo ties to their lands and outlaw cultural practices. These groups merged in the 1930s and eventually consolidated under the name the Association on American Indian Affairs.

  7. National American Indian Council - Wikipedia

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    The National American Indian Council was formed in March 1972 by about 300 delegates from 58 cities meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. It was spurred by urban, nonreservation Indians, and they resisted attempts by members of the more rural American Indian Movement to dominate the convention. [ 1 ]

  8. Laura Cornelius Kellogg - Wikipedia

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    The Society was one of the first proponents of an "American Indian Day", and forefront in the fight for Indian citizenship and opening the U.S. Court of Claims to all tribes and bands in United States. The Society of American Indians was the forerunner of modern organizations such as the National Congress of American Indians. [41]

  9. Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 - Wikipedia

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    An Act to protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, and for other purposes. Acronyms (colloquial) TLOA: Nicknames: Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2010: Enacted by: the 111th United States Congress: Effective: July 29, 2010: Citations; Public law: 111-211: Statutes at Large: 124 Stat ...