The Association on American

Indian Affairs is the oldest non-

profit serving Indian Country

protecting sovereignty, pre-

serving culture, educating

youth and building capacity.

The Association was formed

in 1922 to change the de-

structive path of federal poli-

cy from assimilation, termination and allot-

ment, to sovereignty, self-determination and

self-sufficiency. Throughout its 96-year history,

the Association has provided national advo-

cacy on watershed issues that support sover-

eignty and culture, while working at the

grassroots level with Tribes to support the im-

plementation of programs that improve lives

on the ground.

Currently, AAIA is engaged in a comprehen-

sive strategic planning process to prepare the

organization for its next 100 years. By building

internal capacity and efficient infrastructure

around our cultural values, AAIA will achieve

its vision to ensure “A world where the diverse

cultures of Native Americans are lived, pro-

tected and respected.”

But one thing is very clear: we cannot contin-

ue into the next 100 years without YOU. We

need your commitment, we need your time,

we need your advocacy, and most im-

portant, we need your financial support to

continue the great path that AAIA has laid

down over the last 100 years. Now is the time

to commit to the next 100 years of American

Indian sovereignty, culture, education and

capacity building.

The Association offers opportunities for your

commitment at every level. Your support will

fund programs that protect sovereignty, pre-

serve culture, educate youth and build ca-

pacity. In addition, the Association seeks

members for its LEGACY COUNCIL to build a $10

million endowment to fund its 100 YEAR CULTUR-

AL SOVEREIGNTY CAMPAIGN. Together we can

shape the change necessary to strengthen

Indian Country for the next 100 years.

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

AAIA BOARD PRESIDENT

Words of Welcome from President Frank Ettawageshik

Executive Director Report from Shannon Keller O’Loughlin

We have so many exciting things

happening at AAIA! We have

announced our Fourth Annual Re-

patriation Conference—

Advocating for Our Ancestors, to

be held at the Forest County Pota-

watomi Hotel & Casino in Milwau-

kee, Wisconsin on November 13-15,

2018. We will also be hosting our

Annual Membership Meeting and

Event at Forest County on the eve

of November 15. Be sure to go to

our website for more information

about Registration, Sponsorship,

and submitting Session Proposals

for our Conference.

AAIA has also reinvigorated its Re-

patriation Working Group to in-

clude more than 250 interested

Tribal leaders, Tribal repatriation

practitioners, spiritual leaders, aca-

demics, museum professionals and

attorneys. The Working Group will

help direct AAIA’s important work

for the repatriation of our ances-

tors, their burial items, sacred ob-

jects and cultural patrimony from museums, federal agencies, and

private entities both domestic and internationally.

AAIA is announcing its 100 YEAR CULTURAL SOVEREIGNTY CAMPAIGN to build

a sustainable source of funding so that we can continue our good

work for another 100 years. You can read more about our campaigns

in this newsletter or on our website.

Finally, there is excitement in the office as we welcome our two CUL-

TURAL SOVEREIGNTY FELLOWS who will be working on our program efforts for

2018-2019. The AAIA Fellows are highly qualified in our program areas

and are excellent writers and researchers. Please help us welcome:

SPRING/SUMMER 2018

Board of DIrectors President

Frank Ettawageshik

(Odawa)

Vice President

Jonathan Perry

(Aquinnah Wampa-

noag)

Treasurer/Secretary

Dee Ann DeRoin

(Ioway)

Nominating

Committee Chair

Sarah Kastelic

(Alutiiq)

Alfred R. Ketzler, Sr.

(Athabascan)

John Echohawk

(Pawnee)

Brad Keeler

(Cherokee)

Faith Roessel (Navajo)

PROTECTING SOVEREIGNTY ◦ PRESERVING CULTURE ◦ EDUCATING YOUTH ◦ BUILDING CAPACITY Spring/Summer

2018 Volume 182

Inside this issue:

Words of Welcome from

President Ettawageshik

Executive Director Report

1

ICWA Attacked in Court

Tribal Challenges to

Trump’s Attack on

Bears Ears

2

AAIA Supports Possible

Amendment to STOP Act

AAIA Educates

International Museums

3

Congratulations to 2018

Graduates

Summer Camp

Recipients

Developing Native Youth

4

100 Year Cultural 5

AAIA Presence

How You Can Help

Donation Card

6

Notes

AAIA Programs

7

Jessica D. Lee

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes/Kickapoo

B.A. History, 2018

University of Central Oklahoma

Start Date July 16, 2018

Eldred D. Lesansee, Jr.

