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Please keep in mind all resolutions must be in Microsoft Word format. Resolutions for the 81st Annual Convention are due no later than Monday, October 7 at 11:59 p.m. ET.</p><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/ncai/raw/upload/v1720633395/Template_Annual_2024_Resolutions.docx" target="_blank" aria-disabled="false" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="Button_button__Bw_LG fw-semibold border-0 rounded-3 btn btn-shape btn-brand-primary styles_cardButton__MgnQv btn btn-primary"><span class="targetSVG">Download Template</span></a></div></div></div></div><div data-index="1" class="slick-slide slick-active" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="false" style="outline:none;width:6.25%"><div><div class="styles_card__njyvq"><div class="styles_cardBody__TNIqW"><img src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/raa5sn1v/production/13a6c9a5b86c7f1ddb0247ccf0b9cd96c754febc-40x40.svg" alt="Tribal Directory" class="styles_cardIcon__fCcUD"/><h5 class="styles_h5__HE8UD styles_size-h3__KtN_Q styles_color-black__WuOPb">Tribal Directory</h5><p class="styles_p__Rdfvf styles_size-small__bpK_5 styles_color-black__WuOPb">Browse the NCAI Tribal Directory to find contact & location information for both federal and state recognized tribes.</p><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="/tribal-directory" aria-disabled="false" class="Button_button__Bw_LG fw-semibold border-0 rounded-3 btn btn-shape btn-brand-primary styles_cardButton__MgnQv btn btn-primary"><span class="targetSVG">Learn more</span></a></div></div></div></div><div data-index="2" class="slick-slide slick-active" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="false" style="outline:none;width:6.25%"><div><div class="styles_card__njyvq"><div class="styles_cardBody__TNIqW"><img src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/raa5sn1v/production/c238deb160e506fcbfc135f86ab50b9a950aa696-40x40.svg" alt="Membership" class="styles_cardIcon__fCcUD"/><h5 class="styles_h5__HE8UD styles_size-h3__KtN_Q styles_color-black__WuOPb">Membership</h5><p class="styles_p__Rdfvf styles_size-small__bpK_5 styles_color-black__WuOPb">NCAI is a membership-driven organization. Our membership is a strong representation of the many nations, villages, communities, and individuals that constitute the whole of Indian Country.</p><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="/get-involved/membership" aria-disabled="false" class="Button_button__Bw_LG fw-semibold border-0 rounded-3 btn btn-shape btn-brand-primary styles_cardButton__MgnQv btn btn-primary"><span class="targetSVG">Learn more</span></a></div></div></div></div><div data-index="3" class="slick-slide slick-active" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="false" style="outline:none;width:6.25%"><div><div class="styles_card__njyvq"><div class="styles_cardBody__TNIqW"><img src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/raa5sn1v/production/c5b29868bf54b772dedd47e64aa05a059b84e606-40x40.svg" alt="Resolutions" class="styles_cardIcon__fCcUD"/><h5 class="styles_h5__HE8UD styles_size-h3__KtN_Q styles_color-black__WuOPb">Resolutions</h5><p class="styles_p__Rdfvf styles_size-small__bpK_5 styles_color-black__WuOPb">NCAI resolutions are one of the policy mechanisms used to express the organizational positions on tribal, federal, state, and/or local legislation, litigation, and policy matters that affect tribal governments or communities.</p><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="/resolutions" aria-disabled="false" class="Button_button__Bw_LG fw-semibold border-0 rounded-3 btn btn-shape btn-brand-primary styles_cardButton__MgnQv btn btn-primary"><span class="targetSVG">Learn more</span></a></div></div></div></div><div data-index="4" class="slick-slide" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" style="outline:none;width:6.25%"><div><div class="styles_card__njyvq"><div class="styles_cardBody__TNIqW"><img src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/raa5sn1v/production/a7664b8aa792bb368e0203d0c55c69a1c713d5f9-40x40.svg" alt="NCAI Foundation" class="styles_cardIcon__fCcUD"/><h5 class="styles_h5__HE8UD styles_size-h3__KtN_Q styles_color-black__WuOPb">NCAI Foundation</h5><p class="styles_p__Rdfvf styles_size-small__bpK_5 styles_color-black__WuOPb">The National Congress of American Indians Foundation (NCAIF) emerges as a historic undertaking, uniquely situated at the nexus of both time-honored and contemporary cultural legacies of Native Peoples.