News & Advocacy

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​Kimberly Smith
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• September 14, 2021: The Association releases statement on Protecting the Endangered Wolves  
• September 3, 2021: The Association releases statement on The Protect ICWA Campaign 
• August 10, 2021: Association on American Indian Affairs Welcomes Kimberly Smith as New Public Affairs and Outreach Coordinator
• May 4, 2021: Association on American Indian Affairs Welcomes Jamie Marquez-Bratcher as New Office Manager
• April 6, 2021: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Issues En Banc Decision in Brackeen v. Haaland - Indian Child Welfare Act 
• April 5, 2021: The Association releases a statement on racism in auction houses that sell Native American Cultural Heritage
• February 18, 2021: The Association on American Indian Affairs calls on Harvard to comply with NAGPRA after three decades of institutional racism
• January 11, 2021: Association on American Indian Affairs Welcomes Colleen Medicine as New Program Director
• December 11, 2020: Joint Inter-Tribal and Organization Letter to ABC Studios on the omission of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in the ABC prime-time television series, Big Sky.
• August 27, 2020: The Association on American Indian Affairs, Native American Rights Fund, National Congress of American Indians and the National Indian Child Welfare Association Applaud Lawsuit Challenging Data Collection Withdrawal in the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Final Rule
• April 17, 2020: Joint Inter-Tribal and National Organization Letter: "To Ensure that the Coronavirus Relief Fund is Disbursed to Tribal Governments and Demanding the Recusal of Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney"
• 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: 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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