Society of American Indian Government Employees

The SAIGE May 2026 Spring Newsletter, The Talking Leaf, may be found HERE

The Society of American Indian Government Employees (SAIGE) is proud to announce the
2026 Military/Veterans Meritorious Service Award, a recognition honoring military members and veterans for their exemplary contribution to government service.

This award is open to all Active Duty, Reservists, Guardsmen and Veterans employed in Government Service. Nominations are due Oct. 1, 2026.

This award recognizes exceptional service by Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard service members, and veterans employed in government service (Federal, State, Local, Tribal, or any other governmental entity) during the award period of January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025.

For more information and eligibility criteria download the information letter from SAIGE Chair Ed Blauvelt HERE: 2026 SAIGE Military_Veterans Meritorious Service Award-1

If you wish to nominate someone also see the the Nomination Transmittal form HERE:
AWARD NOMINATION TRANSMITTAL FORM v2026 (1) (1)

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.

Wear your SAIGE Pride! The SAIGE Merch Store is open for business. 

All items sold at cost with no profit to SAIGE. There is a donation option if you want to add it on. Thank you for your support.

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2025 Virtual National Training Program

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

Talking Leaf Newsletter 2026 Spring Edition

Talking Leaf Newsletter 2025 Fall Edition   

Talking Leaf Newsletter 2025 Spring Edition

Talking Leaf Newsletter 2024 Fall Edition