Fawn Sharp First Tribal Leader Given Diplomatic Recognition from US

National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp has become the first elected Tribal leader to ever officially represent the United States of America on the international stage.

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Sec. Haaland Visits Coastal Tribes Impacted by Climate Change

The group toured the Village of Tahaloh, which is under threat from storm surges, flooding and tsunamis. The Quinault Indian Nation is in the process of relocating the village to higher ground.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansAugust 10, 2021Deb Haaland, Quinault Nation, Climate crisis, Last Real Indians, Fawn Sharp

Tribal Leaders, Legislators Condemn Inslee’s Surprise Veto of Tribal Human Rights Provisions in Climate Commitment Act

After using and exploiting Tribal Nation’s political capital to pass his climate bill, Jay Inslee made the cowardly decision on the day of the bill’s signing to ambush Tribal leaders by suddenly vetoing all Tribal consultation requirements and all protections for Native American sacred sites and burial grounds that his office and the State Legislature had negotiated as a condition of the bill’s passage.

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Washington State Insurance Commissioner urges insurers to craft consent policies with Native American tribes

Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is urging the insurance industry in Washington state to work with Native Americans on adopting policies of consent on environmental projects that affect Tribal nations.

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National Congress of American Indians Calls on Insurance Companies to Adopt Free, Prior and Informed Consent Policies

At their 77th annual convention, The National Congress of American Indians passed a sweeping resolution calling on the, “U.S. insurance industry to adopt, as part of project and general insurance underwriting policies, a requirement to obtain and document the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent of impacted Tribal Nations.”

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