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The Annual AISES National Conference is a unique, three-day event focusing on educational, professional, and workforce development for Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies and careers.

Together we can bring our relatives home — the purpose of this Indian Child Welfare Gathering is to address American Indian adoption and foster care issues. Join tribal leaders and staff, case workers, NC court officials, Guardian Ad Litem staff, Commission of Indian Affairs staff and others to help our indigenous children.

Hosted by the North Carolina Department of Transportation in collaboration with the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs, this event aims to foster economic development opportunities within the Division 6 area located near the Waccamaw Siouan, Lumbee Tribe, and Coharie tribal areas.

Highlights of the event include:

At NCAI's 2024 Mid Year Convention & Marketplace, attendees will have the opportunity to work collaboratively to protect and enhance tribal sovereignty. This will be an in-person convention, which will take place in Cherokee, NC at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort. Tribal leaders, NCAI members, Native youth, and partners from across Indian Country will gather to embark upon a new era of Nation-to-Nation engagement, which will include: proactive strategy development, advocacy, and much more.

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Artists in the exhibition include Marcus Amerman (Choctaw), Jackie Larson Bread (Blackfeet), Orlando Dugi (Navajo), Anita Fields (Osage), Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Choctaw), Dorothy Grant (Haida), Raven Halfmoon (Caddo), Allan Houser (Fort Sill Apache), Kenneth Johnson (Muscogee/Seminole), Gloria Tara Lowery (Lumbee), Senora Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi), Jamie Okuma (Luiseño/Shoshone e-Bannock/Wailaki/Okinawan), Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), Rose B.

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