On occasion, the Council of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association responds to requests from our members to raise awareness of issues that particularly concern the membership of the association. NAISA Council advocacy most often takes the form of official statements, which we post on our website, to the membership, and through social media. Other forms of advocacy include letters to leadership, such as letters to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, ambassadors, or other such individuals and organizations.
Current NAISA members who would like to request a statement or other form of advocacy from NAISA Council should send an email to contact.naisa@gmail.com including the description of the issue; links with more information; a description of how NAISA members are addressing the issue; type of documents requested, i.e. statement or letters and a draft statement or letters, as needed; in the case of letters, specific names and email addresses of recipients; and a timeline for response.
NAISA Council carefully considers member requests for statements. While Council advocates for many issues, it is not possible or appropriate for Council to address every issue affecting Indigenous Peoples. Council thus encourages NAISA members to rely on additional means of spreading awareness of critical issues, including the NAISA Facebook page and collective organizing with other association members.
NAISA Council Statement on Palestine
Declaración del Consejo de NAISA sobre Palestina
April 3, 2024
NAISA Council Statement on Indigenous Identity Fraud
September 15, 2015
NAISA COUNCIL STATEMENT ON THE ONGOING HUMANS RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN PERU
March 2023
NAISA Council Statement on RECENT EVICTIONS OF ARRESTS OF THE MAPUCHE PEOPLE IN ARGENTINA
January 2, 2023
NAISA Council Statement of Solidarity with Palestinian Education Autonomy and Academic Freedom
March 24, 2022
NAISA Council Letter in Support of Maori Colleagues at the University of Waikato
September 23, 2020
NAISA Council Statement of Solidarity with Mapuche People
June 22, 2020
NAISA Council Statement in Support of Indigenous Children, Adults, and Families on the Guatemala/Mexico/United States Borders
August 5, 2019
NAISA Council Statement in Support of Mauna Kea Kiaʻi
July 26, 2019
NAISA Council and 2019 Local Host Committee Statement on Terrorism
March 15, 2019
NAISA Council Statement in Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation
February 22, 2019
NAISA Council Statement on “Zero Tolerance” and Family Separation in the United States
July 20, 2018
NAISA Council Statement Supporting Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines
March 14, 2018
NAISA Council Statement on the Stanley/Cormier Verdicts
March 2, 2018
NAISA Council Statement to Wells Fargo
April 28, 2017
NAISA Council Statement on Dakota Access Pipeline
September 11, 2016
NAISA Council Declaration of Support for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
December 13, 2013