September 28–30, 2026Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort | Honolulu, Hawaiʻi Join the National Native American Human Resources Association (NNAHRA) as we proudly celebrate 30 years of Leadership, Culture, and Connection at our Annual Conference. This milestone event brings together Tribal HR professionals, leaders, and partners from across Indigenous Country for three days of learning, [...]

Workplaces are pressure cookers that oftentimes bring out our best but can also generate anxiety and other unintended consequences that have a real impact on our colleagues.  When an employee's mental health generates a workplace challenge, tribal employers typically engage in a meaningful conversation to determine whether the employer can accommodate the employee's needs while [...]

Tribal self-determination is, in part, a tribe which defines its own goals, sets its own deadlines and plots its own path to achieve those goals.  Defining and executing a tribe’s goals is certainly within the purview of tribal leadership, but goal setting cannot be exclusively leadership’s role.  In their departments, managers should exercise the tribe’s [...]