Day 3, First General Assembly Gallery A Day 3, First General Assembly. Gallery B Day 3, First General Assembly. Gallery C Day 3, Evening. Gallery D National Congress of American Indians The 64th annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians Day 3, First General Assembly. Founded in 1944, the Washington, D.C., group is the oldest and largest Native American organization in the country. It has 250 member tribes. The National Congress of American Indians which works to ensure the rights of native people, including preserving Indian treaties with the U.S. government and helping the general public better understand Indian people and issues. Education, health care, affordable housing and natural resource management, as they relate to Native Americans, also are priorities for the group. The event's agenda includes an NCAI executive board meeting, seven general assemblies, elections, committee meetings, and luncheons honoring Indian youth and elders. Convention sponsors include Colorados Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribes, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts LLC, WalMart Stores Inc., Merrill Lynch, KeyBank, United Healthcare and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Co chairs of the Colorado Planning Committee for the convention Ernest House Jr., executive secretary of the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs and Ben Sherman president of Denver's Western American Indian Chamber. Colorado Planning Committee members Ute Mountain Ute Chairman Manuel Heart, Southern Ute Vice Chairman Matthew Box. CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO THE MAIN NCAI CONVENTION PAGE        RETURN TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN GALLERIES HOME PAGE       RETURN TO THE MAIN GALLERY HOME PAGE