Current News and Information


ACET - Comments on Repetitioning the Office of Federal Acknowledgment - Posted October 9, 2024

ACET Statement on the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel - Posted December 11, 2023

"I Want You To Be A Colonized Indian" ACET handout during the 2023 NCAI Annual convention successfully opposing the proposed amendment to the NCAI constitution that would exclude state recognized tribes - Posted November 8, 2023

Comments by ACET Gen. Sec. J. R. Norwood to SCIA Listening Session on IACA - Posted April 26, 2023

ACET & AAIA Letter on the 2023 Proposed Changes to the Indian Arts & Crafts Act - Posted April 14, 2023

ACET & AAIA Additional Comments on NAGPRA Policy - Posted February 6, 2023

Comments on Proposed Rule to Ban Federal Acknowledgment Repetitioning - Posted July 10, 2022

Statement Of Condemnation On The Invasion Of Ukraine - Posted April 20, 2022

Listening Session on Implementation of Federal Agencies’ MOU on Protection of Sacred Sites - Posted April 20, 2022

ACET Comments to DOI and BIA on the Consultation Policy - Posted January 7, 2022

ACET Comments to the BIA on the Boarding School Initiative - Posted January 7, 2022

ACET & AAIA NAGPRA Regulations Comments - Posted October 13, 2021

Decolonizing the Mindset Brochure - Posted October 13, 2021  (a joint project with ASU Indian Legal Clinic)

Decolonizing the Mindset White Paper - Posted October 13, 2021 (a joint project with ASU Indian Legal Clinic)

Virginia Tribes Recognition — Jan 30, 2018 9:25:04 PM

Pocahontas and the President — Nov 27, 2017 9:41:12 PM

ACET is a NCAI Mid-Year Conference Sponsor and has a Bag Insert — Jun 9, 2017 3:35:57 PM

Indian Country Today Reports on Rep. Bishop Causing Anger over Indian Affairs — Jun 9, 2017 3:25:00 PM

A Position Statement on “Indigenous Peoples Day” — Jan 12, 2017 3:07:32 AM

ACET Passes Water Protector Resolution of Support — Jan 12, 2017 3:03:05 AM

ACET Adopts UNDRIP and OASDRIP through Official Resolutions — Jan 12, 2017 2:57:24 AM

ACET Board Passes a Resolution Against an Action of the State of Oklahoma — Jun 8, 2016 8:36:24 PM

ACET Request Executive Clemency for Leonard Peltier — Apr 23, 2016 4:27:24 PM

ACET Denounces Hate Mongering — Jan 27, 2016 4:01:14 PM

Thanks to Former ASIA Washburn — Jan 27, 2016 3:52:45 PM

ACET Statement on National Protests — Jan 14, 2015 8:45:19 PM

Monacan Indian Nation Joins ACET — Jun 28, 2014 2:20:14 PM

ACET Statement on American Indian Mascots — Jun 20, 2014 10:22:21 PM

Interior Proposes Reform of Federal Acknowledgment Regulations — May 23, 2014 5:25:06 PM

United Houma Nation Joins ACET — May 21, 2014 3:32:48 PM

Sandoval’s Impact on Indian Identity and Status — Feb 10, 2014 5:08:07 PM

ACET Honors the Life of Nelson Mandela — Dec 24, 2013 5:20:55 PM

Who Decides You're Real?  ASU Conference on Federal Recognition and Sovereignty — Dec 20, 2013 5:54:29 PM

NCAI Passes Resolution Supporting FAP Changes — Oct 21, 2013 9:05:57 PM

ACET Joins NCAI — Sep 19, 2013 4:54:48 PM

ACET Responds to the Proposed FAP Changes — Sep 19, 2013 4:51:00 PM

Native Organizations to Advance Civil Rights Lawsuit on Baby Veronica Case — Jul 26, 2013 2:04:17 PM

Breaking News - Washburn Proposes Changes to FAP! — Jul 5, 2013 11:06:04 PM

Support for All First Nations — Jul 5, 2013 9:58:15 PM

ACET Survey on the Federal Acknowledgment Process — Jul 5, 2013 9:52:03 PM

ACET's Statement on State Recognition of Tribes — Jul 5, 2013 9:34:02 PM