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2015-01: In Support of Allowing Native Students to Wear Eagle Feathers at High School Graduation

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the NIEA supports the right of American Indian and Alaska Native high school students to practice and express their traditional religious and spiritual beliefs and honor their academic and other achievements by wearing an eagle feather at their commencement ceremonies; and

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Adrianne ElliottOctober 17, 2015
2015-04: To Abolish Columbus Day and Replace with Indigenous Peoples' Day

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the NIEA calls upon the United States Congress to abolish the name ‘Columbus Day’ as the name for the federal holiday held annually on the second Monday of October; and

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Adrianne ElliottOctober 17, 2015
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