To promote the recruitment, retention, development, and advancement of American Indian and Alaska Native government employees, and work to ensure their equal treatment under the law;
To educate Federal agencies in the history and obligations of the Federal Indian Trust responsibility and to assist them in it’s implementation;
To assist government agencies in the development and delivery of initiatives and programs which honor the unique Federal-Tribal relationship;
And to provide a national forum for issues and topics affecting American Indian and Alaska Native government employees.
Are you a SAIGE Member or Lifetime Member whose contact information has changed? Please contact our Membership coordinator to verify your current information at memberships@saige.org
If you are a Lifetime Member and have left federal service, your membership remains regardless of your employment status. If you are not a government employee you are still eligible to be an Associate Member. You are part of the SAIGE family! Join or renew here.
In Case you Missed it – Watch Phil Deloria’s presentation
We are grateful to Sam Deloria for providing a master class on “How Tribes Entered the Modern Intergovernmental System” and to everyone who joined us live on Wed. 3/18/2026 – we received a lot of positive feedback about this lecture! Whether or not you joined us, I hope you will find time to review the recording.
Click the link for the video: https://linktr.ee/tribalrelations You can enjoy the introductions, or skip right to Sam’s talk that starts around min. 16.
We are very grateful to the outstanding speakers at our National Training Program on Sept. 27, 2025. You can see all the speakers on our agenda here: SAIGE-2025NTP
The Talking Leaf is our newsletter published twice a year
Each November, we make an extra special effort to honor the cultures, traditions, and contributions of Native Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians – please join us for this year’s commemoration: “Honoring Our Ancestors t… [read more…]
SAIGE 2024 Native American Heritage Month Webinar 11/13/2024, 2:30PM Eastern
To commemorate Native American Heritage Month, the Society of American Indian Government Employees (SAIGE) invites you to join a free educational webinar featuring autho… [read more…]