Events
NIH Tribal Consultations and Listening Session
Dear Tribal Leaders,
On behalf of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), we invite you to participate in two upcoming Tribal Consultations and one listening session to take place at the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) 83rd Annual Convention & Marketplace in Palm Springs, California held October 19 – 20th, 2026. Please find attached the Dear Tribal Leader Letters and Framing Letters for each Tribal Consultation. Details can also be found in the Federal Register Notice of NIH Tribal Consultations and Listening Session.
Monday, October 19th
Tribal Consultation for the All of Us Research program – The Tribal Consultation will focus on the All of Us Research Program’s two new initiatives: inclusion of self-identified American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) participants’ biospecimens in Partnered Research Studies; and expansion of the existing data access model.
Date: Monday, October 19th, 2026
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. PT
Location: In-person at the Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 N Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, CA 92262 (NCAI 83rd Annual Convention & Marketplace)
Virtual: Please visit the THRO website https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/thro/tribal-consultations for Zoom information.
Tuesday, October 20th
Tribal Consultation for NIMHD Resource Center for Tribal Epidemiology Centers (RC-TEC) – The Tribal Consultation will focus on the renewal and the proposed revisions of NIMHD’s Resource Center for Tribal Epidemiology Centers (RC-TEC) initiative and potential implications for Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TECs).
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. PT
Location: In-person at the Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 N Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, CA 92262 (NCAI 83rd Annual Convention & Marketplace)
Virtual: Please visit the THRO website at https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/thro/tribal-consultations for Zoom information.
Tuesday, October 20th
Listening session for NIH Tribal Data Sovereignty Policy – The session will provide a forum for Tribal Leaders and designees to offer guidance and share perspectives, concerns, and recommendations on how NIH funding announcements, grant mechanisms, and research activities should recognize and uphold the inherent sovereignty of Tribal Nations over data generated by, about, and within their communities.
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. PT
Location: In-person at the Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 N Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, CA 92262 (NCAI 83rd Annual Convention & Marketplace)
We hope that you will be able to participate and provide valuable input for these policies and programs.