This page lists the resolutions considered at NCAI's 2014 Annual Convention. For more information about the resolutions process, visit the NCAI resolution home page.
| Res. # | Action | Title/Content | Submitted By | Committee | Subcmt |
| ATL-14-001 | Passed | Support Bureau of Indian Education Inclusion to All Tribes | Ukallaysaaq Okleasik | Human Resources | Education |
| ATL-14-002 | Passed | Support for the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act | Sherry L. Rupert | Economic, Finance, and Community Development | Economic Development, Finance, & Employment |
| ATL-14-003 | Passed | Support for the Permanent Reauthorization of the Special Diabetes Programs for Indians | Aaron Payment | Human Resources | Health |
| ATL-14-004 | Passed | Supporting Traditional Peacemaking and Incorporation into Tribal Justice Systems | Erma Vizenor | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-005 | Passed | Request to Obama Administration for Full and Permanent Funding of the Historic Preservation Fund | Leonard Forsman, Chairman | Litigation and Governance | Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns |
| ATL-14-006 | Tabled | Request to Obama Administration for Full and Permanent Funding of the Historic Preservation Fund | Fawn Sharp | Litigation and Governance | Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns |
| ATL-14-007 | Passed | Social Security Benefits | James DeLaCruz | Human Resources | Elders |
| ATL-14-008 | Passed | To Support the Swift Enactment of the Federal Subsistence Board Proposed Amendments to Determine Rural Community Status under Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act | Sylvia Banie | Land and Natural Resources | Trust Lands, Natural Resources, and Agriculture |
| ATL-14-009 | Passed | Supporting Return of the Valles Caldera to the Pueblo of Jemez | Joshua Madalena, Governor, Pueblo of Jemez | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-010 | Passed | Urging Government-to-Government Consultation between the FirstNet Authority and Tribal Nations | Loris Taylor, President & CEO, Native Public Media | Economic, Finance, and Community Development | Technology and Telecom |
| ATL-14-011 | Passed | Urging the U.S. Secretary of Education to Take Substantive Action Regarding Schools with “Native” Sports Stereotypes | Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee) | Litigation and Governance | Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns |
| ATL-14-012 | Passed | Support for Continued Federal Recognition of the Eastern Pequot Nation and Removal of Third Party Veto from Proposed Final Recognition Process | Dennis Jenkins | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-013 | Passed | Enact a Technical Amendment to Remove the “Kiddie Tax” Penalty from Transfers of Tribal Funds to Tribal Children and College Students | Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) | Litigation and Governance | Taxation |
| ATL-14-014 | Passed | Support for Legislation Authorizing Federal Financial Support for the Construction, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Authorized Indian Irrigation and Related Water Projects | Southern Ute Indian Tribe | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-015 | Passed | Urgent Need for Congress to Promptly Pass the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Amendments Act of 2014 (S.919 and H.R. 4546) | Melanie Benjamin | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-016 | Withdrawn | Reaffirmation of Tribal Government Trust Lands | Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Robert McGhee | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-017 | Passed | Call for Alaska Native Self-Determination in the Management of Their Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, And Gathering Rights and Resources | Victor Joseph, Tanana Chiefs Conference | Land and Natural Resources | Trust Lands, Natural Resources, and Agriculture |
| ATL-14-018 | Passed | Protection of Alaska Native Traditional Resource Management Practices | Victor Joseph, Tanana Chiefs Conference | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-019 | Passed | Reduction of Chinook and Chum Salmon Bycatch in The Bering Sea Pollock Fishery | Victor Joseph, Tanana Chiefs Conference | Land and Natural Resources | Trust Lands, Natural Resources, and Agriculture |
| ATL-14-020 | Withdrawn | Supporting Department of the Interior Proposed Regulatory Change to Permit the Secretary of the Interior to Receive and Consider Applications from Alaska Tribes to have Tribal Lands Accepted into Trust Status | Victor Joseph, Tanana Chiefs Conference | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-021 | Withdrawn | Urging Congress to Enact S. 1474, The Alaska Safe Families And Villages Act | Victor Joseph, Tanana Chiefs Conference | Litigation and Governance | Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns |
