NIHB 2021 Legislative and Policy Agenda

Established by Tribal leaders almost fifty years ago to advocate as the united voice of federally recognized
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribes, the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) seeks to support
Tribal sovereignty, ensure fulfillment of the federal government’s trust responsibility to Tribes, and to
strengthen the government- to- government relationship between the federal government and Tribes across
Indian Country. We focus our work in the space of health care and public health, and we work to identify Tribal
priorities, to raise awareness of those needs, to secure resources, and to support Tribal efforts to build health
system capacity. To advance the organization’s mission, the NIHB Board of Directors sets forth the following
priorities that the NIHB will pursue through its legislative and policy work during 2021.