• "Where are the models? What are other nations doing out there? We need to know if it's working and how we can use it."

    - Joan Timeche, Executive Director

  • “January in Tucson [an NNI education program] participants should expect to be mesmerized, amazed, and motivated to take action.”

    “January in Tucson [an NNI education program] participants should expect to be mesmerized, amazed, and motivated to take action.”

    -Desirie Wilson, Administrative Officer, Red Lake Nation

  • NEW TRIBAL SERVICES VIDEO:

    Shot on location at Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, Spring 2018.

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  • "Our [NNI] job is to provide people with the things they need to make positive change in Indian country."

    - Stephen Cornell, Faculty Chair

  • "[NNI education programs] gives me insight in different ways of how to govern… with one goal in mind and that is to protect our land, protect our culture, and most of all, most importantly, protect our people."

    - Rosa J. Long, Cocopah Tribal Councilwoman, Cocopah Indian Tribe

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Native Women in Governance Videos Published
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A major highlight of this year’s January in Tucson included the addition of a speaker series funded by University of Arizona's Commission on the Status of Women. The Indigenous Governance Program was excited to host three remarkable women for Native Women in Governance Speaker…
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International Advisory Council Winter 2018 Meeting
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Another Successful January in Tucson Comes to a Close
February 20, 2019
The Native Nations Institute (NNI) welcomed 74 participants from around the world to this year’s January in Tucson (JIT), a three-week, intensive Indigenous governance education session offered by the University of Arizona’s Indigenous Governance Program (IGP). IGP, is a joint...…
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NNI Welcomes Kyra James
February 20, 2019
​Kyra James (Navajo Nation/Diné) joined Native Nations Institute in December as the new student office and project assistant. James is a senior at the University of Arizona majoring in Family Studies and Human Development, with a minor in Anthropology. In her coursework, she has…
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Rainie and Rodriguez-Lonebear Travel to Botswana to Further Indigenous Data Sovereignty Research and Knowledge
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Native Nations Institute Associate Director Stephanie Carroll Rainie (Ahtna Athabascan) attended International Data Week International Data Week (IDW) in Gaborone, Botswana. Rainie, a Co-Chair for the Research Data Alliance's...