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).

Dane Beaulieu is a first-generation law student and rising 3L at the University of Iowa College of Law.

Sophie Staires is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and a rising third year law student at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, where

Charlotte Collingwood is a first-generation college student and rising third year at the University of Colorado Law School. She graduated magna cum laude from Florida

Samantha is a member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah and a rising 3L at Harvard Law School. She graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in government and Native

Robin Bilagody is a rising 3L at Michigan State University College of Law and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community. She completed her undergraduate studies