</p><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="/ncai-foundation" aria-disabled="false" class="Button_button__Bw_LG fw-semibold border-0 rounded-3 btn btn-shape btn-brand-primary styles_cardButton__MgnQv btn btn-primary"><span class="targetSVG">Learn more</span></a></div></div></div></div><div data-index="5" class="slick-slide" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" style="outline:none;width:6.25%"><div><div class="styles_card__njyvq"><div class="styles_cardBody__TNIqW"><img src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/raa5sn1v/production/34b2036cdabe06b44c54d861a1f4b6b20824f4a5-40x40.svg" alt="Policy Issues" class="styles_cardIcon__fCcUD"/><h5 class="styles_h5__HE8UD styles_size-h3__KtN_Q styles_color-black__WuOPb">Policy Issues</h5><p class="styles_p__Rdfvf styles_size-small__bpK_5 styles_color-black__WuOPb">The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) advocates on behalf of Tribal Nations and American Indian and Alaska Native individuals and communities on a broad range of policy issues.</p><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="/policy" aria-disabled="false" class="Button_button__Bw_LG fw-semibold border-0 rounded-3 btn btn-shape btn-brand-primary styles_cardButton__MgnQv btn btn-primary"><span class="targetSVG">Learn more</span></a></div></div></div></div><div data-index="6" tabindex="-1" class="slick-slide slick-cloned" aria-hidden="true" style="width:6.25%"><div><div class="styles_card__njyvq"><div class="styles_cardBody__TNIqW"><img src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/raa5sn1v/production/34b2036cdabe06b44c54d861a1f4b6b20824f4a5-40x40.svg" alt="Resolution Template" class="styles_cardIcon__fCcUD"/><h5 class="styles_h5__HE8UD styles_size-h3__KtN_Q styles_color-black__WuOPb">Resolution Template</h5><p class="styles_p__Rdfvf styles_size-small__bpK_5 styles_color-black__WuOPb">Download the resolution template here. Please keep in mind all resolutions must be in Microsoft Word format. Resolutions for the 81st Annual Convention are due no later than Monday, October 7 at 11:59 p.m. ET.</p><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/ncai/raw/upload/v1720633395/Template_Annual_2024_Resolutions.docx" target="_blank" aria-disabled="false" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="Button_button__Bw_LG fw-semibold border-0 rounded-3 btn btn-shape btn-brand-primary styles_cardButton__MgnQv btn btn-primary"><span class="targetSVG">Download Template</span></a></div></div></div></div><div data-index="7" tabindex="-1" class="slick-slide slick-cloned" aria-hidden="true" style="width:6.25%"><div><div class="styles_card__njyvq"><div class="styles_cardBody__TNIqW"><img src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/raa5sn1v/production/13a6c9a5b86c7f1ddb0247ccf0b9cd96c754febc-40x40.svg" alt="Tribal Directory" class="styles_cardIcon__fCcUD"/><h5 class="styles_h5__HE8UD styles_size-h3__KtN_Q styles_color-black__WuOPb">Tribal Directory</h5><p class="styles_p__Rdfvf styles_size-small__bpK_5 styles_color-black__WuOPb">Browse the NCAI Tribal Directory to find contact & location information for both federal and state recognized tribes.</p><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="/tribal-directory" aria-disabled="false" class="Button_button__Bw_LG fw-semibold border-0 rounded-3 btn btn-shape btn-brand-primary styles_cardButton__MgnQv btn btn-primary"><span class="targetSVG">Learn more</span></a></div></div></div></div><div data-index="8" tabindex="-1" class="slick-slide slick-cloned" aria-hidden="true" style="width:6.25%"><div><div class="styles_card__njyvq"><div class="styles_cardBody__TNIqW"><img src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/raa5sn1v/production/c238deb160e506fcbfc135f86ab50b9a950aa696-40x40.svg" alt="Membership" class="styles_cardIcon__fCcUD"/><h5 class="styles_h5__HE8UD styles_size-h3__KtN_Q styles_color-black__WuOPb">Membership</h5><p class="styles_p__Rdfvf styles_size-small__bpK_5 styles_color-black__WuOPb">NCAI is a membership-driven organization. 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