\n TRIBA L UNITY IMPACT DAYS EVENTS
\n\n Tribal Leader Briefing
\n Tuesday\, Septem
ber 10
\n 8:30 a.m. &ndash\; 1:00 p.m. EDT
\n Dirksen Senate Offi
ce Building &ndash\; Room 628\, Washington\, DC 20510
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\n The Impact Days&rsquo\; Tribal Leader Briefing is a great oppo rtunity to hear from members of Congress regarding the work they are doing for Indian Country and for tribal leaders to advocate for tribal priorities on Capitol Hill.
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\n Check-in for this event will begin at 8:30 a.m. The event will start at 9:00 a.m. and tentatively end at 1:00 p.m.
\n\n To register\, please click here.
\n\n Note: This registration for m does not send a confirmation email.
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\n A draft agenda is included below:
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\n NCAI Contact< /b>: Brittany Habbart\, Wilma Mankiller Fellow\, bhabbart@ncai.org
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\n Violence Against Women Act 25t
h Anniversary Reception
\n Tuesday\, September 10
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6:00 &ndash\; 7:30 p.m. EDT
\n National Indian Gaming Association\, 22
4 2nd St SE\, Washington\, DC 20003 \;
\n NCAI and the National
Indian Gaming Association will be co-hosting a reception in recognition of
the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Violence Against Women Act (VAW
A).
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\n Reserve your spot he
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\n Hill Meetings
\n September 10 - 11
\n Tuesday\, 1:30 &ndash\; 6:00
p.m. EDT
\n Wednesday\, ALL DAY
\n During Impact days\, NCAI c
onducts hill visits on key priority issues. Interested attendees are welcom
e to join these meetings on the following issues and will receive a briefin
g packet:
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; Advance Appropriations &\; Budget
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\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Restoring Tribal Homela
nds (Clean Carcieri Fix)
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\; \; \; \; VAWA
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nbsp\; \; \; \; Infrastructure
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nbsp\; \; \; \; \; \; Opposition to S. 440\, the PACED
Act
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\; Health
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; \; Cultural Protection
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nbsp\; \; \; \; Must-Pass Tribal Bills
\n o \; \; Tribal HUD-VASH &ndash\; S. 257 &\; H.R.
2999
\n o \; \; Esther Martinez Reauthorization &ndash\; H.R.
912 &\; S.256
\n o \; \; Progress Act &ndash\; S. 209 &\
; H.R. 2031
\n o \; \; Indian Community Economic Enhancement A
ct &ndash\; S. 212 &\; H.R. 1937
\n o \; \; Native American
Business Incubators Act &ndash\; S. 294 &\; H.R. 1900
\n If you r delegation expressed interest in a topic during registration\, a member o f the NCAI staff may invite you to join their meeting. Outside of planned e vents\, all attendees are encouraged to schedule additional Hill visits on issues impacting your respective nations.
\n\n Twenty-Five Years of VAWA: Honoring our Native Women Surviv
ors
\n Wednesday\, September 11
\n 12:00 &ndash\;
12:45 p.m. EDT
\n House Triangle at the U.S. Capitol (Outside of the
Capitol at the southeast corner of the Capitol grounds near the Capitol Vis
itors Center. You do not need to enter the building or go through security.
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\n NCAI and the National Indigenous Women&rsquo\;s Resource Cente
r will co-host this event on the Capitol grounds to honor Native women surv
ivors of violence. House Native American Caucus Co-Chairs\, Deb Haaland and
Tom Cole will attend this event.
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\n\n HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
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\n\n The Henley Park Hotel
\n 926 Massachusetts
Ave NW
\n Washington\, DC 20001
\n Room Rate: 15% off hotel'\
;s best available rate online
\n Cut off date: Open and subject to ava
ilability
\n To reserve online\, \;<
b>click here
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Washington Plaza Hotel
\n 10 Thomas Circle NW
\n Washingt
on\, DC 20005
\n Room Rate: $269.00/night plus tax
\n Cut off dat
e: Monday\, August 12\, 2019. Reservations made after this date are subject
to availability.
\n To book by phone\, call 800-424-1140 and referenc
e "\;NCAI Impact Days."\; To reserve online\, \;click
\;here.
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