Pueblo of Jemez/Hopi/Zuni

Master of International Development, 2018

Sciences Po Paris School of International

Affairs and Fulbright Scholar

Start Date September 17, 2018

Indian Child Welfare Act Attacked in Court

al regulations declared unconsti-

tutional. The latest example brings

a new (and dangerous) twist: non-

Indian foster families, joined by the

States of Texas, Louisiana, and In-

diana, have filed suit in federal

court in Texas to challenge ICWA’s

constitutionality on multiple

grounds. Like previous suits, the

plaintiffs in Texas v. Zinke argue

that ICWA’s protections for Native

children and families constitutes

illegal racial discrimination. On

top of this, the state plaintiffs have

added a new argument – that

ICWA’s federally-mandated state

court standards illegally

“commandeer” state courts and

state agencies to carry out a fed-

eral scheme.

Recognizing the importance of

the stakes involved, last month

AAIA, joined by the National Con-

gress of American Indians and the

National Indian Child Welfare As-

sociation, led a coalition of

more than a dozen national

and regional native organi-

zations and more than a hun-

dred Indian Tribes in filing an

amicus curiae (“friend of the

court”) brief in the case. Our

amicus brief educated the

court on the historic abuses

that Native children have

endured in state and federal

child welfare systems and at

the hands of adoption agen-

cies, and how, contrary to

plaintiffs’ arguments, many

states (including Texas, Louisi-

ana, and Indiana) have volun-

tarily cooperated with Tribes to

implement the law. This govern-

ment-to-government coopera-

tion is central to furthering IC-

WA’s protections and to preserv-

ing a child’s relationship to her

Tribe. A decision from the court

is expected later this year.

Sam Daughety is counsel at Den-

tons US LLP. Along with Dentons

associate Rose Petoskey and at-

torneys for the Native American

Rights Fund, Sam filed the amicus

curiae brief on behalf of AAIA,

other Tribal organizations, and

Tribes in the Texas v. Zinke case.

Sam may be reached at samu-

el.daughety@dentons.com.

AAIA, JOINED BY OTHER NATIVE

ORGANIZATIONS AND OVER ONE

HUNDRED TRIBES, FILE AMICUS CU-

RIAE BRIEF IN IMPORTANT TEXAS

INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT CASE.

AAIA is once again at the

forefront of the struggle to

preserve the Indian Child

Welfare Act, landmark feder-

al Indian legislation that pro-

vides federal standards for

the protection of Native chil-

dren and families in state

court proceedings. AAIA’s

studies in the 1960-70s were a

central focus of the Congression-

al hearings and committee re-

ports underlying ICWA’s passage

in 1978. At Congress’s invitation,

AAIA was closely involved in the

drafting of the Act, and since

that time AAIA has continued to

work with Tribes, states, and the

federal government on ICWA

implementation. ICWA is now

widely considered the “gold

standard” for child welfare poli-

cies and practices among na-

tional organizations.

As readers are aware, ICWA has

in recent years been subject to a

series of coordinated attacks in

federal and state courts across

the country. Brought by con-

servative organizations, private

adoption agencies, and non-

Indian couples looking to adopt

Native children, these suits seek

to have ICWA and related feder-

Page 2 Spring/Summer 2018

Five Tribal nations have sued the Trump Administration in federal court in Washington, D.C., challenging Presi-

dent Trump’s attempt to revoke Bears Ears National Monument. The Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Ute Indi-

an Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe argue that the Antiquities Act empowers Presidents to

create monuments—as President Obama did when he established Bears Ears—but not to reduce their size or

abolish them—as President Trump has tried to do. The Tribal nations have also argued that President Trump’s

action violates the Administrative Procedure Act, the Property Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and separation

of powers principles. The Tribal nations’ suit has been joined to a suit brought by non-tribal organizations who

also seek to preserve Bears Ears. The Trump Administration has asked that the cases be transferred to a federal

district court in Utah, but the Tribal nations oppose the request. The case is now on hold until the judge in

Washington, D.C. resolves the question of where the case will be heard. AAIA is closely watching this case.

