Explainer

Public Radio at Risk: What’s at Stake for Tribal and Rural Communities

July 10, 2025  /  Kennedy Satterfield and Morgan Gray

In rural Tribal communities across the United States, public radio is more than a source of news and entertainment; it's a lifeline. These stations…

Broadband  Spectrum Sovereignty  Tribal Digital Sovereignty

Explainer

Explainer: Annual Appropriations Process for the Executive Branch Budget

June 25, 2025  /  Morgan Gray

The federal budget consists of both mandatory and discretionary spending. Mandatory spending, such as the annual costs of programs like Social…

Governance

Explainer

Explainer: Competing House and Senate Wireless Spectrum Provisions in the Budget Act Could Affect Tribal Broadband Access

June 25, 2025  /   Morgan Gray, Sr. Policy Analyst & Dr. Traci Morris, Executive Director

Congress is actively working to finalize this year’s federal budget bill, referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act). The Act reflects…

Broadband  Spectrum Sovereignty  Tribal Digital Sovereignty

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: NCAI and Tribal Organizations Submit Comments to FCC Endorsing a Tribal Licensing Window for Upcoming AWS-3 Wireless Spectrum Auction

June 10, 2025  /  Morgan Gray

On February 28, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding its upcoming AWS-3 spectrum…

Legislation  Leadership

Capacity Building

ILA Alumni Asheli Mann-Lofthouse: Using Cultural Values to Drive Systems Change

June 10, 2025  /  Kristen Talbert

The American Indian Policy Institute’s Indigenous Leadership Academy (ILA) is currently supporting its second cohort. Community members and…

ILA  Leadership  NDNLed  Indian Country  Sovereignty

Explainer

Cultural Sovereignty in Practice: Recognizing the Right to Wear Regalia at Graduation

May 1, 2025  /  Brooke Curleyhair

Across the country, American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students, citizens of sovereign Tribal Nations, are reaching an incredible…

Education Policy

Explainer

Policy Explainer: The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Upholding the Federal Trust Responsibility as Applied by Arizona State University

April 15, 2025  /  Dr. Traci Morris, PhD and Brooke Curleyhair, Research Analyst

This brief follows up on the recent AIPI Policy Explainer: Federal Trust Responsibility and Higher Education, which clarified the status of programs…

Legislation  Governance  Sovereignty  Education Policy

Explainer

Policy Explainer: Federal Trust Responsibility and Higher Education

April 15, 2025  /  Dr. Traci Morris, PhD and Brooke Curleyhair, Research Analyst

  This explainer clarifies the status of programs supporting American Indian students in higher education in response to recent legal and…

Legislation  Governance  Sovereignty  Education Policy

Podcast

Dr. Morris interview on Native Edge Podcast

March 6, 2025  /  

Dr. Traci Morris spoke on the National Center's Native Edge podcast, hosted by Chris James and Nicole Watson. Dr. Morris is the Executive Director…