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• July 26, 2019 Forest County Potawatomi Community Tribal  Treasurer Joseph Daniels, Sr. Elected to the Association on American Indian Affairs Board of Directors
• July 18, 2019 Announcing Nancy Deere-Turney (Muscogee Creek) as a New Cultural Sovereignty Fellow 
• July 11, 2019 Trump Removes Native American Representation from Cultural Property Advisory Committee
• July 9, 2019 Announcing Benjamin M. Cornelius (Oneida) as a New Cultural Sovereignty Fellow
• June 4, 2019 EVE Auction House Must End Sales of Sensitive Native American Cultural Heritage & Adhere to Calls for Repatriation
• April 1, 2019 President Frank Ettawageshik Honored and Cultural Heritage Preservation Legacy Fund Established
• March 13, 2019 Joint Statement from AAIA, NCAI, NARF, and NICWA after Oral Arguments in the ICWA Appeals Case. 
• March 13, 2019 Joint Statement from AAIA, NCAI, NARF and NICWA before Oral Arguments in the ICWA Appeals Case
• February 20, 2019 Joint Statement from AAIA, NCAI, NARF and NICWA on Reply Briefs Submitted in ICWA Appeals Case
• January 18, 2019 Joint Statement from AAIA, NCAI, NARF and NICWA on the Overwhelming Support for the Indian Child Welfare Act
• December 11, 2018 Auction Houses Must Consult Tribes on Sales of Native American Heritage
• December 6, 2018 Joint Statement by AAIA and 17 Tribes, organizations and experts: BUYERS SHOULD INVEST IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN INDIAN ART INSTEAD OF AMERICAN INDIAN ANTIQUITIES
• December 4, 2018 AAIA, NARF, NICWA and NCAI on the 5th Circuit Stay of the Texas v. Zinke Decision regarding the Indian Child Welfare Act
• December 3, 2018 AAIA, NARF, NICWA and NCAI on the United States Department of Justice’s Decision to Defend the Indian Child Welfare Act
• November 21, 2018 Medford Public Library May Still Be in Violation of NAGPRA
• November 20, 2018 AAIA Holds Fourth Annual Repatriation Conference at Forest County Potawatomi
• November 19, 2018 AAIA and NCAI File Brief Opposing President Trump’s Attempt to Decimate Bears Ears National Monument
• October 30, 2018 Joint Statement on the Federal District Court of Northern Texas denying to stay the court’s ruling on constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act
• October 29, 2018 THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IGNORES RESPONSIBILITIES TO INDIAN TRIBES
• October 17, 2018 - RAGO AUCTION WITHDRAWS NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE SCHEDULED FOR SALE
• October 4, 2018 - STATEMENT OF URGENT ACTION REGARDING THE SALE OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
• September 18, 2018 - AAIA Announces Eldred D. Lesansee as its Cultural Sovereignty Fellow
• August 31, 2018 - AAIA Announces Eight New Scholarship Recipients
• July 16, 2018 - AAIA announces Jessica Lee as its Cultural Sovereignty Fellow
• February 28, 2018 - AAIA announces Spring 2018 scholarship winners.
• February 27, 2018 - AAIA announces Cultural Sovereignty Fellowship.
• January 4, 2018 - AAIA comments on the STOP Act. 
• January 4, 2018 - AAIA's Bi-Annual Newsletter now available.
• November 30, 2017 - AAIA announces the results of their Board Member Elections.
• November 20, 2017 - AAIA's Bi-Annual Newsletter now available.  This issue focuses on repatriation.
• November 14, 2017 - AAIA's 2016 990 now available. 
• October 1, 2017 - AAIA releases A Survey and Analysis of Tribal-State Indian Child Welfare Act Agreements.  Read the press release.  Read the report.  Visit our ICWA page.
• September 21, 2017 - AAIA Press Release Announcing Indigenous International Repatriation Conference
• September 12, 2017 - AAIA announces new Executive Director, Shannon Keller O’Loughlin.

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