Tribal Challenges to President Trump’s Attack

on Bears Ears National Monuments Continue—But at a Snail’s Pace

AAIA has previously reported to you on the Safeguard

Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act, S. 1400, and its

progress through Congress. The STOP Act sets forward

two main goals: (1) facilitating the repatriation of Trib-

al cultural heritage that was obtained and is now held

in violation of an already-existing federal statute and

was then exported to another country; and (2) mak-

ing it easier for an individual who would like to volun-

tarily return Tribal cultural heritage to a Tribe with an

appropriate cultural affiliation. The STOP Act is not in-

tended to affect Native artisans’ items made for com-

mercial purposes. AAIA has gone on the record in sup-

port of the bill, submitting comments for a November

2017 Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing.

Since its hearing, the Senate Committee on Indian Af-

fairs unanimously voted the bill be reported to the

Senate favorably in a May 16, 2018 markup. Senate

advocates are now considering introducing an

amendment to improve the STOP Act’s effectiveness

based on feedback received since its introduction.

One of the most important changes the amendment

would make is authorizing the Department of the Inte-

rior to grant export certifications that allow for export

of tribal cultural heritage items that otherwise meet

the definitions in the Native American Graves Protec-

tion and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Archaeologi-

cal Resources Protection Act (ARPA), or the Antiqui-

ties Act but are not held in violation of those statutes.

Certain countries, such as France, restrict import of

cultural heritage when it is illegally exported from a

country that provides export certificates. The export

prohibition found in the STOP Act as introduced

paired with the added export certification system

accomplishes this.

One of the other important changes the amendment

would make is authorizing the President to enter into

bilateral agreements under a 1970 international trea-

ty in order to request return of Tribal cultural heritage

from other countries. This last element—authorization

of bilateral agreements—paired with the export pro-

hibition and export certification system provide the

tools necessary for the United States to utilize the 1970

international treaty to support Tribes.

Movement of this important bill will be made easier

by Tribes and Tribal organizations providing letters of

support for the proposed amendment. If you choose

to do this, you may provide your letter to AAIA, or to

Katie Klass at kklass@hobbsstraus.com and she will

deliver it to the necessary recipients.

AAIA supports the amendment now being discussed

and will provide amendment language to you as

soon as possible.

AAIA Supports Possible Amendment to the STOP Act

Volume 182 Page 3 AAIA Educates International Museums about Native American Cultural Heritage

In June, Shannon Keller O’Loughlin, AAIA’s Executive Director and citizen of the Choctaw Nation of

Oklahoma, was asked to work with museums from Austria, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Italy,

Spain and Sweden on issues concerning the protection of Native American cultural heritage and

repatriation. The program was part of the International Visitor Leadership Program at the US De-

partment of State. The group of foreign institution representatives included curators for Native

North American collections of human remains, funerary objects, cultural patrimony and sacred ob-

jects, among other items. Their educational trip about Native American cultural heritage and re-

patriation began in DC, where Shannon spent the day with the institutions, including meetings at

the US Department of the Interior and Department of State. After the group’s visit in DC, the muse-

um representatives went to Albuquerque, Santa Fe and then to South Dakota to work directly with

Tribes. Shannon reminded each foreign museum participant that the indigenous peoples they

would be interacting with may look at them as caretakers of their ancestors and cultural items, but

may also look at them as the individuals holding their ancestors and cultural items hostage. “The

issues involved in the collection of Native American ancestors and other cultural heritage are very

emotional and painful: dominant Western cultures have been responsible for dismembering Native

American cultures by ripping ancestors from their journey and turning a profit on selling religious ob-

jects and cultural patrimony. These items are still needed to carry out the beliefs and practices of

diverse Native American cultures,” Shannon informed.

