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NCAI Forum: Protecting Tribal Lands and Sacred Places: Current Threats Across Indian Country

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National Congress of American Indians
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The latest in NCAI’s ongoing series of virtual events featuring tribal leaders, this forum shares the stories of five tribal nations working to protect their tribal homelands in the face of baseless attacks by the federal government, and discussed how the federal government must recommit to its trust and treaty obligations to all tribal nations in this critical area. Forum panelists included:

  • Cedric Cromwell, Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
  • Mark Fox, Chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation
  • Harold Frazier, Chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
  • Ned Norris, Jr., Chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation
  • Terry Rambler, Chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe
ancestral lands
landback
Indian land holdings
Indian Trust Land
land claims settlement
river management
People
Cedric Cromwell
Mark Fox
Harold Frazier
Ned Norris, Jr.
Terry Rambler
Native Nations
Tohono O'odham Nation
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
San Carlos Apache Tribe
Mashpee Wampanoag
Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation
Resource Type
Presentations
Topics
Intergovernmental Relations
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National Congress of American Indians
Citation

National Congress of American Indians. "NCAI Forum: Protecting Tribal Lands and Sacred Places: Current Threats Across Indian Country". NCAI. June 29, 2020. Retreived on May 30, 2024 from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_DGzzlgkGo

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