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DESCRIPTION:<div style="margin-bottom: 15pt\;">\n<div>The National Congress
  of American Indians (NCAI) - in partnership with regional intertribal orga
 nizations\, tribal nations\, and other national tribal organizations - invi
 tes tribal leaders and tribal advocates to the 2014 Tribal Unity Gathering 
 and Legislative Impact Days on Tuesday&nbsp\;September 16&nbsp\;&amp\; Wedn
 esday September17\, 2014. The Tribal Leader Briefing will be held September
  16\, 2014&mdash\;in Room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building&mdash\;
 with coffee/registration at 8:30am and remarks beginning at 9:00am. During 
 the morning briefing\, members of Congress and the Administration speak on 
 their commitments and priorities towards furthering the federal trust respo
 nsibility and policy analysts will brief attendees on the current state of 
 each legislative issue area.&nbsp\; Following the briefing\, tribal leaders
  and representatives are encouraged to meet with their Congressional delega
 tions to encourage enactment of these important pieces of legislation durin
 g the remainder of this Congress.</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>The Triba
 l Unity Impact gathering will address several important issues affecting In
 dian Country:</div>\n<div>&middot\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Tribal Homelands/Land Restoration (<i>Carcieri</i>)</div>\
 n<div>&middot\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Vot
 ing Rights</div>\n<div>&middot\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&
 nbsp\;&nbsp\; Tribal Tax Policy</div>\n<div>&middot\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&
 nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Tribal Self Governance</div>\n<div>&midd
 ot\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Native Languag
 es</div>\n<div>&middot\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&n
 bsp\; Reauthorization of Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determ
 ination Act</div>\n<div>&middot\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 &nbsp\;&nbsp\; Update on the Federal Budget &amp\; Appropriations</div>\n<d
 iv>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>Please join us for a Press Conference immediately fo
 llowing the Tribal Unity Days Briefing. NCAI and tribal leadership will be 
 joined by our partners in the civil rights community and Members of Congres
 s to discuss ongoing efforts related to the Change the Mascot Campaign. The
  Press Conference will be held in the Senate Committee Indian Affairs Heari
 ng Room&mdash\;Senate Dirksen Building Room 628&mdash\;from 12:00 p.m. to 1
 :00 p.m.&rdquo\;</div>\n<div>Tribal Unity Impact Days occurs in the fall of
  each year to provide tribes an opportunity to coordinate a unified voice a
 round key issues in Washington\, and most importantly to make Indian Countr
 y's presence felt in the halls of Congress and across the Administration. T
 his year\, it will be important for tribal leaders and representatives to h
 ear from Congress and meet with their delegations as we try to pass importa
 nt legislation in the remaining days of this Congress.</div>\n<p class="def
 ault">&nbsp\;</p>\n<div>For more information contact Denise Desiderio: emai
 l&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:ddesiderio@ncai.org">ddesiderio@ncai.org</a> or cal
 l 202.466.7767.</div>\n</div>
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SUMMARY:Tribal Unity Impact Days 2014
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