Shannon invited the foreign museum representatives to attend the AAIA’s Fourth Annual Repatria-

tion Conference—Advocating for Our Ancestors, to be held at the Forest County Potawatomi Hotel

& Casino on November 13- 15, 2018, which will allow the foreign institutions and Tribes to work to-

gether towards building relationships, sharing information and returning important cultural heritage.

in Porcupine, South Dakota serv-

ing 70 Native youth up to 17

years old

Pollen Circles in Window Rock,

Arizona serving 30 – 40 Native

youth ages 4 – 23

Tiospaye Sakowin Healing Center

in Porcupine, South Dakota serv-

ing 20 Native youth from ages 11

– 17

Sisston Wahpeton Oyate of the

Lake Traverse Reservation in

Agency Village, South Dakota

serving 20 kindergarten and first

grade Native youth

Summer Youth Camp Thoreau in

Gallup, New Mexico serving 50

Native youth from ages 4 – 14

Have a great summer!

We are looking forward

to hearing about camp

adventures in September!

Keep an eye on our website for

more information.

Through the help of generous do-

nors, especially annual funding from

the Plucknett Charitable Trust, AAIA

provides seed money to Native

American summer camps that

support culture, language and

health and wellness for Native youth.

2018 Summer Camps were just

awarded!

Native Village of Tetlin in Tok,

Alaska serving 40 Native youth

ages 3 - 18

Pathkeepers in Culpepper, Vir-

ginia serving 35 - 40 Native youth

from ages 11 - 17

Wakanyeja na Teca Woapiye

Children & Youth Healing Camp

Page 4 Spring/Summer 2018

2018 Summer Camp Recipients!

Congratulations to our 2018 Graduates!

AAIA provides scholarships to graduate and undergraduate Native American students.

If a student is able to maintain their grades and stay in school full time,

AAIA will continue the scholarship throughout their educational career.

Each semester’s scholarship is currently $750 and

is supported by an endowment and contributions from donors.

Let’s give our good thoughts of CONGRATULATIONS to our new graduates!

Keith BraveHeart

Oglala Sioux Tribe

University of South Dakota

Master of Fine Arts in Painting

Jael Whitney

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Kansas State University

Bachelor degree in Marketing

Marisa Skolnick

Village of Togiak

Alaska Pacific University

MS in Counseling Psychology

Morgan Atkins

Delaware & Cherokee Tribes

Ithaca College

Bachelor of Music

A new batch of scholarship applicants are flooding the office now and we will be announcing new 2018-2019

AAIA Scholarship Recipients in August. Watch our website for more information!

AAIA is working with its partners

to create a plan and curriculum

to develop National Indian

Country Youth Advocacy

Camps. These Youth Camps

would train Native youth to use

their voices, their arts, their lan-

guage and diverse cultures to

speak out again injustices and

advocate for their interests and

the interests of those relations

that come after them.

Help AAIA pass on its 100 Years

of advocacy in Indian Country

to Native Youth!

Developing National

Indian Country Youth

Advocacy Camps!

Volume 182 Page 5

In 2022, AAIA will reach its 100th year of service to Indian Country! This is more than a sig-

nificant milestone—100 years shows the strong commitment that donors, Tribes, volunteers

and countless others have made to AAIA. To continue to remain resilient, grow further suc-

cesses and push federal Indian law and policy into a new century, AAIA has been deeply en-

gaged in strategic organizational and program planning. In order to support the capacity

needed to build advocacy and grassroots programs that directly impact the lives of all Native

Americans and Tribal governments into the next 100 years, AAIA must build a sustainable

source of operating funds.

The 100 Year Cultural Sovereignty Campaign will develop a $10 million endowment

that will provide a sustainable source of operating funds to serve Indian Country for genera-

tions to come. There are many ways that you can be a part of AAIA’s sustainability:

AAIA Legacy Council

AAIA is looking for 10 special individuals or organizations to give $250,000 every year for the

next four years (or $1 million total) to build the sustainable endowment. These 10 donors will

forever be enshrined as our “Legacy Council” and receive special benefits. To learn more,

contact Executive Director Shannon Keller O’Loughlin at Shannon.aaia@indian-affairs.org or

240-314-7155.

100 Months for 100 Years

Dedicate whatever amount you would like and commit to giving a recurring donation every

month for 100 months! This funding will go to building our sustainable endowment. You

can set up recurring payments on our website at www.indian-affairs.org/

100_year_campaign.html, or call our office.

