NCAI President Jefferson Keel will be giving an address at 10:30 a.m. EST

National Congress of American Indians President Jefferson Keel will be giving the annual address to tribal leaders, politicians and the public at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Rep. Deb Haaland will give the congressional response at 11:00 a.m. EST.

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