| ATL-14-022 | Passed | Urging the Federal Government to Safeguard Tribal First Foods | Kathryn Brigham, Secretary, Board of Trustees of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | Land and Natural Resources | Trust Lands, Natural Resources, and Agriculture |
| ATL-14-023 | Passed | Implementation of H.R. 3043, Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act by U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service | Jason Giles | Litigation and Governance | Taxation |
| ATL-14-024 | Passed | Support for S. 2440, “the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Act,” and Needed Amendments to Address Indian Energy Development | Chairman Gordon Howell, Ute Indian Tribe | Land and Natural Resources | Energy and Mineral Policy |
| ATL-14-025 | Passed | Amending the Alaska-Specific Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act to Include All Federally Recognized Tribes and Afford Flexibility in the Design of Tribally Administered TANF Programming | Victor Joseph, Tanana Chiefs Conference | Human Resources | Indian Child and Family Welfare |
| ATL-14-026 | Passed | Call to Begin Education and Healing From Historical and Intergenerational Trauma | Erma Vizenor | Litigation and Governance | Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns |
| ATL-14-027 | Passed | Support for Tribes Participating in the Indian Health Service Joint Venture Construction Program to Receive Funding for the Projects in the Same or Immediately Subsequent Fiscal Year in which the Tribes’ Joint Venture Agreements are approved | Seth Pearman | Human Resources | Health |
| ATL-14-028 | Passed | Support for the Reauthorization of the Family Violence Prevention Services Act Inclusive of Increased FVPSA Funding, an Increased Tribal Set-Aside, Inclusion of Tribal Domestic Violence Coalitions, and Development of a Native Hotline/Helpline | Juana Majel-Dixon | Litigation and Governance | Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns |
| ATL-14-029 | Tabled | Support Economic Development in Indian Country Through Enactment of Tribal Amendments to MAP-21 Highway Bill | Economic, Finance, and Community Development | Transportation and Infrastructure | |
| ATL-14-030 | Passed | Require Tribal Consultation by the Department of the Interior’s Indian Business Center for Indirect Cost Rate Policy Changes | Courtney Ruark | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-031 | Passed | Supporting EPA Promulgation of Surface Water Quality Standards for States that Fail to Adopt Standards that Adequately Protect Tribal People Who Practice Subsistence Lifeways | Carle Merkle | Land and Natural Resources | Environmental Protection and Land Use |
| ATL-14-032 | Passed | Calling for Protection of Native Peoples’ Sacred Places, Sacred Objects and Ancestors under United States, Native Nations and International Law, Policy and Practice | Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee) | Litigation and Governance | Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns |
| ATL-14-033 | Passed | For the United States, Including the Federal Agency Managing Hanford Nuclear Reservation, to Recognize a Reversionary Interest or a First Right of Refusal Vested in Tribes when the Federal Government Seeks to Sell or Convey Title to Indigenous Lands It Holds | Terry Goudy Rambler | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-034 | Passed | Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Prevention and Control | Travis Lane | Human Resources | Health |
| ATL-14-035 | Passed | General Support for Bureau of Indian Affairs Rights-of-Way on Indian Land Proposed Regulations | Gordon Howell | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-036 | Passed | Support of Federal Funding for Long Term Services and Support Authorized by Section 205 (b) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) | Vernon Miller | Human Resources | Health |
| ATL-14-037 | Passed | Support for Congress to Request Studies Concerning Emergency Management and Response in Tribal Nations | Sara Jane Smallwood | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-038 | Passed | Support of Federal Appeal on State Attempt to Significantly Narrow the Federal Definition of Indian Country | Gordon Howell | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-039 | Passed | Supporting the Utilization of U.S. Census Data for Updating the Johnson-O’Malley Student Count | Carla Mann | Human Resources | Education |