100 Year History Project

Provide a contribution that will help us tell the 100 Years of History of how AAIA has

shaped federal Indian law and policy away from assimilation, allotment and termination,

and towards self-determination, self-sufficiency and sovereignty. We must always remem-

ber the past and use those lessons to move forward! We are in the process of reviewing our

archives and developing a book and possibly a documentary—but our success is dependent

on your interest and funding.

There has never been an opportunity to impact the lives of

Native Americans in such a powerful and lasting manner.

We hope you will join us in celebrating

and building for the next century!

Go to www. Indian-affairs.org/100_year_campaign.html

HELP AAIA BRING IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS

OF SERVICE TO INDIAN COUNTRY

Volume 182 Page 6

More Ways to Support AAIA!

You are invited to take advantage of the opportunities to become a part of the AAIA legacy of success.

BECOME A MEMBER: For $35 per year you can be a member and stay informed of AAIA's activities and other

important news pertaining to Indian Country. You will receive our bi-annual newsletter. Members may al-

so receive periodic "call for action" letters and emails regarding state or congressional action that would

adversely affect Indian Country. Membership also gives you the opportunity to vote for members of our

Board of Directors and vote for changes to our corporate charter and by-laws.

GENERAL SUPPORT: AAIA’s service in Indian Country depends on all types of donors. The day-to-day expens-

es of operations as well as the programs AAIA supports requires regular and predictable contributions

from generous Tribal, foundation, corporate and individual contributors. Such contributions are the cor-

nerstone to our foundation of success and help us provide consistent representation of the issues, as well

as deliver the results Tribes depend on over the long term. Please consider becoming a regular general

supporter each budget year.

PROJECT SPECIFIC SUPPORT: AAIA welcomes partnership opportunities with Indian Tribes, foundations, corpora-

tions, and other entities and individuals to receive grants and funding towards the achievement of spe-

cific program goals. Whether your interest is cultural resources, youth, education or other Indian Country

issue, AAIA receives project specific support, which allows AAIA to develop programs in collaboration

with those partners.

PROVIDE A CHARITABLE GIFT IN YOUR ESTATE PLANNING: If the work of AAIA is meaningful to you and your family,

you may provide for AAIA with a charitable donation or trust as one of your last wishes. A charitable do-

nation can minimize your taxable estate since charitable donations are exempt from gift taxes.

VOLUNTEER: AAIA has volunteer opportunities for public affairs, legal, accounting, and project specific ex-

pertise. Be a part of advocacy in Indian Country by donating your time and effort to changing lives on

the ground, preserving culture, and supporting strong tribal governments.

Please tear out to mail in your contribution.

AAIA Makes Its Presence Known

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE A VISIT FROM AAIA!

The Executive Director, Shannon Keller O’Loughlin, and the Board of Directors have been traveling

all over Indian Country to conferences and by invitation from Tribes and interested groups to talk

about the work AAIA does. Shannon has also been reaching out to AAIA members all over the

country. Over the last several months, we have been to Alaska, Missouri, Nevada, Arizona, Michi-

gan, Pennsylvania, Colorado, California, Oregon, Wisconsin, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island!

ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS Protecting Sovereignty ◦ Preserving Culture

Educating Youth ◦ Building Capacity

SINCE 1922

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With your gift of $35 or more, you also become a MEMBER of AAIA, and will

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Thank you for your

continued giving.

Please contact us to

see how you can

leave a

lasting legacy!

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AAIA CURRENT PROGRAMS—THIS IS WHAT CULTURAL SOVEREIGNTY LOOKS LIKE!

Protection of sacred sites, traditional cultural properties and archaeological sites

Provide litigation support

Technical assistance and training of tribal THPOs, and other interested organizations

Building appropriate collaborative relationships between Tribes and development industries

Educate the public about the importance of protecting our sacred sites

Working with other Tribal organizations to develop coalition and strength of position

Domestic and international repatriation of ancestors, their burial items, sacred and cultural objects

Fourth Annual Repatriation Conference—Advocating for our Ancestors, will be held November 13-15,

2018 at Forest County Potawatomi Hotel & Casino

Supports the Repatriation Working Group – a group of Tribal leaders, Tribal practitioners, Tribal spiritual

leaders, museums, academics and attorneys to support domestic and international repatriation work and

progress current law and policy

Technical assistance and training of tribal repatriation staff on matters of NAGPRA, theft, and other

domestic and international repatriation issues

Watch dog on domestic and international auctions

Public and national advocacy, and litigation support

Indian children and youth programs and research

Adoption project research developing information and strategy to deal with diverse state adoption

laws, policies and incentives that may be contrary to ICWA

Continue to promote ICWA through public, government and tribal education opportunities

