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• March 18, 2020 Joint Non-Profit Press Statement: "The Charitable Sector: COVID-19 Relief and Economic Stimulus Package"
• February 26, 2020 Written Testimony of Shannon Keller O’Loughlin, Executive Director & Attorney for the Association on American Indian Affairs, Submitted to the House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Hearing, “Destroying Sacred Sites and Erasing Tribal Culture: The Trump Administration’s Construction of the Border Wall"
• February 25, 2020 SACRED SITES DESTROYED BY DHS VITAL TO NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL TESTIFY TO CONGRESS
• January 22, 2020 AAIA, NARF, NCAI & NICWA Urge Federal Appeals Court to Affirm ICWA's Constitutionality
• January 21, 2020 AAIA, NARF, NCAI & NICWA Attend the 5th Circuit Oral Argument Supporting ICWA
• November 13, 2019 AAIA, NARF, NCAI & NICWA Applaud Legal Filing by 486 federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and 55 other Native organizations to the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Defending the Indian Child Welfare Act ​
• November 7, 2019 Fifth Circuit Rehearing Brackeen v Bernhardt Final
• November 1, 2019 AUCTION HOUSES AND DEALERS SHOULD WORK WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES BEFORE PLACING ITEMS FOR SALE 
• 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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