| ATL-14-040 | Passed | To Oppose the $66.5 Million Default by the Barron Collier Companies on its Debt Owed to the United States for Indian Education and to Urge the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Congress to Take All Actions Necessary to Recover or Replace these Funds for the Benefit of Indian Education in Arizona | Travis Lane | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-041 | Tabled | To Support the Creation of a Tribal/Federal Task Force to Study the Funding Constraints of the Bureau of Indian Education and Formulate Next Steps | Fawn Sharp | Human Resources | Education |
| ATL-14-042 | Tabled | Support to Amend the Government Performance and Results Act Measures Utilized By the Office of Indian Education | Fawn Sharp | Human Resources | Education |
| ATL-14-043 | Passed | Haskell Indian Nations University Feasibility Study | Fawn Sharp | Human Resources | Education |
| ATL-14-044 | Passed | Support to Promote the Education of Migratory Children Accountable For Native Students | Fawn Sharp | Human Resources | Education |
| ATL-14-045 | Passed | Fully Fund Contract Support Costs (CSC) Funding in FY 2015 and Future Appropriations | Fawn Sharp | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-046 | Passed | Urging Housing and Urban Development and Department of Labor to Suspend Application of Recent Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations in Indian Country until Tribal Consultation Takes Place | Fawn Sharp | Economic, Finance, and Community Development | Housing |
| ATL-14-047 | Passed | Request Statutory Language Amendment to Increase Allocation for Indian Community Development Block Program | Fawn Sharp | Economic, Finance, and Community Development | Housing |
| ATL-14-048 | Passed | Tribal Access to Criminal Background Database Information for Civil Purposes | Fawn Sharp | Human Resources | Indian Child and Family Welfare |
| ATL-14-048B | Passed | Tribal Access to Criminal Databases for Criminal and VAWA 2013 Process | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government | |
| ATL-14-049 | Passed | Support for the Intertribal Buffalo Council in Yellowstone Buffalo Matters | Fawn Sharp | Land and Natural Resources | Trust Lands, Natural Resources, and Agriculture |
| ATL-14-050 | Passed | Support the Wildfire Disaster Funding Legislation | Fawn Sharp | Land and Natural Resources | Trust Lands, Natural Resources, and Agriculture |
| ATL-14-051 | Tabled | Urging the Federal Government to Safeguard Tribal First Foods | Fawn Sharp | Land and Natural Resources | Trust Lands, Natural Resources, and Agriculture |
| ATL-14-052 | Tabled | Fiduciary Protocol for American Indian Veterans and Process of the Veterans Administration and Tribal Government Programs | Fawn Sharp | Veterans | |
| ATL-14-053 | Tabled | Recognition of Tribal Veteran Representatives and Tribal Governments to the Department of Veteran Affairs Administration; RE: Sec. 624 & 625; S. 1950 | Fawn Sharp | Veterans | |
| ATL-14-054 | Passed | Supporting Amendments to Voting Rights Act to Ensure Access to the Vote in Indian Country | Brian Cladoosby | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-055 | Passed | Gerontology and Geriatric Research to Benefit American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Elders and Tribes | Eddie Tullis | Human Resources | Health |
| ATL-14-056 | Passed | Medicaid Asset Recovery Exemption for American Indian/Alaska Natives | Eddie Tullis | Human Resources | Elders |
| ATL-14-057 | Passed | Support for a National American Indian/Alaska Native Hearing on Aging | Eddie Tullis | Human Resources | Elders |
| ATL-14-058 | Budget Taskforce | NICOA Elders Oppose Cuts in Title V Funding | Eddie Tullis | Human Resources | Elders |
| ATL-14-059 | Passed | Request for Comparable Equity between Title III State Services and Title VI Tribal Services | Eddie Tullis | Human Resources | Elders |
| ATL-14-060 | to be acted upon | NICOA Elders Request Long Term Care Funding | Eddie Tullis | Human Resources | Health |
| ATL-14-061 | Tabled | NICOA Elders Support Dental Therapy for all American Indian Rural Areas | Eddie Tullis | Human Resources | Health |
| ATL-14-062 | Passed | Support Medicaid Expansion for Every State | Eddie Tullis | Human Resources | Health |
| ATL-14-063 | Passed | Support the Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act | Eddie Tullis | Human Resources | Elders |
| ATL-14-064 | Passed | Support Social Security Administration Consultation with Tribal Governments Prior to Closure of Any Field Offices | Eddie Tullis | Human Resources | Elders |
| ATL-14-065 | Passed | Support for Modernization Legislation of the Supplemental Security Income Program | Eddie Tullis | Human Resources | Elders |
| ATL-14-066 | Passed | Support Workforce Training Programs in the Field of Energy Development and Community Development | CJ Stewart | Economic, Finance, and Community Development | Economic Development, Finance, & Employment |
