National Congress of American Indians has goal indigenous rights
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is an American Indian and Alaska Native rights organization. It was founded in 1944 to represent the tribes and resist federal government pressure for termination of tribal rights and assimilation of their people. These were in contradiction of their treaty rights and status as sovereign entities. The organization continues to be an association of federally recognized and state-recognized Indian tribes.Ongoing issues
The NCAI has been advocating for improved living conditions on reservations, arguing that 560 tribes are federally recognized but fewer than 20 tribes gain profits from casinos to turn the tribe's economy around.  According to the NCAI website, other issues and topics include:
Protection of programs and services to benefit Indian families, specifically targeting Indian Youth and elders
Promotion and support of Indian education, including Head Start, elementary, post-secondary and Adult Education
Enhancement of Indian health care, including prevention of juvenile substance abuse, HIV-AIDS prevention and other major diseases
Support of environmental protection and natural resources management
Protection of Indian cultural resources and religious freedom rights
Promotion of the Rights of Indian economic opportunity both on and off reservations, including securing programs to provide incentives for economic development and the attraction of private capital to Indian Country
Protection of the Rights of all Indian people to decent, safe and affordable housing.
Spreading of state-specific information on voter ID requirements through its partnership with the non-partisan VoteRiders organization.In 2001, the advertising firm of DeVito/Verdi created an advertising campaign and poster for the NCAI to highlight offensive and racist sports team images and mascots. In October 2013, the NCAI published a report on sports teams using harmful and racial "Indian" mascots.