Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Proudly Welcomes the 2025 NCAI Mid Year Convention & Marketplace

(Mashantucket, Conn.) — The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is honored to welcome tribal leaders, delegates, federal partners, and media representatives from across Indian Country to the 2025 National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Mid Year Convention & Marketplace, held June 8 through 11, 2025 at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

The convention takes place on the sovereign homeland of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, offering a culturally rich and historically significant setting for critical discussions, nation-building efforts, and collaboration among tribal nations and government stakeholders.

“We are incredibly proud to host this year’s NCAI Mid Year Convention on our ancestral lands,” said Rodney A. Butler, Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. “This is more than a meeting — it’s a homecoming of sovereign Nations, brought together by a shared vision for our future. We look forward to welcoming our relatives from across Indian Country to Mashantucket, where we will engage in meaningful dialogue, cultural celebration, and collective action that shapes the road ahead for all of us.”

“We are honored to join the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation in welcoming our relatives from across Indian Country to this year’s Mid Year Convention,” said Larry Wright, Jr., Executive Director, National Congress of American Indians.  “This gathering is more than an event—it is a vital space where Tribal Nations come together in strength and unity to advance policy, protect sovereignty, and celebrate our collective resilience. We look forward to the meaningful dialogue, shared learning, and cultural connections that make this gathering so impactful.”

The Mid Year Convention is an essential forum for advancing consensus-based policy priorities through NCAI’s resolution process, strengthening tribal governance, and fostering the government-to-government relationship with the United States. The week will feature a robust lineup of general assemblies, breakout sessions, tribal consultations, federal listening sessions, task force meetings, special events, and remarks from federal officials and tribal leaders. Attendees can also explore the NCAI Tradeshow & Marketplace, where Native artisans, federal agencies, and partners will showcase their work.

About the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is a federally recognized Indian tribe located in southeastern Connecticut. As pioneers of the Indian casino gaming industry, the history of the Mashantucket Pequots reveals one of American’s greatest come-back stories which is featured at the world-renowned Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center. Today, the Tribe owns and operates one of the largest gaming resorts in North America, Foxwoods Resort Casino, along with a variety of complementary business enterprises, including Connecticut’s premiere luxury golf experience, Lake of the Isles and the decadent Spa at Norwich Inn. The Tribe’s health and wellness company, Pequot Health Care, is an industry leader in tribal and commercial health plan management and pharmaceutical services. As one of the highest revenue contributors and largest employers in Connecticut, the Mashantucket Pequots have hosted millions of visitors and provided billions in slot revenue payments to the State. The Tribe has also contributed millions in donations and sponsorships to support worthy charities, community events and programs, and other tribes in need, locally and throughout the United States. Dedicated to our future generations inheriting clean beautiful land, a safe community and a strong economy, we remain committed to promoting spirituality, strong family values, education, social stability, economic independence, and the wellbeing of our Tribal Members, employees and guests in a healthy and supportive environment. Our ultimate goal is to protect and advance our sovereign rights in order to build and preserve a cultural, social and economic foundation that can never be undermined or destroyed.
To learn more about the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, please visit us at www.mptn-nsn.gov.