• "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

  • New Release: Video Coverage of the Alaska Tribal Government Symposium 2016

    New Release: Video Coverage of the Alaska Tribal Government Symposium 2016

    Hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Tribal Management Program and the Tanana Chiefs Conference

  • Publication Announcement: Data As A Strategic Resource

    Publication Announcement: Data As A Strategic Resource

    By our Associate Director: Stephanie Carroll Rainie, et al.

  • "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

Latest NNI News

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Indigenous Governance Program Tribal Professionals Cohort 2018
July 26, 2017
Tribal Professionals Cohort 2017 member, Tiger Brown Bull, shares his experience of January in Tucson...
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NNI at the NCAI Mid Year Meeting
July 26, 2017
NNI staff presents "What is Native nation building and how does tribal child welfare fit in?," "Indigenous Nation Data Governance: Data for Nation Rebuilding," and "Laying the Groundwork: Why Tribes Need Data & Research."
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2017 Udall Foundation Native American Congressional Internship Is Underway
July 26, 2017
Interns from 8 native nations are currently working in the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and various executive branch agencies..
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Policy Brief: Data Governance For Native Nation Rebuilding
May 31, 2017
Native nations in the United States are increasingly exercising Indigenous data sovereignty (ID-Sov)— the right of a nation to govern the collection, ownership, and application of its own data. While ID-Sov is the goal, data governance— the ownership, collection, control,…
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Project Youth ACT 2017 Applications Now Open
May 29, 2017
Project Youth ACT (Agents of Change within Tribes) is a summer workshop designed to support Indigenous youth advocating for social justice and change within their communities.