Work with other child welfare agencies to promote ICWA

Work with other juvenile justice organizations to promote alternatives to Native youth incarceration

that are founded on traditional and cultural values

Support Native youth summer camps to promote culture, language and health

Develop Native youth summer programs that teach about advocacy

Educational opportunities

Provide undergraduate and graduate scholarships to Native students from federal recognized and

non-federally recognized Tribes

Provide Cultural Sovereignty Fellowships to recent graduates to work with AAIA programs

Provide internships to high school and college students – and other volunteers – that seek to promote

AAIA programs

Other issues of Cultural Sovereignty

Federal acknowledgement policies

Recognizing and honoring Elders and Cultural Sovereignty Protectors

Protecting and preserving languages

Public education about Indian Country

Other issues as needed

96th Annual Membership

Meeting and Event AAIA’s 96th Annual Membership

Meeting, Reception and Event will

be held on November 15, 1990,

6:00 pm, at the Forest County Pota-

watomi Hotel & Casino in Milwau-

kee, Wisconsin. Please be sure you

keep your eye peeled to our

webpage and social media for the

agenda!

AAIA Notes

AAIA’s Repatriation Working Group The Repatriation Working Group is

open to Tribal leadership, Tribal practi-

tioners and spiritual leaders, and invit-

ed academics, lawyers and museums.

The purpose of the Working Group is to

direct AAIA’s policy and program de-

velopment for repatriation, and to

give a space where issues can be dis-

cussed to support repatriation.

Juvenile Justice—Alternatives to Incarceration for Native Youth AAIA will soon release its report, “Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative: Ex-

amining How JDAI Sites Interact with Native Youth and Tribes.” The report was

developed in partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to analyze

whether state and local JDAI sites interact with Native youth and Tribes, pro-

vide cultural programs or seek out Tribal services for Native youth.

AAIA Board of Directors AAIA’s Board of Directors has

been meeting regularly this

year, with its last face-to-face

meeting held on June 27. The

Board is taking charge of all

the important work of the or-

ganization and planning for

the future! AAIA just named a

new Board member to fill a

vacant opening. Joseph

Daniels, Sr. is the Treasurer of

the Forest County Potawato-

mi Tribe, and serves as the

Tribe’s NAGPRA liaison. Treas-

urer Daniels will be nominat-

ed at the 96th Annual Mem-

bership meeting.

and evidence—including traditional

experts to bring our Ancestors, their

burial items, sacred and cultural

patrimony home.

Please mark your calendars and

plan to attend if you are:

• Tribal leaders, elders, practition-

ers and traditionalists

• Tribal Historic Preservation Offic-

ers and Cultural Resources Staff

• Government agencies

• Museum curators and officials

from the US and foreign institutions

• Lawyers

• Arts and Antiquities Profession-

als

• Youth and Students

ADVOCATING FOR OUR ANCESTORS,

will utilize the expertise of indigenous

practitioners and leaders from Indian

Country and around the world, as

well as federal government officials,

and domestic and foreign institutions

to consult and strategize on how to

advocate for the return of Ancestors

and cultural items held by public

and private hands or located on

public or private lands from the US

and around the world.

This year’s Conference is 3 days and

will provide strategies and tools re-

garding NAGPRA Repatriation, nego-

tiating with private entities domesti-

cally and internationally; and under-

standing how to best use experts

966 Hungerford Drive, Ste. 30-A

Rockville, Maryland 20850

240-314-7155

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AMERICAN INDIAN

AFFAIRS

Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter

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REGISTRATION—SPONSORSHIP—PANEL PROPOSALS

are OPEN!

2018 Fourth Annual Repatriation Conference

ADVOCATING FOR OUR ANCESTORS November 13-15, 2018

Forest County Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

DONATE AT

www.indian-affairs.org

AAIA is thankful for your support!

Protect the next 100 Years of CULTURAL SOVEREIGNTY

with your donation TODAY!