A coalition of national Native organizations, collectively serving the interests of Tribal Nations and their citizens, joined in unison to oppose a federal government shutdown, spending cuts for tribal programs, and to remind Congress that Native lives are not a political bargaining chip.

Alyson White Eagle-SoundingSides is Northern Arapaho from the Wind River Reservation. She graduated from Wyoming Indian High School in Ethete, Wyoming, and went on

Natalia Sells is a rising 3L at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University (ASU Law).