| ATL-14-067 | Passed | Supporting United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/69/2: Outcome Document of the High-Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly Known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and Calling on the UN, Member States, and Indigenous Governments to Implement Decisions Therein | Lt. Gov Jefferson Keel | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-068 | Passed | Support for the Establishment of Cooperative Relationships Regarding International Institutions Housing Native American Human Remains, Funerary Objects, and Items of Cultural Patrimony | Aaron Payment | Litigation and Governance | Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns |
| ATL-14-069 | Tabled | U.S. Dept. HHS and Tribal Leaders Establish a Committee to Study the True Level of Funding for Indian Health Service to Provide Healthcare to American Indians and Alaskan Natives (“from cradle to grave”) | Frederick Rundlet | Human Resources | Health |
| ATL-14-070 | Tabled | GAO Comprehensive Study of Indian Health Service’s RPMS and HER | Frederick Rundlet | Human Resources | Health |
| ATL-14-071 | Tabled | To Support the Reauthorization of Title VIII as Part of the Overall Reauthorization of NAHASDA Programs | Shawn Pensoneau | Economic, Finance, and Community Development | Housing |
| ATL-14-072 | Tabled | Support for Fully Funding Contract Support Costs without Cuts to Services | Stacy Bohlen | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-073 | Passed | Establish an American Indian/Alaska Native Exemption Application Customer Service Unit | Stacy Bohlen | Human Resources | Health |
| ATL-14-074 | Passed | Establish an American Indian/Alaska Native Affordable Care Act Call Center | Stacy Bohlen | Human Resources | Health |
| ATL-14-075 | Tabled | Support for the Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act | Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-076 | Passed | Calling on the Federal Communications Commission to Engage in Tribal Consultation Regarding Proposed Reforms to the High Cost Loop Support Mechanism in the Universal Service Fund | Belinda Nelson | Economic, Finance, and Community Development | Technology and Telecommunications |
| ATL-14-077 | Passed | Calling on Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to Elevate the Office of Native Affairs and Policy to a Stand-Alone Office at the Federal Communications Commission | Matthew Rantanen | Economic, Finance, and Community Development | Technology and Telecom |
| ATL-14-078 | Passed | Reaffirming Support for Passage of the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014 | Brian Gunn | Land and Natural Resources | Energy and Mineral Policy |
| ATL-14-079 | Passed | Support for Congressional Oversight Concerning the Bureau of Indian Education Restructuring and Blueprint for Reform | Human Resources | Education | |
| ATL-14-080 | Passed | Support for NCAI, in Conjunction with NIEA and Other Educational Associations, to Evaluate of the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education | Human Resources | Education | |
| ATL-14-081 | Passed | Honoring the Life and Legislative Recommendations of Kaagoowu, The Late Dr. William Demmert, by Supporting the Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act | Human Resources | Education | |
| ATL-14-082 | Passed | To Protect Transboundary Rivers in the Alaska/British Columbia Region by Requesting the United States to Implement the Boundary Waters Treaty through International Joint Commision (IJC) Involvement | John Morris | Land and Natural Resources | Environmental Protection and Land Use |
| ATL-14-083 | Passed | Supporting the Pueblo of Pojoaque and asking the Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to uphold IGRA and the Secretarial Procedures | Danielle Her Many Horses | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government |
| ATL-14-084 | Passed | Recommendations for Addressing the State of Emergency in Federal Underfunding of the Trust Responsibility | Litigation and Governance | Jurisdiction and Tribal Government | |
| ATL-14-085 | Tabled | Trust Reform Priority Issues | Land and Natural Resources | Trust Lands, Natural Resources, and Agriculture | |
| ATL-14-086 | Tabled | Establishing a Tribal Trade Corporation | Executive | ||
| ATL-14-087 | Passed | Call for Federal Entities to Take Actions on Sacred “Sites” Memorandum of Understanding | Suzan Shown Harjo | Litigation and Governance | Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns |
| ATL-14-088 | Passed | Seeking a Just Result and Final Resting Place for Jim Thorpe, in Accordance with His Express Wishes | Suzan Shown Harjo | Litigation and Governance | Human, Religious, and Cultural Concerns |